The Transition Movement?
I hadn't heard of this before, but I like the sound of it:
"The movement may begin from a... dystopian idea: that cheap oil has recklessly vaulted humanity to a peak of production and consumption, and no combination of alternative technologies can generate enough energy, or be installed fast enough, to keep us at that height before the oil is gone. (Transition dismisses Al Gore types as “techno-optimists.”) But Transition then takes an almost utopian turn. Hopkins insists that if an entire community faces this stark challenge together, it might be able to design an “elegant descent” from that peak. We can consciously plot a path into a lower-energy life - a life of walkable villages, local food and artisans and greater intimacy with the natural world - which, on balance, could actually be richer and more enjoyable than what we have now."
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/magazine/19town-t.html?_r=1
Nice. I like that.
"The movement may begin from a... dystopian idea: that cheap oil has recklessly vaulted humanity to a peak of production and consumption, and no combination of alternative technologies can generate enough energy, or be installed fast enough, to keep us at that height before the oil is gone. (Transition dismisses Al Gore types as “techno-optimists.”) But Transition then takes an almost utopian turn. Hopkins insists that if an entire community faces this stark challenge together, it might be able to design an “elegant descent” from that peak. We can consciously plot a path into a lower-energy life - a life of walkable villages, local food and artisans and greater intimacy with the natural world - which, on balance, could actually be richer and more enjoyable than what we have now."
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/magazine/19town-t.html?_r=1
Nice. I like that.