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Final Report to Climate Challenge Fund

Posted on April 4, 2011 by philip

The Climate Challenge funding for two of our projects finished on 31st March 2011. These were the ‘Dunbar 2025′ project which was all about creating a vision for a low carbon community and a ‘Local Resilience Action Plan’ for getting us there. This included the funding for our team of home energy auditors who work [...]

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The End of Growth

Posted on March 12, 2011 by philip

Richard Heinberg gave this talk in Totnes recently. Well worth taking the time to watch. Today’s debt is underwritten by tomorrow’s growth -but tomorrow’s growth is no longer possible.

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Crash Course

Posted on December 5, 2010 by philip

Thanks to Transition Network, Chris Martenson has produced a 45 minute, UK version of his ‘Crash Course’ introduction to economics. That may not sound too interesting but I would urge you to take a look because, actually it’s pretty crucial in understanding our predicament as our globalised economy hits the reality of Peak Oil and [...]

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Peak Oil Official

Posted on November 26, 2010 by philip

The world is much closer to running out of oil than official estimates admit, according to a whistleblower at the International Energy Agency who claims it has been deliberately underplaying a looming shortage for fear of triggering panic buying.
The International Energy Agency has just published their annual ‘World Energy Outlook’. In this, they admit for the first time [...]

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