Hello All,

Having just arrived in town (and unpacked), I was wondering if there is any interest in a get together. I have some ideas of low effort ways to grow the Transition and I am sure others do as well. On top of which, I need to do something social other than work.

Daniel

Finally got around to listening to this killer podcast by stoneleigh (Nicole Foss) which was mentioned on Radio Ecoshock in June. She was a former editor at the Oil Drum, is now at The Automatic Earth and has been touring the world lecturing on the relationship between peak energy and the economy. This one was recorded at the Transition conference in England in June.

Basically she sees us entering a long period of deflation, combined with reduced purchasing power and less…

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The concept of "embodied energy," -- energy that was used in the work of making a product -- is often overlooked in discussions about alternative energies.

If you have six minutes, watch this TED talk in which Catherine Mohr highlights the complexities of this topic as she learned in building a new home:

http://www.ted.com/talks/catherine_mohr_builds_green.html

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