Books

The Party's Over: Oil War and the Fate of Industrial Societies -by Richard Heinburg http://www.richardheinberg.com/endorsements/thepartysover

Power Down: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World by Richard Heinberg http://www.richardheinberg.com/endorsements/powerdown

Crossing the Rubicon by Michael Ruppert http://www.fromthewilderness.com/

High Noon for Natural Gas by Julian Darley http://www.highnoon.ws/

Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock & The World Economy by Matthew Simmons http://www.twilightinthedesert.com/

The Long Emergency by James Howard Kunstler http://www.longemergency.blogspot.com/

Boiling Point by Ross Gelbspan

Grub; Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen -by Anna Lappe' and Bryant Terry-Informative book on food production, entertaining stories and chock full of yummy recipes! http://www.smallplanetinstitute.org

Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World-Alan Weisman- Inspiration and educational look at how a Columbian community thrives with self sufficiancy amid a drug trafficking war zone.http://www.friendsofgaviotas.org/about.htm

MuseLetter online monthly newletter by Richard Heinberg - contact rheinberg@igc.org http://www.richardheinberg.com/museletter/current

Renewable Energy World-http://www.earthscan.co.uk/-  Resources, books information from leading researchers in the sustainability world. Articles on peak oil and new solutions.(free to qualified professionals)

Films

An Inconvenient Truth -Al Gores film about climate change and the current ecological crisis-a must see for every citizen www.climatecrisis.org

Power of Community-With the loss of Soviet Oil in 1990, Cuba was forced to undergo an artificial "Peak Oil". This uplifting and inspiring documentary explores how the island nation, through its focus on community, managed not only to survive, but to transform their entire society to a sustainable, low-energy-use system. Running time 78 minutes http://www.communitysolution.org/cuba.html

End of Suburbia -With brutal honesty and a touch of irony, the End of Suburbia explores the Amerian way of life and its prospect as the planet approaches a critical era, when global demand for fosil feuls outstrip supply. As we enter the 21st century, serious questions are beginning to emerge about the sustainability of this way of life. Running time 78 minutes www.endofsuburbia.com

Peak Oil: Imposed by Nature-Norwegian film Producer/Director Amund Prestegard looks at the imminent decline in global oil production. Featuring geologist Colin Campbell and Energy investment banker Matt Simmons. Running time 30 minutes, 18 minute bonus track http://www.powerswitch.org.uk

Global Warming: What You Need to Know-Former NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw hosts this informative Discovery Channel television program which doubles as a call to action for average Americans http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/2006-07-09-brokaw-global-warming_x.htm

Peak Oil Links

www.postcarbon.org-Julian Darley

www.fromthewilderness.com-Michael Rupperts website read by more than 20,00 subscribers, 40 countries and 40 memebers of U.S. Congress and Professors at 30 Universities around the world.

www.peakoil.net-Dr. Colin Campbell-founder of ASPO Association for the study of Peak Oil and Gas

www.globalpublicmedia.com-Follow the Peak Oil discussion globally

www.lifeafterthecrash.net-Matt Savinars informative website

www.kunstler.com-James Howard Kunstler

www.livingeconomies.org-Business Alliance for Local Living Economies(BALLE)-Creates strengthens and connnects local business networks dedicated to building strong local living economies

www.iclei.org-Local Governments for Sustainabilty-

www.apolloalliance.org-Rejuvinating our nations economy by creating the next generation of American industrial jobs and treating clean energy as an economic and security mandate to rebuild America

www.myfootprint.org-Check your ecological footprint

http://www.mecgrassroots.org/- Mendocino Environmental Center

www.growbiointensive.org-John Jeavons Bio-Intensive gardening and mini farming classa, workshops and onines seed catalogue

www.cloudforest.org-Prepares students to forge a peaceful, sustainable, diverse, healthy, respectful, equitable and hopeful future. Many Mendocino County localization groups post here

www.calthorpe.org -Peter Calthorpe; Designer and Planner

www.peace-fuel.com-Mendocino coast Free Skool-organizing and coordinating free classes taught by skilled citizens, professional and artisans, volunteering their time to educate the community. Calender has community events as well

www.willitseconomiclocalization.org-WEL-Willits Economic Localization- group in Willits California, working to create a sustainable community

GULP-Greater Ukiah Localization Project

MELC--Founded in 2003, the Mendocino Ecological Learning Center (MELC) is a nonprofit educational organization, demonstration site and ecological reserve.