Transition Ely online video club – March 2009

There’s a whole bunch of good video clips for us to watch this month.
Matt Harvey on Transition Towns
Poet, funny man and broadcaster Matt Harvey takes a look at the Transition Town movement. He talks to Transition people in Totnes, Stroud and Brixton.

Interview with Dmitry Orlov
Dimitry Orlov is the author of ‘Reinventing [...]

Film Night: Ideas, thoughts, feedback…

Our film showing of The Power of Community (29/10/08) attracted 25 people and was thoroughly enjoyable.

After the film, which went down very well, we spent some time discussing our reactions to the issues raised.  We then asked people to jot down comments and suggestions on ‘post-its‘ in response to three statements:

One thing I can do [...]

The Oil Crunch: Securing the UK’s energy future

The UK Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil and Energy Security (ITPOES) is a group of British companies,  concerned that threats to energy security are not receiving proper attention from government.
They have just published a new report, ‘The Oil Crunch’, with the aim of engaging government more proactively on peak oil.  They aim to encourage collaborative [...]

Peak Oil – How Will You Ride the Slide?

Take a look at this wonderful (very short) animation that very neatly illustrates just what we’re facing with Peak Oil

The purpose of Transition Ely, along with all the many other Transition Initiatives, is to plan for and create opportunities to ‘ride the slide’ in a creative, managed and gradual manner.
At this [...]

Norwich unleashes…

Last night four of us from Ely took the train down to Norwich for their Great Unleashing.  It was an exciting and impressive event, 350 people packed into the gorgeous St Andrew’s Hall.
Sadly, Rob Hopkins was unwell so Ben Brangwyn from the Transition Network stepped in to give the main presentation/talk.
We also met up with [...]

The Investigation – a major disappointment

I just listened to this week’s The Investigation on Radio 4. Described as ‘Simon Cox investigates the truth behind rising oil prices’ it was a major disappointment.
Cox spends half an hour looking for the culprit behind rising prices. The usual suspects are trundled out for view, i.e: oil producers and futures speculators, all [...]

It’s the size of the tap…

It is important to understand that Peak Oil is not about oil ‘running out’ (which, of course it will do one day, eventually). Rather, as the good folk at the Oil Drum like to put it it: “It’s the size of the tap, not the size of the tank.“
Gail Tverberg states the case with clarity [...]

Jeremy Leggett speaking at ASPO 2007

Jeremy Leggett wrote the excellent and highly recommended ‘ Half Gone: Oil, Gas, Hot Air and the Global Energy Crisis’.
Here’s a clip of him speaking at the Association for the Study of Peak Oil (ASPO) conference 2007