Rebuilding Community Resilience & Self-Reliance
Transition Milwaukee Links to Useful Sites and Information
A listing of links
gathered from our members via our online discussions with
descriptions . . . .
- Belief In Climate Change Hinges On Worldview (an NPR segment) - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124008307
- Annie Leonard presents: The Story of Cap and Trade http://www.storyofstuff.com/capandtrade/
- Utah is passing legislation mandating a denial of climate change: - http://www.dailytech.com/Resolution+Denying+Climate+Change+Resoundingly+Passes+in+Utah/article17718.htm
- South Dakota House of Representatives votes 36-30 “Calling for balanced teaching of global warming in the public schools of South Dakota.” - http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2010/Bills/HCR1009P.htm
- This the 258 page energy descent action plan from Bloomington - http://bloomington.in.gov/media/media/application/pdf/6239.pdf
- Post Carbon Cities - http://www.postcarboncities.net/
- The Oil Depletion Protocol: A Plan for Sensible Energy Future - http://www.oildepletionprotocol.org/theprotocol
- Common Pool Resources economic ideas rooted in Garrett Hardin's idea of the tragedy of the commons. His article explaining the theory - http://www.garretthardinsociety.org/articles/art_tragedy_of_the_commons.html
- Mayor Barrett's State of the City address in reference to Sustainability Reform. Here is the link to the whole speech: http://www.city.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/MayorAuthors/2010/StateOfTheCity/2010StateoftheCityAddress.pdf
- Sustain Jefferson, a nonprofit organization working toward a more sustainable future for Jefferson County http://www.sustainjefferson.org/
- Regenerative Culture http://www.regenerativeculture.com
- Economics of Peak Oil http://zfacts.com/p/313.html
- Green print legislation: http://county.milwaukeecounty.org/ImageLibrary/User/kshekoski/Dimitrijevic/Green_Print_Packet.pdf
- This is the list of cites that have had official Peak Oil task forces. http://postcarboncities.net/resources
- the International Oil Depletion Protocol - http://www.oildepletionprotocol.org/about/history
- information on EPA’s Green Power Partnership: http://www.epa.gov/greenpower.
- CalStar, a California-based company that opened a new plant in Caledonia, will recycle coal fly ash (byproduct produced at the power plant in Oak Creek) to make bricks. http://bayviewcompass.com/archives/3163
- Walnut Way - a model that we should all follow. http://www.walnutway.org/
- The Victory Garden Initiative founded by Gretchen Mead. http://thevictorygardeninitiative.com/about/
- UU Church http://www.uumilwaukee.org/u/SOS%20Interview
- The Milwaukee Time Exchange http://www.mketimeexchange.org/
- This year's Green Energy Summit is on Wednesday – Friday, March 24 – 26, 2010 at the Midwest Airlines Center in Milwaukee. www.greenenergysummit.us
- Swee Sim's Future Green & Cafe Tarragon www.futuregreen.net
- Here are a couple good documents about Wind energy on Lake Michigan. There are many more. But this is a project that is waiting to happen, begging to happen, pleading with the universe for someonee to make it real.... http://www.glc.org/energy/wind/Information-Solicitation-Options-Offshore-Wind-Lake-Michigan_FINAL.pdf.pdf and http://michigan.gov/documents/dleg/s_offshore_potential9-29FINAL_2__255935_7.pdf
- Small-scale wind project seeks utility customers - a project northeast of madison http://www.jsonline.com/business/83312932.html
- Wisconsin Environment http://www.wisconsinenvironment.org
- The Green Pages - http://www.greenamericatoday.org/pubs/greenpages/
- Many of us first learned about Peak Oil via Community Solutions film Power of Community. That was done back in 2004 now they moved on to books. Also they have put on several national conferences on Peak Oil. They have been at all this starting back in 1945 The fastest way to digest all this is to navigate the website. http://www.communitysolution.org
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