Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Transitions for the Planet! ~ Local Self-Reliance for a Post-Petroleum World!

It all starts off when a small collection of motivated individuals within a community come together with a shared concern: how can our community respond to the challenges, and opportunities, of Peak Oil and Climate Change?


http://transitiontowns.org

12 Key Steps to embarking on your town's Transition journey...

To begin with, it is important to note that although the term “Transition Town” has stuck, what we are talking about are Transition Cities, Transition Islands, Transition Hamlets, Transition Valleys, Transition Anywhere-You-Find-People! These are the 12 basic principles of the Transition movement:

#1. Set up a steering group and design its demise from the outset

#2. Awareness raising

#3. Lay the foundations

#4. Organize a Great Unleashing

#5. Form sub groups

#6. Use Open Space

#7 Develop visible practical manifestations of the project

#8. Facilitate the Great Reskilling

#9 Build a bridge to Local Government

#10 Honor the elders

#11 Let it go where it wants to go…

#12 Create an Energy Descent Plan

For more local information to California and San Francisco please join this imperative movement here:

http://transitioncalifornia.ning.com/events/transitionsf-group-meeting

Cheerful disclaimer!

Just in case you were under the impression that Transition is a process defined by people who have all the answers, you need to be aware of a key fact. We truly don't know if this will work. Transition is a social experiment on a massive scale. What we are convinced of is this:

  • if we wait for the governments, it'll be too little, way too late
  • if we act as individuals, it'll be too little
  • if we act as communities, it might just be enough, just in time!



Green Collar Jobs- Myth or Reality?

"Green-collar" jobs are mostly springing up at companies that sell sustainability; the rest of the business world isn't rushing to hire a new crop of green execs.

In the media and in political pronouncements, much has been made of the promise of “green jobs” and the new “green economy.”

To read more please click onto The Ladders website:
http://sales.theladders.com/career-advice/green-collar-jobs-myth-reality?et_id=1134178416&sign=y&link_id=536

Green Gorilla- Bag the Bag Episode!

Another great venture from Free Range Studios and Green Gorilla. An animated kids show that educates kids on hot environmentally friendly issues and steps kids can take... from an animated kids perspective. Great idea!

www.greengorilla.com


PLEASE WATCH AND SHARE WITH KIDS YOU KNOW TODAY!

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Better Place- Electric Car Battery Switch in Japan!


Better Place Battery Switch Technology Demonstration

Demonstration of the world’s first automated battery switch technology for electric vehicles in Yokohama, Japan.

Safety, recyclability, environmental friendliness

The safety of today’s battery technology is unprecedented. Better Place uses advanced lithium-ion batteries made from non-toxic materials. While early generations of lithium-ion batteries had a propensity to overheat, today’s lithium-ion battery has high abuse tolerance, low heat evolution, stable cathode material, and an intelligent pack design that ensures consumer safety.

A lithium-ion battery can also be recycled with minimal environmental impact. More than 95% of the battery materials can be recovered and reused.

http://www.betterplace.com/solution/batteries/


This is the End... Charlie Frosts Blog

Always remember, you heard it first from Charlie Frost.

Other interesting sites include:

The 2012 Film...

http://www.whowillsurvive2012.com/




and the Institute for Human Continuity...
http://www.instituteforhumancontinuity.org/

Friday, May 8, 2009

A Bio-Energy Bag for the Oceans!

NASA’s design calls for using large plastic bags, made of forward-osmosis membranes, and filled with sewage for offshore harvesting of algae for bio-fuel. These plastic bags or enclosures will be made of the same membranes that NASA is currently exploring for recycling dirty water in space missions using forward-osmosis. NASA engineers would like to call it yet another example of using the technology developed for space travel, instead for making the “Spaceship Earth” more sustainable.



http://ecoworldly.com/2009/05/07/nasas-biofuel-proposal-off-shore-algae-harvesting-in-plastic-bags/