Comments on: Money as Debt

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:25:45 +0000

I’d love to see Roberto speak. Do you have details, or details of where I can find details?

BTW – I agree.

By: Emma

Emma — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:12:53 +0000

Yes Daniel, they’ve got a great model but we need to start thinking about relocalisation strategies in our existing suburbs. Unfortunately, we don’t have the luxury anymore of just opening a new village in a new green space – we need to start ‘retro-fitting’ our cities to meet our future challenges with climate change and peak oil. Roberto Perez from Cuba will be coming to Brisbane in April to speak about how they dealt with their oil crisis in the ’90′s. For a preview, check out “The Power of Community” a documentary about their whole experience – it’s very inspirational.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:36:13 +0000

Check out Currumbin Ecovillage – they are on track to create just that sort of village. A village that could very easily survive peak oil.

By: Emma

Emma — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:18:44 +0000

It is an amazing phenomenon created by greed. But it will soon be a thing of the past. Take a look at one initiative operating in West End : http://www.lets.org.au/brislets/overview.html

I’ve also been very annoyed by our need to buy everything required for small tasks around the home, like tools. My lawn mower, cordless drill, ladders, carpenters horses, hammers, spanners, screw drivers all sit around collecting dust for most of their long lives. I think a tool library in each community would be an excellent way of having to spend huge amounts of money on things we only need to use once or twice. Anyone got a spare garage?

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:49:46 +0000

For a longer an more detailed story check out:

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-515319560256183936&q=money masters&total=568&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0