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How oil crisis nearly shut down Europe in 2000

By Staff Reports | August 7, 2013

Hurricane Sandy gas line

A fascinating retrospective by Kathy McMahon, a clinical psychologist who blogs as “Dr. K., the Peak [oil] Shrink,” details the little known (in this country) and little remembered (anywhere) story of what happened when the oil supply of some industrial European countries was briefly interrupted by their own citizens. The breathtaking speed with which the grocery stores … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transition Tagged With: economic collapse, European Union, France, Kathy McMahon, United Kingdom

A new financial system, for the people

By Staff Reports | February 4, 2013

pile of U.S. currency

Over the past four years we've been let down by our banks. A better system would be a democratic finance model, thinks British anthropologist Bruce Davis. After developing peer-lending platform Zopa, Bruce teamed up with renewable energy expert Karl Harder to launch Abundance Generation in the U.K. earlier in 2012. The idea was to go one step further than just lending, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economy Tagged With: finance, peer-to-peer lending, United Kingdom, Wall Street

Today’s distress is blocking the economy of tomorrow

By Erik Curren | June 15, 2012

If you still know anybody who thinks the economy is in "recovery," just lay this one single statistic on them: one in two recent U.S. college graduates today is unemployed or underemployed, unable to find work in his or her chosen field. "Young adults with bachelor's degrees are increasingly scraping by in lower-wage jobs – waiter or waitress, bartender, retail clerk or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economy Tagged With: local government, relocalization, Staunton, Totnes, United Kingdom

Peak kitsch: “The Crisis of Civilization”

By Lindsay Curren | January 31, 2012

Carbon Man

An ongoing issue in the peak oil world is how to tell the story of declining non-renewable resources in a way that's accessible to a wider audience, while remaining credible to experts. To reach out without dumbing down. Most experts on energy and the economy have already made up their minds on the financial crisis, global warming and peak oil and no one documentary is going … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Films, Reviews Tagged With: apocalypse, clean energy, climate change, communication, dystopia, energy policy, peak oil, United Kingdom

From Totnes with love

By Erik Curren | November 17, 2011

Transition Companion

“What would it look like if the best responses to peak oil and climate change came not from committees and Acts of Parliament, but from you and me and the people around us?" asks Rob Hopkins at the outset of his new book, The Transition Companion: Making Your Community More Resilient in Uncertain Times. This opener encapsulates both the massive ambition and the humility of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Transition Tagged With: Rob Hopkins, Totnes, United Kingdom

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