Monday, June 22, 2009

Beyond Consuming

Cute video, worth a look and a link:

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

The Powerdown Show - Transition Towns and Energy Descent Pathways

Energy Decent Action Planning (EDAP)  demonstrate workable partnerships between the community, key stakeholders and local government's commitment to finding solutions to climate change and peak oil and is a way to build resilient and robust communities. 

The Powerdown Show - Transition Towns and Energy Descent Pathways from Rob Carr on Vimeo.

Great talk on seeds and plants

In this brief talk from TED U 2009, Jonathan Drori encourages us to save biodiversity -- one seed at a time. Reminding us that plants support human life, he shares the vision of the Millennium Seed Bank, which has stored over 3 billion seeds to date from dwindling yet essential plant species.