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Transition Possible Anywhere - Albert Bates

Alex Smith | 02.10.2012 23:08 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Energy Crisis | Sheffield

Can you create a Transition Town in the Republican South? Without dwelling on the contentious issues of climate change or Peak Oil? Albert Bates shows us how to move anyone toward localization and food security.

The lessons learned in rural Tennessee can work in the UK as well. How do we overcome the resistance to local food, and community self-determination? Bates gives us useful tips for working with people who don't share some of your beliefs or politics.

Albert Bates is a former attorney, a designer, biochar expert, author, speaker, and an international and local organizer. Albert has lived at the famous intentional community called "The Farm" in Summertown, Tennessee since 1972. His book "Climate in Crisis" was published back in 1990, with more following, like "The Post-Petroleum Survival Guide and Cookbook" in 2006, and "The Biochar Solution" in 2010.

In this 22 minute Radio Ecoshock interview, Bates describes how Hohenwald Tennessee became the 24th Transition Town in America.

 http://www.ecoshock.org/downloads/ecoshock/ES_Bates_LoFi.mp3

Alex Smith
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