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101 Solutions to Global Climate Change :: Guy Dauncey interviewed by Peak Moment TV

posted Feb 16, 2007

Janaia Donaldson interviews author Guy Dauncey whose lively, optimistic solutions for Peak Oil and climate crisis are do-able here and now. Conservation, efficiency, proven technologies, and emerging innovations will take us through this critical planetary energy transition.

Learning from Cuba's Response to Peak Oil :: Megan Quinn interviewed by Peak Moment TV

posted Feb 16, 2007

Janaia Donaldson interviews Megan Quinn of Community Solution to discuss her visit to Cuba, and the movie "The Power of Community." This young woman sees Peak Oil as an opportunity to create the communities we want, and to reduce our level of consumption.

Commentary: 12-Step Program to Stop Climate Change

by Alisa Gravitz

posted Nov 30, 2006

Co-op America's Alisa Gravitz outlines a 12-Step Program to Stop Climate Change based on the Carbon Mitigation Initiative (CMI) proposals to stabilize emissions.

Food to Stay

by Gary Nabhan

posted Nov 30, 2006

Many communities in the U.S. ship food out--and ship the same food back in. What's the value of keeping it at home?

YES! But How? :: Cold Remedies

by Catherine Bailey, Sarah Kuck

posted Nov 20, 2006

Tips on natural cold remedies, antibacterial hand soap, natural shoe polishes and zeolite odor remover. If you're searching for practical ways to live sustainably, just ask us.

#5 :: Organic Farming Cooperatives

posted Nov 17, 2006

Local Energy, Local Power

by Winona LaDuke

posted Nov 07, 2006

Energy for Democracy - wind on the Great Plains could power the country. Tribes are working to bring energy production home.

Defending the Commons, Defending Life

by Jonathan Rowe

posted Aug 31, 2006

The commons is emerging in the issues lexicon. We Americans own together our air and water, our public lands, our Main Streets and public spaces, and our public domain of culture and knowledge.

Making Life Possible

by Somnath Baidya Roy

posted Aug 31, 2006

A clinic in Bhopal serves survivors of the 1984 Union Carbide chemical explosion.

A Tree Sitting -- In South Central LA?

by Van Jones

posted May 30, 2006

Protesters climb trees in South Central Los Angeles in an attempt to block the construction of a warehouse at the site of an urban farm that serves hundreds of area residents.

Time to Get Smart About Energy

by Fran Korten

posted May 30, 2006

The debate regarding global warming and peak oil is moving into a different direction, from "is it happening" to "what do we do now?"

It Takes Energy to Make Energy

by Doug Pibel

posted May 11, 2006

Biofuel creation graphically explained.

The Great Turning as Compass and Lens

by Joanna Macy

posted May 10, 2006

The Great Turning invites us to lift our eyes from the cramped closet of short-term thinking and see the larger historical landscape.

Cleveland: Community Action Turns the Rust Belt Green

by Ed D'Amato

posted May 10, 2006

The collective power of individual efforts has helped the entire community realize its potential to thrive by, as Eco-City Cleveland’s director David Beach says, "creating a green city on a blue lake."

Peak oil preview: North Korea & Cuba

by Dale Jiajun Wen

posted May 05, 2006

Cuba survived much more comfortably than North Korea after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the consequent diminished oil supply. The government reaction of both countries is examined as a precursor to Peak Oil throughout the world.