Some interesting stuff here:

Community: The Best Solution
How small communities offer the best solution to “Peak Oil,” the end of fossil fuels. Download PowerPoint Presentation (624k)

Agraria: A Low-energy-use, Small Sustainable Community
A proposal for a post-Peak Oil community development in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Read it here

Cuba – A Peak Oil Country
Cut off from trade by the United States, in 1993 Cuba lost its critical oil imports from the Soviet Union almost overnight. The country had to learn to do without it, and today has lessons for the rest of the world about how it can be done. Download PowerPoint Presentation (6.1mb)

Curtailment: A Solution for Peak Oil
Unless the developed world embarks on a strong program of curtailment, our deteriorating social environment of poverty, violence, etc., will continue. This deterioration is already reflecting the decline of oil. Download PowerPoint Presentation (864k)

Decentralization: A Model for Transforming Cities into Communities
Folke Günther of the Dept. of Systems Ecology, Stockholm University, has devised a model for integrating settlements and agriculture for sustainability. Launch the site

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