Recall the old jingle: “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.” Power Down is the kind of Reduce that no one today likes to think about: reducing our energy consumption. It’s the ultimate global warming solution. And it’s our very real future.
As mainstream media begins to pick up the story of global warming, we’re becoming […]

An excerpt from our forthcoming book: Environmental Change-Making …
In the end, self-limitation is the only answer that counts, but that is the answer that no one wants to hear.
–Richard Heinberg, PowerDown
In keeping with our present-day love for the pat jingle, environmental educators crafted the familiar Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. National environmental groups now offer “Ten […]

Last night we held a “Greener House Cleaning” meeting at the Environmental Change-Makers. I’d read about Green Cleaning Parties through Women’s Voices for the Earth. I contemplated signing up for one of those, but after reviewing their materials I decided I could do better, and reach further, by simply sharing my own experiences.
My […]

For years I’ve followed the “Transition Towns” movement in the U.K. via the blog of its founder, Rob Hopkins. Now, finally, I feel it is time to try out some of these ideas here in Los Angeles.

Rob’s new book, The Transition Handbook, summarizes years of grassroots work he’s done in his town (neighborhood) to […]

If I’ve been a bit sporadic in my posts here, there are a few reasons why. Here’s one:
The Community Garden
The little church in my neighborhood where we hold our Environmental Change-Makers meetings decided last fall to rip out their side yard and convert it into an edible landscape. Guess who jumped in to […]