Interdependent Web

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(notes from a Birds of a Feather session at DrupalCon 2010)

André Angelantoni, slides available at http://PostPeakLiving.com

• attendees include cofounder of Transition Silicon Valley
• how will economy descend following peak oil?  crash?  or stairstep contractions each time the price peaks?
• current debt to GDP ratio is much higher than it was during the Great Depression
• Greer's stages of technic societies: proto-industrialism, abundance industrialism, scarcity industrialism, salvage societies, ecotechnic societies
• brightneighbor.com in Portland trying to sell service to communities - we can do better with Drupal
• Feature brainstorming: lending library, space & event planning, ride sharing, ecommerce, microfinance, barter / time banking, local food coordination, group forums, project management (Storm module?), wiki, calendar
• continue via Transition group on groups.drupal.org