Local Future Video Course
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Video Course
The following selection of video presentations, when combined with the suggested study materials, provide an excellent
foundation for understanding why and how we will be living
a local future.
These videos have been carefully selected and sorted to create a free online course of approximately ten hours in length. Feel free to skip around, especially if you are familiar with some of the presentation topics.
The Local Future: Peak Oil, Climate Change, the Credit Crisis, and Beyond
Aaron Wissner - 30 m, 6 partsMoney, Energy & The Future
Richard Douthwaite - 54 m, 6 partsWeb of Debt: The Financial Collapse
Ellen Brown - 44 m, 5 partsUnderstanding the Credit Crisis
Ben Dyson, 5 mThe Case for a State Owned Bank
Ellen Brown, 10 mThe True Process of Money Creation: It's Not from Printing Presses
Aaron Wissner - 10 mWhat is Money?
Chris Lindstrom, 9 m, 2 partsPeak Oil and Energy Explained by a Physicist
Dr. Vernon Ehlers - 14 m, 2 partsThe End of the Age of Oil
Dr. David Goodstein - 50 m, 6 partsOil Prices in Peak Oil Era - Supply, Demand and Price
Aaron Wissner - 1 mPeak Oil & Our Energy Future
Richard Heinberg - 48 m, 5 partsDetermining Risk and Preparing for an Uncertain Future
Aaron Wissner - 10 m, 3 partsThe Four Futures
Tim Hudson - 19 m, 2 partsScenario Planning
Bryn Davidson, 25 m, 2 partsWhat is Sustainability?
Aaron Wissner - 9 mBeyond Sustainability: Curtailment and Community
Pat Murphy - 38 m, 4 partsTo Prepare for Tough Times: Get Out of Debt
Michael Ruppert, 20 m, 3 partsSurviving Tough Times: Thriving in Community
Megan Bachman - 33 m, 3 partsRelocalizing: Changes for Sustainability and a Life on Current Energy
Julian Darley - 12 m, 3 partsWhat One Country is Doing to Increase Local Electricity Production
Bianca Barth, 7 mThinking Realistically about Automobiles, Wind Energy, and The Future
Matthew Simmons, 7 mSolutions from Copenhagen & the Island of Aero in Denmark
Tom Brandstetter, 13 mModels of Resilience and Regeneration
Albert Bates - 39 m, 3 partsPassive Solar Houses
Wayne Appleyard - 19 m, 2 partsWeatherize Homes & Save Money
T.J. Brown - 24 m, 3 partsPermaculture & Organic Farming
Thaddeus Owen - 41 m, 5 partsFood Security, Farm Markets and Democracy
Chris Bedford - 20 m, 2 partsLearning about Peak Oil and Envisioning a Brighter Future
Megan Bachman, 12 m, 2 parts
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Additional Local Future videos and suggested playlists are available on YouTube.
Podcasts & Visuals
All podcasts and presentations from the 2008 and 2009 Local Future Conferences are available for free download under
the Creative Commons
BY-NC-ND license.
Featured Presentation
Professor Richard Douthwaite of the "Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability" (FEASTA) presents the risks and opportunities presented by the current situations in energy (peak oil), economy (collapsing credit bubble), and environment (climate change).