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Sustainable Pacific Grove presents the following as part of our effort to supply
material that will expand understanding of what it means to live in a sustainable fashion.
Green Contest
Here is an article written by Sharon Lloyd of Pacific Grove ( a member of SPG )
that shows the type of thinking that
will make a difference, if we all start to approach our lives this way.
Click here to read Sharon's thoughts.
Exponential Growth
Simon Ratcliffe is a good thinker who is showing the absurdity of continuing the current
exponential growth rates of just about everything. It is simply mathematically impossible
with finite planetary resources. It also leads to some interesting conclusions about
localisation and simplicity.
To see the Ratcliffe article Living in a state of exponential delusion
click here
Amory Lovins at Stanford, 2007
Amory Lovins represents the fifth and final MAP/Ming Visiting Professor. As co-founder of Rocky Mountain Institute, Mr. Lovins brings a longstanding commitment to energy efficiency and the relentless pursuit of environmentally sound energy habits and design standards. Mr Lovins was willing to open his academic program to the broader community, resulting in a series of public lectures that offered greater awareness of energy efficient practices to all.
Each of the five lectures can be viewed at the website below.
( Each is about 1 1/2 hours in length. At the site you may also download a pod-cast of each
lecture and-or the slides from each lecture, as PDF files. )
http://www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid231.php
This lecture series was sponsored by Mineral Acquisition Partners Inc. (MAP) as part of its commitment to fostering sustainable energy education.
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