Grasshoppers and oxen — grassroots responses to peak oil

“Grasshoppers and Non-Violent Communication (NVC) are the top two responses to Peak Oil I recommend,” responded Ano. “Oxen would be my first choice,” piped up Mango Jon—a thin and vital 73 years old.

I had just invited these two farmers to speak at a Peak Oil public gathering at a local permaculture community in a native Hawaiian ohia forest. We will host a speaker from the productive Willits Economic LocaLization (WELL) group in Northern California. Ann Weller will lead a discussion about how to prepare for life as we begin to run out of the petroleum that drives industrial, automobile-dependent civilizations.

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