Archive for the 'Social Responsibility' Category
Coming to grips with the end of suburbia
0 Comments Published by Seamus Ford July 7th, 2008 in Peak Oil, Social Responsibility, Commentary, Education.As we enter the age of post peak oil, we have to begin to prepare ourselves for inevitable changes to our lifestyle. This video is a 52 minute version of the documentary “The End of Suburbia”. This is a sobering must watch video. What it predicted at the time it […]
Preparing for a Post Peak Life
0 Comments Published by Andre Angelantoni June 23rd, 2008 in Peak Oil, Lifestyle, Social Responsibility, Commentary, Transportation.This following is a guest post by André Angelantoni, President of PostPeakLiving.com. André is also Cofounder of Post Carbon Marin and writes and speaks on peak oil and how to prepare to live in a world of scarce and expensive oil.
It looks like we’ve collectively made a huge mistake: we are fast approaching the point […]
Re-thinking what you consider to be junk: re-use and re-purpose
2 Comments Published by Seamus Ford June 20th, 2008 in Recycling, Family/Children, Social Responsibility, Commentary.The world is filling up with stuff.
Modern industrial society has lost touch with the real value of what it produces. Our wasteful consumption and our disposable attitude toward so much of what we produce and use is going to hurt our children. In spite of the fact that most parents would never […]
New Thinking on Climate Change — Al Gore Speaking at the Ted Conference
0 Comments Published by Seamus Ford May 9th, 2008 in Activism, Politics/Voting, Social Responsibility, Commentary.Changing light bulbs is great and we should do it. It is only the beginning however. Much more is going to be required from us. Check out Al Gore presenting at the 2008 TED conference in Monterrey CA.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhNclEqVVvY
Take the time to watch this. This is a time of ever increasing personal […]
