Adam Fenderson

100 Million Farmers: Sharon Astyk interview

Until you change the way money works, you change nothing: Richard Douthwaite

What will we eat as the oil runs out?

Peak oil and permaculture in Cuba

Biogas and ‘Dream Farms’

The Salvation of suburbia

Biofuels contribute to some of the very problems they seek to address. The search for a sustainable energy source has uncovered some surprising options.

A friend once suggested to me that the three worst things we could be doing for the environment are, in order of destructiveness, 1) drive cars, 2) eat meat, and 3) eat vegetables. I’d consider listing the car third.

An EDAP is a way to think ahead, to plan in an integrated, multidisciplinary way, to provide direction to local government, decision makers, groups and individuals with an interest in making the place they live into a vibrant and viable community in a post-carbon era.

An Energy Descent Action Plan (EDAP) is a local plan for dealing with Peak Oil. It goes well beyond issues of energy supply, to look at across-the-board creative adaptations in the realms of health, education, economy and much more. An EDAP is a way to think ahead, to plan in an integrated, multidisciplinary way, to provide direction to local government, decision makers, groups and individuals with an interest in making the place they live into a vibrant and viable community in a post-carbon era.

A new Peak Oil workshop initiative recently started in Melbourne, Australia. Early signs indicate it has broader relevance and excellent potential for effective communication, project initiation and community building.