Transition Cities – The Conference

From the Nottingham conference last week, sounds like an exciting event…

Transition Norwich – Great Unleashing video clip

As earlier posted, the Transition Norwich ‘Great Unleashing‘ was an inspiring event to attend.  Below is an enjoyable video clip of the evening:

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 [...]

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 [...]

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