After thousands of years of constructed dwellings, it is about time that humans create a home that could be the "home of choice" for a low energy future... for life after the oil crash... or life after the Eosawki (End of Society as We Know It ( Read more... )

Nearly a year ago, I created the web site for the Local Future Network. The concept is fairly simple. Our current civilization is headed in the wrong direction, but we have time to turn the corner, and head the right way ( Read more... )

About six months ago, this quote from President Franklin D. Roosevelt came to me.

"A good leader can’t get too far ahead of his followers.In thinking about how to educate others about the important issues of the day (peak oil, global warming, economic instability, etc.), it concept is essential ( Read more... )

To all the parents and teachers out there ( Read more... )

Another day has past, and another 84 million barrels of oil we have consumed. Each day, this limited resource gets sucked down, bit by bit, by our "civilization". Gas gouging and gas prices are on the tips of everyone's tongues, but is peak oil a term most people understand. Not yet ( Read more... )

This morning, I filled up the gas tank off my little 4-cylinder Ford Mustang. It cost $49.00, which I believe is a personal record. The price? $3.43 per gallon ( Read more... )

Digg users are clueless about peak oil. Peak oil is the end of the world, and it is at our doorstep, so say the peak oil "doomers". Peak oil may simply cause everyone to go broke and lose their jobs say others. Still other voices suggest a series of recessions with high inflation and high unemployment might be the only impact ( Read more... )

Gas prices getting you down? Having trouble explaining high gas prices to family, friends and community? Don't fret, because recent film releases can provide an excellent vehicle for waking the sleeping and helping people see how peak oil is already impacting their lives ( Read more... )

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