Hi all, We recently spoke with Karen Beauford, Co-founder of Locallectual, about combining their online database tool for searching and tracking local retailers/producers/artisans with relocalization efforts. The website is relatively new and they are looking to... (read more)

While I don't think anyone involved with sustainability and relocalization would disagree with the core values expressed by the Green Party, the critique that Green campaign platforms tend to be long on idealism and tend... (read more)

I was recently sent some info on a sustainability conference being planned for this fall in Phoenix, AZ (the city that shouldn't exist). It appears to mainly be a "green" products showcase, and at most... (read more)

Richard Heinberg and Julian Darley have just produced an outstanding 12 minute video directed at policy makers. If you haven't viewed it already at Global Public Media, this is a must-see and must-share, probably the... (read more)

Hi everyone, Just wanted to give you a quick heads up about a new short film by Conrad Schmidt who founded the Work Less Party here in Vancouver and is a member of the Vancouver Peak... (read more)

Greetings from "Post Carbon Eugene", Oregon outpost/group...after being out of these first few hundred emails on the Hub... Who of you out there might've had success in grantwriting to support your time and efforts Relocalizing? Since... (read more)

Hi everyone- Here's a quick update, with some good news to report. After discussions and correspondence over the course of two months with the Town of South Kingstown, the principal of Broad Rock Middle School, and... (read more)

On 28 May 2008 at 11:31, Sarah Edwards wrote: > comfortable giving presentations. Like you say Patricia we have to dothis in a > way that people don't just turn off and go away angry. I hope... (read more)

Hi- I wanted to echo everything that Patricia said (she's more eloquent than me-- isn't it strange how we can be well-spoken and lack confidence?) Andre's presentation was great. I hope he does another one, and that folks consider tuning... (read more)

The Geography of Hope: A Tour of the World We Need by Chris Turner Has anyone read this book? I would rather get the insights of a peaknik as to its practical aspects than... (read more)

FYI, I'm still having to log in to the website and paste in my reply because the e-mail I sent didn't make it this far. Anyway... On 22 May 2008 at 21:11, aangel wrote: > Hi, Dave.... (read more)

On 22 May 2008 at 9:51, David Parkinson wrote: >The original plan is that the charter would be a high-level policy > document, and the framework for it is a 5-way one: * Environmental * >... (read more)

Hi- I think Rob Hopkins' book Transition Handbook will be selling big. A bookseller just told me that there are 20,000 pre-orders from booksellers for it (though of course they might return them unsold). It is already in it's... (read more)

Greetings to all of you "professional rebels"-- I'm David Floyd, from Rhode Island. My introduction is long overdue....I've been a little slow in jumping into the heady discussions that take place on this list. Suffice to... (read more)

On 13 May 2008 at 21:41, jcbradford wrote: > Now James Hansen and a colleague have done what I wanted to do...incorporate a > model of fossil fuel depletion into thinking about future greenhouse gas > concentrations. This... (read more)

As a quick forward to my reply below, I had to login to the website and post this, because the copy I sent by e-mail didn't seem to make it into the forum. On 13 May... (read more)

On March 11 a new documentary was aired on French television. http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/05/01/this-compa... http://relocalize.net/this_company_may_be_the_biggest_threat_to_your_fut... It is a documentary most Americans will never see, explaining how the gigantic biotech corporation Monsanto is threatening to destroy the agricultural biodiversity which has... (read more)

On 22 Apr 2008 at 4:02, Holistek wrote: > I want to respectfully sound a note of caution about this ideological > capitalism/socialism dichotomy. Capitalism is not the problem, and if we think > it is, we will... (read more)

On 15 Apr 2008 at 9:41, Holistek wrote: Your analysis is built on the repudiation of a whole set > of human archetypal behaviours, and I think that means > that it cannot work. We need to... (read more)

On 14 Apr 2008 at 7:11, Holistek wrote: > I am pleased to say that I agree with Dave here. There is more to PCI than > personal physical preparation. And given that I think I started... (read more)

On 11 Apr 2008 at 20:59, elvirawhite wrote: > I agree with your comment that we should overcome our fear of the other. > I think you mean that we could then take in the homeless and... (read more)

On 12 Apr 2008 at 10:02, aangel wrote: > Can someone please point me to a quality diesel electric generator and combined > welder? Here is what (I think) I'm looking for: 1. diesel instead of gasoline; >... (read more)

On 11 Apr 2008 at 19:12, Janet Millington wrote: > end we have to count on ourselves. Katrina proved govt can’t help people on a > large scale and business may be better but not the answer.Our... (read more)

On 11 Apr 2008 at 14:51, asher wrote: > respond to coordinate@, please be sure you are sending from the right > address. If you are still experiencing issues,... (read more)

My apologies for hitting you all with two topics on the same day (especially when so many of you are already feeling overwhelmed by emails!), but I wanted to address some of the more pressing... (read more)