What to do when the oil runs out?
Channel: Patrick Chalmers
Date: 15/02/2012

Doing inspiring work is one thing - sharing its possibility with other people is quite another. We can't rely on either our politicians or our media to do this for us so we have to learn how to do it ourselves.

This short interview features Ben Brangwyn, a co-founder of the Transition Network. He explains how his organisation tries to get people around the world working in their local communities to prepare for the twin challenges of climate change and peak oil.

What does that mean? It means anticipating a time in the near future when oil prices go through the roof and our weather starts doing all sorts of strange things that we're not used to. It means thinking in advance what both those futures imply for community food supplies, housing, energy use, transport, health, education and social provision to name just some of the sectors.

This short film is an example of how ordinary people can use video to get their messages out to wider audiences - the sort of work promoted by the UK's visionOntv and in my book Fraudcast News.