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Solutions and Visions to manage Transition as well as possible
"Think Global Act Local"

Portal page for a wide range of bright ideas, key concepts, visions, and proposals. Please send us your "solutions" for Transition - use the Forum.

Appropedia "is the site for collaborative solutions in sustainability, poverty reduction and international development." Water * Food/Agriculture * Health/Safety * Culture/Community * Knowledge * Energy * Construction/Materials * Transport

Permaculture: See its increasing contribution, especially in permacultural thinking and design, to solve global sustainability problems locally. Permaculture provides the bedrock of the whole Transition Towns approach and wisdom.

Some key solutions, possibilities, and pipedreams

Greening the Desert - reclaiming desert near the Dead Sea - much of the planet's deserts could be greened, quickly

Using freshwater reservoirs as energy suppliers (P*)

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion & freshwater source (R*)

Aronia - a naturally ecological plant we will need

Chief Seattle's speech "This Earth is Precious"

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The Power of Community - How Cuba survived her own Peak Oil crisis - adopting permaculture principles.

Integrated reform for Transport and Oil / Petroleum (P+L*)

Can Britain feed itself? (interesting - needs more verifying)

Oil Vulnerability Auditing

Deep Ecology & Joanna Macy

This won't work for everyone, but it is one man's solution. A straw-bale house built by Steve James in 10 months for under £4000. Visit him here or read the Independent article here

 

* P = Proposal        R = being Researched         L = Letters written to papers, MP's etc        D = developing for production

 

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key page - last updated 24th April 2008