TRANSITION TOWNS: An Interview with Rob Hopkins

The founder of a growing movement shows us around 'Transition Town Totnes' in Devon and talks about peak oil, the origin of the Transition Towns concept and how to help your community develop an 'energy descent plan' and prepare to 'power down.'

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News & Politics

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• transition
• town
• peak
• oil
• totnes
• rob
• hopkins
• power
• down

[Cushy321]

The is my favourite interview ever. I watch it whenever I feel I might be losing my way, my sense of direction.

[zstowasser]

inspiring! I posted this on my blog - infopatriots (dot) org

[kathrynacooper]

The final quote sums it up: "Another world is not only possible, she's on her way and on a quiet day I can hear her breathing." (Arundhati Roy) Beautiful.

[simmyjaye]

Type Sparxism into YouTube. (It's related to Transition Towns.)

[EcovillageFindhorn]

Perfect quote, very apt.

[MrEnergyCzar]

Unfortunately there isn't enough time or energy to make a smooth transition....

[PennyOhana]

thanks God someone is starting to make some sense. We are currently living in a make believe world... we believe we can trash our planet and still live in it.

[HempLogic]

Fantastic! This doc was my introduction to Rob Hopkins and I love this guy.

"Another world is not only possible, she's on her way and on a quiet day I can hear her breathing." (Arundhati Roy)

[XMRadioFuckingBlows]

peak oil was reached in the summer of 2008 when the prices started climbing towards 200.00 a barrell. Cheap easy oil is gone. The economic crash is the only thing that stopped it. Now is the breathing room to make the changes needed to adapt to the new world we are in.

[NoForcedJabsUK]

peak oil smeek oil, bring on free energy but stop spouting shite about a peak oil driven crash. there are oil wells that have been capped for 50 years all over the world. and global warming, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

you know I'd love to live in one of these towns but not if they full of closed minded, politically correct eco-douchbags like this character!!

[MrEnergyCzar]

Great film..I converted my home to a net-zero solar powered home that uses no oil or gas...I made a video about it called, "Preparing for Peak Oil"...