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Understanding What's Happening
It's hard to know what steps we need to take and preparations we need to make to create an Elm Street Economy if we don't understand the circumstances we're in, why they aren't working, and what needs to be changed. Though we do not necessarily agree with all the conclusions and opinions expressed, these resources provide much needed perspective.
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The US Debt Clock
Where Temperatures Will Soar
The Pacific Garbage Patch
Documentary Films*
The End of Suburbia
Presented in a paradoxically light-hearted style at times, this 78-minuted
documentary provides an introduction by a variety of experts to the
implications a worldwide dwindling oil supply will have on our American way
of life. At the time the movie was made this was an impending issue. Oil was
still well below a $100/gallon. That many of the effects projected in this
DVD are already beginning to occur makes the full-scope of issues presented
here more compelling.
Everything's
Cool
This 89-minute documentary
provides a thorough background for understanding the difficult,
long-traveled, and arduous road of dedicated professionals who have
undertaken to call the issue of global warming to the attention of the
scientific community, the media, our policy makers and the public. Produced
and directed by award-winning directors Daniel B. Gold and Helfand.
The
Inconvenient Truth
This Academy-award-winning documentary is a 86-minute amiable, low-key, and
politically nonpartisan presentation by former vice-president Al Gore on the
evidence and effects of global warming. Though it features a wealth of
information-packed graphs and charts, the film is presented by director
Davis Guggenheim in a thoughtful, compelling, sometimes humorous and always
engaging way.
What A Way To Go: Life at the End of Empire
Becoming quite a cult hit with the under 30 crowd, this 123-
minute documentary presents a more personal and psychological
perspective on the overwhelming challenges of peaking fossil
fuels, degraded ecosystems, a changing climate, fast-growing worldwide
population growth, and vulnerable global economies present to
daily life as we know it.
Books*
Affluenza by Graaf, Wann,
Naylor
The All-Consuming Epidemic
Identifies and explains the "painful,
contagious, socially-transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety and
waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more," its symptoms, historical,
political, and socioeconomic, and the options for treatment,including
examples and practical ideas for change.
The
High Price of Materialism by Tim
Kasser
An engaging and compelling summary and analysis of statistical
research findings on the detrimental consequences of strong materialistic
values associated with hyper-consumerism on self-esteem, well-being,
happiness and success and its correlation with low self-esteem, depression,
antisocial behavior and even a greater tendency to psycho-somatic symptoms.
The
Long Emergency
by James Howard Knustler
Surviving
the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the
Twenty-First Century
A caustic and unrelentingly grim portrait
of what lies ahead for suburban American and the implications for the
country that is difficult to ignore no matter how much readers might wish
to. A classic in this field
Middle-Class
Lifeboat by Paul & Sarah Edwards
Careers and Life Choices for Navigating a
Changing Economy
For those ready to explore alternatives and take action, a wealth of
information, personal examples, and resources you can share for pursuing 50+
local, virtual, and green careers and adopting of imaginative lifestyles
from simplifying to relocating, and living off the grid, abroad, on the
road, or at sea. Includes cashless ways to extend your income.
The
Party’s Over by Richard Heinberg
A more readable exposition of the issues we face than many other accounts
with a wider discussion of the social implications and recommendations for
personal, community, national and global action. Nonetheless highly
compelling, another classic in this field.
Peak
Everything by Richard Heinberg
Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies
Heinberg's most recent book, expanding into issues that include not
only of fossil fuel shortages, but also water and food shortages' their
history, implications, and alternatives. Includes a chapter on pre-traumatic
stress and other psychological issues, as well a chapter on the implications
for the arts.
Reconnecting
with Nature by Michael J. Cohen
An excellent experiential introduction to the mismatch between how
the natural world and our manmade world function, why they are no long
compatible, and how to approach life from a natural perspective that will
bring our lives and our culture into balance with nature.
Reinventing
Collapse by Dmitry Orlov
One of the most important books for mental health professionals today, this
book uses experiences in the collapse of the Soviet Union to identify the
kind of social, economic and psychological issues we in the US may be
dealing with in the face of rising debt, a devalued dollar, and a worsening
energy crisis.
See our Review of this book.
Sacred
Demise by
Carolyn Baker
The first book written fully to address
the spiritual and psychological aspects of the collapse of the
industrial culture that has created our materialistic consumer-oriented
lifestyle, Sacred Demise is a jumping off point for anyone
who wants to begin to explore the inner work involved in the eco-challenges
we face.
Read the Forward to this book. See our review of this book.
Sustainability
by Bob Banner (ed.)
Radical Solutions Inspiring
More alternatives to share and explore from this anthology of over
eighty articles divided along 11 themes from activism and energy, to
alternative living to eco-villages and permaculture. Some articles by
notable figures such as Howard Zinn, Richard Heinberg, and Desmond
Tutu.
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The
Transition Handbook by Rob Hopkins
From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience
A comprehensive overview of the post-carbon issues local communities face
followed by a clear vision and model individuals can come together to
implement in their communities. Great resource for those ready to see
options for the and wanting to act.
A
World Made by Hand by
James Howard Knustler
A fictional account of what life might be like after world-wide fuel
shortages. Balanced and imaginative and definitely not over done or over
wrought. An excellent way to pique one's own ideas of what would be possible
and practical, as well as to explore what one's own ideas of possible
personal, emotional and relationship implications.
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Courses
The
Crash Course by Chris Martenson
Post Peak Living UnCrash
Course by Andre Angelantoni
Sustainable Careers by Paul
& Sarah Edwards
Other Books
Agenda for a New Economy
by David Korten,
Berrett-Koehler Publishers,
2009.
The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power
by Joel Bakan, Free Press, 2005.
The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New World
by Paul Roberts, Mariner
Books, 2005.
The End
of Work
by Jeremy Rifkin, Tarcher Putnam, 1995.
Screwed:
The Undeclared War Against the Middle Class And What We Can Do About It
by Thom Hartmann, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2006.
The Fragile Middle Class: Americans in Debt
by Teresa A. Sullivan, Elizabeth
Warren, and Jay Lawrence Westbrook, Yale University Press,
2000.
The Great Risk Shift:
The Assault on American Jobs, Families, Health Care, and Retirement - And
How You Can Fight Back
by Jacob S. Hacker, Oxford University Press, 2006.
The
Overspent American
by Juliet Schor, Harper Paperbacks, 1999.
The Post-Corporate World
by David C. Korten,
Berrett-Koehler
Publishers, 2000.
Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World
Economy by Matthew R.
Simmons, Wiley, 2005.
The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers
Are Going Broke by Elizabeth
Warren and Amelia Warren Tyagi,
Basic Books, 2003.
War on the Middle Class: How the Government, Big Business, and
Special Interest Groups Are Waging War on the American Dream
and How to Fight Back by Lou Dobbs,
Viking Adult,
2006.
The Working Life: The Promise and Betrayal of Modern Work
by
Joanne B. Ciulla, hree Rivers Press, 2000.
Thee Working Poor: Invisible in America
by David K. Shipler, Knoph, 2004.
Unequal Protection: The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the
Theft of Human Rights by Thom Hartmann,
Rodale Press, 2002.
Other Documentaries - DVD
The
Persuaders
The Story of Stuff
Blogs, Web Sites, & Web Communities
Beyond
Therapy
Causabon's
Book
Debtors’
Anonymous
Energy Bulletin
Oil Drum
Project Nature Connect
The Post Carbon
Institute
Peak Moment TV
Peak Oil Blues
Peak Oil
Parenting
Permaculture Institute
Post
Peak Living
Seeds of Thought
Sharing Sustainable Solutions
Simple Living
Network
Speaking Truth to
Power
Transition US
Transition UK
The Sustainability
Institute
Yestermorrow
The Transition Movement
Book
The Transition Handbook by Rob Hopkins (see above)
Articles:
http://www.hopedance.org/cms/content/view/595/86/ http://transitionculture.org/about/
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGHrWPtCvg0&feature=related
DVD Trailer:
http://transitionnetworknews.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/transition-movie-nearly-ready/#comment-267
Websites
UK http://www.transitiontowns.org
Blog
http://transitionculture.org
Networking
Location of Initiatives Worldwide
ttp://transitiontowns.org/TransitionNetwork/TransitionCommunities