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By: NaturalFreeChoice.com A LETS system is a non - profit locally initiated exchange network backed by good and services and there is no need of coins, paper money or tokens of any kind. Transactions are recorded in a local central location and open to all members. Good and services can include the following: food, health services, clothing, repairs, housing, transport, legal services, equipment, business services, entertainment etc., through the operation of a credit economy that is community based and the use of dollars are reduced or not used. The LETS system work in the following manner: 1) Community people set up an organization 2) Anyone on the community can join the organization 3) Good and services are set by a directory of members 4) The transactions are kept on record and updated regularly 5) Services or good are paid by a note or cheque for an agreed amount of LETS units.

By: NaturalFreeChoice.com Food storage can be used for long and short term planning. Having the right amount of food stored can provide us with enough supply in case that for some reason we are temporarily away from our regular food supply. You can buy the food already prepared for long term storing or you can do it by yourself by drying fruits, appropriate food canning, etc. Before obtaining the food that you are going to store (it does not matter if you are going to buy it already prepared for storing or are going to do it by yourself) you should follow some basic guidelines so you can have a successful plan

"Volunteer Master Gardeners offer food growing advice to local people and communities. Volunteers are fully trained and supported by Garden Organic, the UK's leading organic growing charity. This three-year pilot programme is funded by the Big Lottery Fund's Local Food scheme, Sheepdrove Trust and local authorities in four areas: Warwickshire, Islington, South London and Norfolk. We aim to develop and sustain these programme areas and more nationally to follow the success of Garden Organic's Master Composter network."

We are a Portobello, Edinburgh based, community run, environmental group. We believe that Portobello can and should re-localise. This means, for example: growing more of our food; generating our own energy; creating a wider range of jobs close to home, finding ways to get to 'zero waste'… We'll all get more out of living here - and help the planet at the same time. Rather than hoping that governments might act in time, we are working now to re-localise, and to help other communities do the same. We believe that the huge wave of communities becoming Transition Towns, Going Carbon Neutral, making Community Buy Outs, kicking out plastic bags or getting more local food bought and sold, are showing that people have had enough of the way we've been doing things - and that there is another way - or lots of them! The huge challenges of Climate Change and Peak Oil have galvanised people into action, and we have huge potential to make a fundamental difference to how we live in a way that government so far has not managed, and individuals on their own often feel is beyond them. We started the process of working towards becoming a Transition Town in 2005, just as our community was celebrating its victory in a long battle against the Superstore. Inspired by Rob Hopkins' description of the work done by his permaculture students in Kinsale, Ireland, we decided that we were ready to follow their example and develop our own Energy Descent Action Plan (EDAP) and to begin to take steps to implement it. We've gone some way towards this; learned a great deal; run several public events; and have two energetic groups (Food and Land Reform) with projects on the go up and running. Clearly there's plenty more to be done, but we feel that we've made a great start, have inspired other communities in our turn, and you are welcome to join us.

Why was the Big Green Gathering shut down by the authorities? by George Monbiot: journalist, author, academic and environmental and political activist, United

By: NaturalFreeChoice.com When storing food it is necessary to verify how we are going to manage the shelf life of our food. Looking for the right conditions is essential to keep it in edible conditions so we stay healthy also during the time we consume this food. When choosing your food for storage make sure that is in good quality conditions. When choosing the place you should follow the following steps, so your food last longer: 1) Quality of Food - Be sure that you are buying or storing fresh food or food that is in good conditions 2) Rotate: Food that was stored first should be the food consumed first (First In First Out) or the one the one that expire first 3) Low Temperature: Try to low the temperature as much as you can in the area of storage since every increase of 18 degrees F cut by half the live of the food. Try to store in an area above 32 deg F and below 72 deg F.

Sandpoint, Idaho. "This site, just like the transition model, is brought to you by people who are actively engaged in transition in a community. People who are learning by doing - and learning all the time. People who understand that we can't sit back and wait for someone else to do the work. People like you, perhaps…"

Most of the businesses are finding several ways to save the expenses. They consider window tinting to be one of the easiest and safest ways in reducing the energy costs....

Tints have been used by many of the homeowners in their the house windows and doors. They can offer more benefits to the users.

There are two kinds of formulations for hydroponic nutrients namely synthetic and organic based. Synthetic nutrients are refined mineral and available in the form of soluble salts formulated by human for healthy growth of plants.

Hydroponics and other alternative methods can expand the possibilities of roof top gardening by reducing the need for soil or its tremendous weight.

"With aims of gradually forming a resilient environmental network over the city of Sendai, renovating existing water policy, providing new green public space that is more sustainable and efficient by using smart grid technology."

Straumietis didn't go to film school or other training to be a set consultant. He ended up designing a crucial part of this season's WEEDS set by way of his hydroponics company, Advanced Nutrients.

Hydroponics and other alternative methods can expand the possibilities of roof top gardening by reducing, for example, the need for soil or its tremendous weight.

"Study for Prosperity Beyond Peak Oil: a ground-breaking study into how Tasmania can overcome the challenge of peak oil and oil price fluctuations with $250,000 earmarked for the study. This study will assess the vulnerability of the Tasmanian economy and community to sudden, severe or cumulative increases in the real price of petroleum products. This will help Tasmania be an early adapter and to reap the rewards by starting to storm-proof our economy today. "

"Transition Towns (http://www.transitionnetwork.org, http://www.transitionus.org, http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz, etc.) is one of the fastest growing social movements in the world today. It's a bottom up movement made up of initiatives around the world collaborating locally and widely on community based answers to peak oil and climate change around the world, supported by Transition Network and affiliated organisations.\n\nDrupal at the centre of a lot of the web developments. This group exists to bring together Drupal builders, site admins and developers with an interest in Transition, for knowledge sharing, and joint development activities."

"Crowdmap is designed and built by the people behind Ushahidi, a platform that was originally built to crowdsource crisis information. As the platform has evolved, so have its uses. Crowdmap allows you to set up your own deployment of Ushahidi without having to install it on your own web server\nUse the power of the crowd to monitor and visualize what went right, and what went wrong, in an election.\nWhether it's a natural disaster, epidemic or political crisis, Crowdmap was built for it.\nCrowdsourcing isn't just for emergencies, you can use it for local knowledge and business too.\n

"These high quality, hand crafted tools are designed to pick up almost any object 5mm to 100mm (1/4" to 4") in diameter, depending on the size of wizard. The tool weighs 2.5kg (5 1/2 lb) and is 1.5m (5') long. You roll the nut wizard over the ground and the spring wire spreads and flips the object in the basket. Very little pressure is needed and it is easily operated by anyone. Included with the tool is a spreader which attaches to any standard bucket; when the wizard basket is full, you push basket over spreader, separating the wires and objects fall out."

"Transition Voice is the new online magazine for the Transition movement, a cultural wave of hundreds of thousands of people across the globe who are responding to peak oil and declining fossil fuels by helping their communities and families to prepare for a future where economies and culture will likely look very different than they do today. Transition planners hope for a life that will be cleaner, more local, and human-scale."

The UK Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil and Energy Security (ITPOES) is a group of British companies concerned that threats to energy security are not receiving the attention they merit. The Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil and Energy Security The aim of our first report is to engage government more proactively on the peak oil threat, and also to alert the public to the problem. We aim to encourage collaborative contingency planning by government, industry, and communities on measures that can be taken to accelerate independent energy supply within the UK. In preparing this report, we asked ourselves three related questions: How big is the risk from peak oil? How big is the alternative-energy opportunity? How do the two conflate?