Sunday 20 January 2008

Energy descent plans

In an earlier entry The End of Oil I described the concept of peak oil and Transition Towns.

One of the key concepts for Transition Towns is to produce an Energy descent Plan which hopefully prepare and allow the local community to live a low carbon life without being dependent on oil.

Such a plan has 6 core considerations

1. create a sense something is happening
2. Ask the right questions
3. Plan for the great re-skilling
4. Find new ways to engage people
5. Stress the new opportunities
6. Vision and backcast

Perhaps the best known Energy Descent Plan is the first one that was produced in Kinsdale, Ireland. You can download their Plan here. This will show how they have explained the 6 core considerations above and how that community is planning for a life without oil


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