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Falcon in the storm #04 – Critical Mass Heaters

Apro’ Tech is an ingenious word game with Appropriate Technology, the movement of achieveing the best possible result with the resources at hand, and the word for ‘tiny’ in Hungarian, which happens to be ‘apró’. It represents the small scale of the energy solutions this team is aiming for, while

Falcon in the storm #04 – Critical Mass Heaters

Apro’ Tech is an ingenious word game with Appropriate Technology, the movement of achieveing the best possible result with the resources at hand, and the word for ‘tiny’ in Hungarian, which happens to be ‘apró’. It represents the small scale of the energy solutions this team is aiming for, while

Falcon in the storm #3: The Fission Process

What do you think about the necessity of a new nuclear power plant in Hungary? The government based Paks II on assumptions about our reality that are simply not valid anymore. The first assumption is that economic growth requires a higher net energy consumption. A yearly energy demand growth of

Drew Dellinger: “If we had more imagination, we could have less capitalism”

This is one in a series of blogs exploring imagination that you will find at Rob Hopkins’ website. Listening to Drew Dellinger‘s poetry regularly gives me goosebumps. Very shortly it will give you goosebumps too. He is a US-based writer, poet, speaker and teacher whose passions revolve around ecology,

News from the world of Transitionese

News from the world of Transitionese A kit of resources is being released to support the international growth of the movement. This includes material for translators (a glossary, brief style guide, and video); for authors writing for Transition (a style guide with tips and hints about writing for an international

Sustainable St Albans Week – a model for engaging the local community towards change

“Creates good opportunities to discuss Sustainability with friends and colleagues as they become more aware of the issues’’ Feedback form We endlessly promoted the programme online and distributed thousands of brochures through the organisers and at market stalls. The Herts Advertiser, our media partner, gave us excellent coverage, as did

Falcon in the Storm #2: The Creep of Solar

In our second guest post from Gergő Benedek, he explores a city community trying to invest in renewables. Wekerle is a unique neighbourhood, situated where the outskirts meet the edge of the Budapest , Hungary. The square-shaped residential area is a protected heritage site, an unlikely ‘garden city’ experiment, built at