Will localisation define the future?
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About the video: ‘Will localisation define the future?’
Cheap fossil fuels have facilitated longer trade routes, thereby making global trade possible. Oil depletion and climate change are now requiring of us to reduce fossil fuel dependence and shorten supply lines. This has profound implications – indeed Bill McKibben believes it is in our best interests to move proactively towards stronger, more self-sufficient local communities before our hand is forced. He suggests that US individualism has gone too far and a greater sense of community should be encouraged.
Total views: 2,718
Filmed: San Francisco, USA on 15 October 2005
Credits: Interviewer - Marcus Morrell, Camera and Editor - Marcus Morrell
Copyright © 2006 Big Picture TV
About Bill McKibben
Bill McKibben is an American environmentalist and writer.
He is the founder of 350.org, an international climate campaign. He frequently writes about global warming, alternative energy, and the risks associated with human genetic engineering.
His first book, The End of Nature (1989), was regarded as the first book for a general audience about climate change, and has been printed in more than 20 languages.
In March 2007 McKibben published Deep Economy: the Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. It addresses what the author sees as shortcomings of the growth economy and envisions a transition to more local-scale enterprise.
On October 24th 2009, at over 5200 events in 181 countries around the world, people gathered to call for strong action and bold leadership on the climate crisis. in resonse to 350.org’s declaration of the day as 350 International Day of Climate Action.
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