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[http://www.amazon.com/Ecotopian-Sketchbook-Judith-Clancy/dp/0960432027 A sketchbook] to help you use your visual imagination to envision Ecotopia. | [http://www.amazon.com/Ecotopian-Sketchbook-Judith-Clancy/dp/0960432027 A sketchbook] to help you use your visual imagination to envision Ecotopia. | ||
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| + | [http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=13-P13-00044&segmentID=1 The US states of California, Oregon, Washington and the Canadian province of British Columbia have signed a pact to reduce carbon dioxide emission]. 11/13. | ||
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewer_Socialism Sewer Socialism] in Milwaukee. | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewer_Socialism Sewer Socialism] in Milwaukee. | ||
| − | [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:e2SLNOBJX2UJ:transitionculture.org/wp-content/uploads/richard-orourke-dissertation.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShpuEyh5r4LapJrEdVHVWU1S8Z9mlxv2GWbkAm0qjfV8E2JdbJF7aChyt9ynhtQzRqNG3Sy4ZQX6nRoSlU6eKMtgV4XFPgRlBX5xcIwXbqTejzUX38_WvWYZJgd3-R9_NyHEOes&sig=AHIEtbSPw-fFUpm8r0B39fmVGjPJJUYubQ&pli=1 Ecotopian Transitions Towns] Masters Thesis prepared for The London School of Economics & Political Science 2008 By Richard Seán O’Rourke | + | [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:e2SLNOBJX2UJ:transitionculture.org/wp-content/uploads/richard-orourke-dissertation.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShpuEyh5r4LapJrEdVHVWU1S8Z9mlxv2GWbkAm0qjfV8E2JdbJF7aChyt9ynhtQzRqNG3Sy4ZQX6nRoSlU6eKMtgV4XFPgRlBX5xcIwXbqTejzUX38_WvWYZJgd3-R9_NyHEOes&sig=AHIEtbSPw-fFUpm8r0B39fmVGjPJJUYubQ&pli=1 Ecotopian Transitions Towns] Masters Thesis prepared for The London School of Economics & Political Science 2008 By Richard Seán O’Rourke. |
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| + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_(proposed_Pacific_state) A sort of Tea Party version] is the State of Jefferson, perhaps an outgrowth of Reagan era [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Wise_Use_Movement "Wise Use"] Sagebrush Rebellion. | ||
Revision as of 17:34, 3 November 2013
This classic work gave a name to an entire science fiction subgenre. Ecotopia presents a first-person account of a U.S. American journalist visiting a break-away ecological utopia situated in Northern California.
Callenbach, Ernest. Ecotopia (Amazon Preview) (1975). another preview McH Stacks PS3553.A424E25 1990.
His farewell: Epistle to the Ecotopians.
A list of his books, including a prequel 1981.
Earth Ten Commandments, alt site.
NYT 2008 article on the novel's continuing relevance.
A sketchbook to help you use your visual imagination to envision Ecotopia.
Video
Bill McDonough is building twelve Ecotopian cities in China. Full TEDtalk.
Ecotopia or Bust 2007? 34 min interview on application of Ecotopia principles. alt link. "ECOTOPIA author Ernest Callenbach talks about the signs of the influence his 1975 visionary novel has had at home and abroad, his thoughts on social change, and the urgency he sees of making the inevitable transition to clean, renewable energy sources or--the alternative--a plunge into chaos." He notes we are the first empire to rely on a distant energy source. Growth vs sustainability.
From Ecotopia to Solartopia (interview). alt link. 55 min.
Ecotopia Then and Now 1982 interview 27 min.
Prophetic 5 min news segment.
Occupied Cascadia documentary. Full version.
Other
Cascadia secession effort. The Republic of Cascadia has a flag and everything. news and culture, also some history, and you can join up.
Sewer Socialism in Milwaukee.
Ecotopian Transitions Towns Masters Thesis prepared for The London School of Economics & Political Science 2008 By Richard Seán O’Rourke.
A sort of Tea Party version is the State of Jefferson, perhaps an outgrowth of Reagan era "Wise Use" Sagebrush Rebellion.
