The founder of a growing movement shows us around 'Transition Town Totnes' in Devon and talks about peak oil, the origin of the Transition Towns concept and how to help your community develop an 'energy descent plan' and prepare to 'power down.' …
TRANSITION TOWNS: An Interview with Rob Hopkins
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Transition Towns, An Introduction – Part2
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Mar 202009
Naresh Giangrande and Sophy Banks, from Transition Towns Totnes, the first town in the UK to adopt the TT model co-hosting a public presentation about their experiences with TT Totnes, as well as why the Transition movement offers us solutions to the many problems with energy security, carbon emissions, food, and how we can learn to live with the inevitable changes to the way we live and work. Thank you to Community Waitakere, EcoMatters Environment Trust, Waitakere City Council and …
Transition Towns, An Introduction – Part1
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Mar 202009
Naresh Giangrande and Sophy Banks, from Transition Towns Totnes, the first town in the UK to adopt the TT model co-hosting a public presentation about their experiences with TT Totnes, as well as why the Transition movement offers us solutions to the many problems with energy security, carbon emissions, food, and how we can learn to live with the inevitable changes to the way we live and work. Thank you to Community Waitakere, EcoMatters Environment Trust, Waitakere City Council and …
I.F.G. Rob Hopkins 1/3
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Mar 192009
Mar 182009
David Holmgren is co-originator (with Bill Mollison) of the permaculture concept and author of the recent book, PERMACULTURE: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability. He talks about the need to move beyond the lulling hope that ‘green tech’ breakthroughs will allow world-wide ‘sustainable consumption’ to the recognition that dwindling oil supplies inevitably mean a mandatory ‘energy descent’ for human civilization across the planet. He argues that permaculture principles provide the …
Rob Hopkins' Transition Handbook
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Mar 182009
Founder of the Transition Network spreading throughout the world, Rob Hopkins talks about Transition Town Totnes and moving towards a post-peak oil society. His book The Transition Handbook gives an account of the founding of Transition Town Totnes, and the global spread of Transition towns. He shows you how to start the Transition process in your community, and why it is important that communities are resilient to the coming decline of oil as an energy source. He also includes the facts …
Transition Town Conference 2008
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Mar 182009
Transition Town conference held Cirencester 2008. looking at challenges of peak oil ,climate change and how to build community.
Transition Town Lewes.
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Mar 182009
Grassroots Video from Transition Town Lewes! It’s a 10-15 year plan to adapt to climate change and our over-dependence on fossil fuels. Find out what residents think and a bit of reality about oil.