Individual Activism 3.0: From Vegan to Peak Oil: A Case History
In the summer of 2002, while searching for a book about reducing child poverty in Africa, I found the only book my public library held by the ethicist Peter Singer, the title: "Animal Liberation".
Nine years later, I look back upon my individual activism, not in the area of animal rights, but rather in the today's adult education movement.
The movement encompasses many seemingly separate topics: peak oil, climate change, animal rights, biodiversity impacts, economic systems, and forms of governments, just to name a few.
Each of us within this movement is an individual activist. We can look back at our efforts, those things that we each did and consider the results.
Where am I now?
During my coveted 10-day long spring break from public school teaching, rather than going on a vacation, I devoted myself to the movement. My primary accomplishment is the completion of uploading to YouTube, in high definition 1080p, twelve hours of video from the most recent Local Future conference.
http://sustainabilityconference.org
The speakers from this day included Dr. Joseph Tainter, Nicole Foss, David Korowicz, Stephanie Mills, Kurt Cobb, Aaron Wissner, John Sarver and David Gard. The focus of the day started on renewable energy, peak oil, and permaculture. It then shifted to the collapse of civilizations, biodiversity, sustainability, risks and building resilience.
http://www.youtube.com/user/newculture#g/c/475A29E2AA00F902
There are about one hundred people who watch the videos within a week of their posting, and if they are publicized, the number can grow to over one thousand. In one case, my 10-minute peak oil video has garnered over 100,000 views.
The reason for uploading to YouTube is to maximize the possibility that an everyday person might stumble upon one or more of the videos. The reason for taking the time to upload the high definition files is so that other educators might use these videos with groups of people.
To be continued...
Comments
100,000 views is about the same audience size as Chris Martenson's Crash Course on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/user/ChrisMartensondotcom#g/c/7E8A774DA8435EEB
Peak Moment TV has also achieved around the 100,000 view level with some of their videos.
http://www.youtube.com/user/peakmoment#g/u
The Post Carbon Institute animated video on peak oil has done best with over 800,000 views:
http://www.youtube.com/user/postcarboninstitute#p/f/0/cJ-J91SwP8w
Nine years later, I look back upon my individual activism, not in the area of animal rights, but rather in the today's adult education movement.
The movement encompasses many seemingly separate topics: peak oil, climate change, animal rights, biodiversity impacts, economic systems, and forms of governments, just to name a few.
Each of us within this movement is an individual activist. We can look back at our efforts, those things that we each did and consider the results.
Where am I now?
During my coveted 10-day long spring break from public school teaching, rather than going on a vacation, I devoted myself to the movement. My primary accomplishment is the completion of uploading to YouTube, in high definition 1080p, twelve hours of video from the most recent Local Future conference.
http://sustainabilityconference.org
The speakers from this day included Dr. Joseph Tainter, Nicole Foss, David Korowicz, Stephanie Mills, Kurt Cobb, Aaron Wissner, John Sarver and David Gard. The focus of the day started on renewable energy, peak oil, and permaculture. It then shifted to the collapse of civilizations, biodiversity, sustainability, risks and building resilience.
http://www.youtube.com/user/newculture#g/c/475A29E2AA00F902
There are about one hundred people who watch the videos within a week of their posting, and if they are publicized, the number can grow to over one thousand. In one case, my 10-minute peak oil video has garnered over 100,000 views.
The reason for uploading to YouTube is to maximize the possibility that an everyday person might stumble upon one or more of the videos. The reason for taking the time to upload the high definition files is so that other educators might use these videos with groups of people.
To be continued...
Comments
100,000 views is about the same audience size as Chris Martenson's Crash Course on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/user/ChrisMartensondotcom#g/c/7E8A774DA8435EEB
Peak Moment TV has also achieved around the 100,000 view level with some of their videos.
http://www.youtube.com/user/peakmoment#g/u
The Post Carbon Institute animated video on peak oil has done best with over 800,000 views:
http://www.youtube.com/user/postcarboninstitute#p/f/0/cJ-J91SwP8w