Creating Jobs by Protecting Earth
Friday, May 1, 2009
Middleville, Michigan
By Aaron WissnerFormer Michigan Rep. Kathleen Law and renewable energy installer Mark Bauer come to Middleville on May 6 to explain the job creation potential of the new renewable energy payment or feed-in tariff (FIT) bill in Lansing. A similar bill in Germany helped to ( Read more... )

The State of Michigan is poised to tackle peak coal with a new set of initiatives announced by Governor Granholm during the annual state-of-the-state address.

Michigan would utilize a "renewable energy payment" or "feed-in tariff" to jump start the installation of green electricity generation within the state. In the Governor's own words:

By the ( Read more... )

In the fall of 2008, I helped to organize "The Conference on Michigan's Future: Energy, Economy, and Environment" through my organization Local Future ( Read more... )

The U.S. auto industry is on the chopping block. Michigan employs 240,000 jobs in auto assembly, parts and sales. In addition, another one million plus people in Michigan would be at risk for losing their jobs if the big three were to fail. With the loss of these jobs, every Michigan business and government will be severely impacted. Imagine ( Read more... )

How Peak Oil Changed My Life
Peak oil changed my life by altering my expectations and hopes for the future ( Read more... )

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... )

I have a vision of a home that I would like to live in. This home would have the ability to keep me alive, even if gasoline and oil disappear, the electricity grid fails, and civilization grinds to a halt ( Read more... )

This morning, I brought up Peak Oil in a town hall meeting with U.S. Representative Vernon Ehlers of Michigan ( Read more... )