Miscellaneous suggestions for local action
On Energy Bulletin, a list of actions - "Helping cities, towns and municipalities adapt to peak oil: things you can do on the local level"
(On Energy BUlletin there's no place to comment; article was originally posted by Peak Progress here on MySpace, but you need to join MySpace to comment on it there.)
An Oil Drum commenter summarized the list:
* Change school curriculum for High schoolers in grades 9 - 12 to prepare for a fast changing world
* Create awareness campaigns and encourage homeowners to buy products and services from local companies
* Create "food preparation, storage and nutrition" classes for citizens
* Expand business and residential composting programs
* Mandate energy efficiency inspections for homes and buildings
* Assess local food production abilities
* Encourage neighborhood grown food swaps
* Foster neighborhood food swaps based on produce grown within the city.
* Create program for sustainable year round water usage for urban farming
* Create or expand neighborhood introduction programs
* Continue to encourage use of public transportation, biking, walking, and carpooling
* Foster neighborhood co-op owned fueling stations
* Offer "Earth Shift" support groups
* Create "Wisdom of the Elders" program
* Create a re-use storage program
Is Guy Dauncey's list online?
(I'm guessing not, since it's the core of his "101 solutions" book )
What do you think of these ideas?
(along with Marston's list from Power Palooza)
Are there other lists?
1 comment:
> raise small livestock in their own yards.
yes, with appropriate sound and biomass and cleanup restrictions. You probably don't want a rooster next door, or pigs...
And I like the community-gardens-in-parks idea too - I once lived near a park with some garden plots, and it seemed to work well.
Of course, they didn't have bears...
The APPLE people have started a couple of community gardens this year (small town, plenty of space outside it) - but it'd be nice to have the gardens _in_ town.
(though preferably not growing in soils contaminated from mining and lead from paint; both can be issues here.)
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