{"id":38098,"date":"2013-10-11T09:47:45","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T16:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/?p=38098"},"modified":"2013-10-11T10:04:09","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T17:04:09","slug":"it-can-be-done-how-local-communities-are-transitioning-to-a-new-sustainable-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/2013\/10\/11\/it-can-be-done-how-local-communities-are-transitioning-to-a-new-sustainable-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"It Can Be Done: How Local Communities Are Transitioning to a New, Sustainable Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><ul class=\"inline-playlist playlist\" title=\"\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/download\/20131011Uprising\/2013_10_11_permaculture.mp3\">Listen to this segment <\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"inline-playlist playlist\" title=\"\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/download\/20131011Uprising\/2013_10_11_uprising.mp3\">Listen to the entire program<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=right width=50% src=\"\/home\/graphics\/transition_pasadena.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>New reports on climate change portend a grim future. Our use of fossil fuels seems to have no end in sight. Climate change deniers claim that 95% of climate scientists who know the planet is warming are somehow hysterical and deluded. Oil and gas companies assume our energy supplies are limitless. <\/p>\n<p>It can be dizzying to think about what it will take to reverse global warming and survive without oil. But a growing movement worldwide suggests that now is a good time to adapt our lifestyles toward self-sufficiency and sustainability. <\/p>\n<p>Pioneering British environmentalist Rob Hopkins has founded the &#8220;International Transition Town Movement&#8221; through which he promotes what he calls a \u201ctransition response\u201d in communities readying themselves for a world without oil and creating a new economy that is based on efficiency and sustainability. <\/p>\n<p><em>GUEST: Rob Hopkins has written several books including The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience and his latest, The Power of Just Doing Stuff: How Local Action Can Change the World. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Transition LA presents: Rob Hopkins in LA<\/strong><br \/>\nWHAT: \u201cJust Doing Stuff\u201d Panel Discussion with Rob Hopkins<br \/>\nWHEN: Sunday, October 13, 2013 \u2014 5:00pm \u2013 7:00pm<br \/>\nWHERE: Westchester United Methodist Church, 8065 Emerson Ave., Los Angeles 90045<br \/>\nHOW: <a href=\"http:\/\/thepowerofjustdoingstuff.eventbrite.com\/\">Click here<\/a> for tickets. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Transition Pasadena presents: Rob Hopkins in Pasadena<\/strong><br \/>\nWHAT: Rob Hopkins and the Just Doing Stuff Transition Town Fair<br \/>\nWHEN: Mon, October 14, 10:30am \u2013 2:00pm<br \/>\nWHERE: Throop Unitarian Universal Church in Pasadena, 300 S. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena 91101<br \/>\nHOW: <a href=\"http:\/\/justdoingstuffpasadena.eventbrite.com\/ \">Click here<\/a> for tickets. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New reports on climate change portend a grim future. Our use of fossil fuels seems to have no end in sight. Climate change deniers claim that 95% of climate scientists who know the planet is warming are somehow hysterical and deluded. Oil and gas companies assume our energy supplies are limitless. It can be dizzying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-program"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38098"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38101,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38098\/revisions\/38101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}