Creating an Energy Descent Action Plan

Rob Hopkins of TransitionCulture.org and Sonya Wallace of Creating a Sustainable Sunshine Coast (CASSC) tell GPM’s Andi Hazelwood about creating an Energy Descent Action Plan (EDAP) and dealing with the associated challenges.
Sonya Wallace is just getting started with her EDAP project for the Sunshine Coast region of Queensland, Australia. She details how permaculture is a response to energy decline, tells of the new Sunshine Coast Energy Action Centre, and explains the weaknesses that an EDAP would address for her region. Sonya’s local council is positive about the EDAP project, but she talks about the difficulties in getting the community engaged in large scale responses when they’re dealing with immediate and seemingly more pressing issues such as debt and transport poverty.

Global Public Media (audio)