The latest issue of Pacific Ecologist had a very interesting article. Titled "How should we live?", the author reviews three books that "offer therapy for those suffering from Post-Petroleum Stress Disorder."

The ideas presented by Rob Hopkins are built on a successful experiment in Devonshire, the UK. The Ecologist (UK) has already reported about it:
Totnes is a town rapidly rebranding itself. Renowned as the alternative capital of Britain’s greenest county, Devon, the town’s name traditionally conjures images of crystal-healing, new-age culture, beards and sandals. It may come as a surprise then, that this dreamy pastoral backwater is the location for what has been dubbed ‘the most significant and potentially ground-breaking social experiment of our time’  Read the full article here

Hopkins and his book have inspired a movement very active also here in New Zealand, including on Waiheke. Have a look at www.transitiontowns.org.nz and while you are there, look up the Waiheke section.

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