 | Last login: 18 hours agoYuri (George) is a guy from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The transitions to a post-Peak Oil world will occur locally. I am trying to find my way to rebuild and regroup where I am living. Our collective experience will enable us to help one another as the ripple effect takes hold. Permaculture is my current method of choice; it approximates closely a Christian approach.
"If Christ is risen, then nothing else matters. If Christ is not risen, then nothing else matters." ~ Jaroslav Pelikan |
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- Jul 3, 8:21pm
 (1 review) http://www.clear-village.org/ - Our Aim: A Sustainable Village by 2014
C.L.E.A.R. Village Foundation's five-year collaborative design project is working to construct a real-life C.L.E.A.R. Village. By bringing together leading figures from a variety of disciplines, powerful and complete solutions can be developed. The village will offer excellence in social, environmental and economic sustainability to both residents and guests. The village will let businesses test innovative solutions and technologies in a real world situation, showcasing their most innovative work on a world stage.
C.L.E.A.R. Village's Collaborative Design and Thinking Events
By turning aspiration into action through a highly interactive programme, C.L.E.A.R. Village sets itself apart from other sustainable design processes.
At the invitation-only C.L.E.A.R. Village Lab held in the Institute of Advanced Architecture in Barcelona at the 5-7 November 2009, exceptional individuals in their own craft will gather to inspire each other and co-design a framework for a sustainable community.
At the C.L.E.A.R. Village Forum in thein Amsterdam in Summer 2010, industry leaders will present their best work alongside an immersive exhibition, letting you experience the latest green technologies and designs for yourself.
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- Hydro-Quebec, Ford to test plug-in electric cars
 Jun 14, 3:50am (1 review) cars, energy-industry, alternative-energy http://www.montrealgazette.com/Technolog...- MONTREAL - Hydro-Québec and Ford Motor Co. are collaborating on a program to test plug-in electric cars, the two companies said Tuesday.
The auto company, along with the Electric Power Research Institute, picked Hydro as one of nine utilities to join a North America-wide demonstration and research plan for plug-in electric vehicles.
The three-year test program on the Ford Escape is designed to develop and evaluate technical approaches for integrating plug-ins into the electric grid. Hydro-Québec is the only Canadian company participating in the project.
"We have to accelerate the replacement of oil by electricity for individual transportation and public transit. The transport sector accounts for 42 per cent of Québec's greenhouse gas emissions. The reduction in greenhouse gas emissions that could be achieved through the electrification of transport in Québec, where 98 per cent of the electricity is produced from renewable sources, would be considerable. Hydro-Québec will act as a leader in this area," said Thierry Vandal, Hydro president and CEO.
Refueling costs for an average vehicle driven 18,000 kilometres per year would be $244, compared with $1,383, the Electric Power Research Institute estimates. Based in several U.S. states, the non-profit institute conducts research and development into the use of electric energy.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Power_Research_Institute [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Power_Research_Institute]
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- Programs from series: Sustainable Futures|A-Infos Radio Project
- Apr 18, 2:46pm (1 review) ecology, environment, alternative-energy http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/serie...
- Also available as podcast, here:
radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml [radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml] +Futures
Weekly series on internet radio or podcasts concerning sustainability.
- Low-Carbon Retrofit for a Quarter of British Homes · Feb 21, 8:13am
- ergobalance.blogspot.com/2009/02/low-carbon-retrofit-for-quarter-of.html [ergobalance.blogspot.com/2009/02/low-carbon-retrofit-for-quarter-of.html]
Related Reading:
guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/09/eco-homes-refit-emissions [guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/09/eco-homes-refit-emissions]
blogs.telegraph.co.uk/milo_yiannopoulos/blog/2009/02/17/leading_climate_cha... [blogs.telegraph.co.uk/milo_yiannopoulos/blog/2009/02/17/leading_climate_cha...]
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- A Hybrid That Has No Batteries - Column/Dave VanderWerp/C/D Staff/Columns...
- Feb 15, 3:02pm
 (3 reviews) alternative-energy http://www.caranddriver.com/features/col... - More discoveries in the arsenal of the Car Culture:
"..This system makes a lot of sense for the stop-and-go drive cycle of UPS trucks--some 40 percent of the 73,500-truck U.S. fleet never ventures above 45 mph. A fully loaded, 23,000-pound UPS truck traveling at 30 mph has 0.26 kWh of kinetic energy. When brought to a stop, the hydraulic-hybrid system can recover and reuse more than 70 percent of that energy whereas battery-powered hybrids typically reuse only 25 percent of a vehicle's kinetic energy.."
- Jan 17, 7:24am
- montrealgazette.com/Technology/there [montrealgazette.com/Technology/there]+life+after/1188444/story.html
Quote (there are many):
".."All clean energy is in the long run cheaper because you don't have to pay for the fuel," he said. "Renewables are the only thing that can lead to clean and cheap energy forever." So is there really an energy crisis, or is it simply a crisis of ignorance? Human potential is the most overlooked and most important factor in overcoming the problems of peak oil and climate change, Scheer said. "We cannot discuss this question only on cost comparisons. Who has the courage in 20 or 25 years to tell their own children, 'We could have solved the problem but it was too expensive for us. The additional cost of three or four cents per kilowatt/hour was too costly for us.' That's really shabby."
Another link: montrealgazette.com/story_print.html [montrealgazette.com/story_print.html] =
- Jan 17, 7:06am
- Examples of installable (removable, portable panels or similar) insulation that allow for flexibility:
sumcan.com/faq.html [sumcan.com/faq.html] (firm based in Alberta, Canada)
coverflex.net [coverflex.net] (Texas, USA)
p2000insulation.ca/faq.php [p2000insulation.ca/faq.php] (throughout Canada)
- Dec 20, 2008 12:24pm
- A Brief History of Oil - a slightly comical depiction of oil on video
liveleak.com/view [liveleak.com/view] Part 1
liveleak.com/view [liveleak.com/view] Part 2 and so on
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- California Resource Recovery Association
- Oct 6, 2008 5:43pm (1 review) ecology, economics, waste-management, environment, energy http://www.crra.com/aboutus/aboutus.html
- From the page: "Who We Are
Founded in 1974, the California Resource Recovery Association (CRRA) is a non-profit 501(C)3 organization dedicated to promoting waste reduction, reuse, recycling, pollution prevention, and composting. The CRRA works to expand markets for recycled materials, promotes sustainable materials policies and is a clearinghouse for information, innovation, and industry and governmental initiatives. CRRA newsletters, workshops and conferences provide up-to-the-minute information on issues that shape the recycling and composting fields. CRRA is the premier organization for linking like-minded individuals from every facet of the industry. Non-profits, waste haulers, recyclers, state, federal and local government, recycled product manufacturers and many others come together under the CRRA umbrella. We invite you to join us. "
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- Clean revolution
- Oct 4, 2008 7:04am (1 review) architecture, ecology, urban-planning, environment, alternative-energy http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/ne...
- From the page: "The city's goals include reducing per capita energy use by half, getting 100 per cent of electricity from clean, renewable sources, building or retrofitting 50 million square feet of green buildings and reusing 100 per cent of waste water.
For many San Jose residents, who see the blue bin or dual-flush toilet as their contribution to the cause, and for government and businesses, things are about to change.
In fact, reaching the Green Vision goals will "transform the way we live, and that's scary, but instead of fearing, we should embrace (the challenge)," said Collin O'Mara, San Jose's Clean Technology Officer.
The municipal government will help make this transformation as easy as possible, providing incentives to residents and industries to install solar panels or to "build green," for example. There will also be a push to insulate, switch to efficient lighting and install energy-monitoring systems, cool and green roofs and smart cooling systems."
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