Chelsea Green Blog
Nature & Environment
Green-Tech and Distributed Powerdown: A Future Scenario
In Future Scenarios, permaculture co-originator and leading sustainability innovator David Holmgren outlines four scenarios that bring to life the likely cultural, political, agricultural, and economic implications of peak oil and climate change, and the generations-long era of “energy descent” that faces us. The following is an excerpt from Future Scenarios: How Communities Can Adapt to…
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5 Things You’ll Need to Get Back on Your Bike: Spring Is (Almost) Here!
It’s mud season in Vermont—also known as late winter/early spring in other parts of these here United States—but spring is just around the corner. That’s the thought that keeps getting me out of bed every morning. It’s time to get the ol’ bike out of mothballs, grease up your chain, fill up your tires, and…
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Why Rebuilding Resilience Is As Important As Cutting Carbon Emissions
Learn how to practice resilience to become more self-sufficient and self-reliant in the future. The following article has been adapted for the web from The Transition Handbook: From oil dependency to local resilience by Rob Hopkins. What is resilience? The concept of resilience is central to my book. In ecology, the term resilience refers to…
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