Tag Archives: peak oil

Dr. Guy McPherson, making the case for living off-grid in Ypsilanti

By Mark | February 18, 2012

Later today, at 6:00 PM, University of Arizona emeritus professor of Natural Resources and the Environment Guy McPherson will be speaking at the Gilbert Residence in Ypsilanti (203 South Huron Street) about his new book, Walking Away from Empire, and the steps that he’s taken to extract himself from what he sees as an American […]

Posted in Education, Environment, Politics, Sustainability | Also tagged American Empire, anarchy, barter, big-government savior state, building with straw bales, community building, conservation, decent human community, defining community, dystopia, economic collapse, gas tax, gift economy, global climate change, Global Warming, Guy McPherson, health care, intentional community, Jevons' paradox, Jim Kunstler, Khazzoom-Brookes postulate, Mad Max, maintaining body temperature, mass transit, New Mexico, off-grid, organic gardening, personal responsibility, straw bales, University of Arizona, Walking Away from Empire, water, when the shit hits the fan | 37 Comments

Local Transition Town visioning session scheduled for February 1

By Mark | January 24, 2010

I’ve written quite a bit here over the last few years on the Transition Town movement. For those not familiar with the initiative, it involves the preparation and certification of towns attempting to address the duel challenges of climate change and peak oil proactively. It basically involves analyzing local food production, energy use, etc, and […]

Posted in Agriculture, Alternative Energy, Ann Arbor, energy, Food, Sustainability, Ypsilanti | Also tagged bee keeping, canning and preserving, carpentry, Climate Change, composting, darning, Depletion and Abundance, fixing & re-use, gardening, Lisa Bashert, native landscaping, permaculture, re-localization, salves, sewing, Transition Town, Transition Town Handbook, urban chickens | 4 Comments

Bill Wilson and Midwest Permaculture

By Mark | July 27, 2009

While I was away on vacation this past week, a well know permaculturist by the name of Bill Wilson came through Ypsi on a speaking tour. As I wasn’t able to attend, I asked a friend of mine named David Palmer, who was at the event, to share his thoughts. Following are his notes. There […]