Adaptive Capacity

Adaptive Capacity

Details  The adaptive capacity is a measure of the ability to maintain essential activities and wellbeing while adjusting to the pressures for change. 
Adaptive capacity
Petroleum Supply

Petroleum Supply

Details  Oil supply and price will change in dramatic and potentially unexpected ways within the lifetime of the infrastructure we are now using and expanding. How do you assess the vulnerabilities of the essential activity systems of a city? How do transportation engineers change their whole purpose to downshift of vehicle use?Link  http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/your-council... Tags    Peak Oil 
personal transport
The Economics of NOT Producing Oil

The Economics of NOT Producing Oil

Details  The only way carbon emissions will reduce is when oil companies produce less oil. What would the business plan look like for an oil company that reduced oil production 80% over the next 20 years?  How would they improve profits while eliminating exploration activities and shutting down production wells and refineries? 

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dare to go there

In 2022, The GATE Initiative as described below is a big step up in activity for the members and trustees with objectives for 2022-24. Please support the Initiative with a donation, joining GATE, and sharing information with others. 

Donations will support the following activities:

  • Organization of the Bi-Annual November International e-Conference (Organizer services cost $22,000 USD)
  • Front office handling of membership applications, website management and answering emails (admin cost $50,000 USD)
  • Example Projects editing, checking and preparing for member's access in website (postgraduate students @ $20/hr cost $24,000 USD)
  • Website support, domain name and hosting ($2000 USD)
  • Marketing and Outreach ($10,000 USD)
  • Grants in Aide for engineers to do the online course ($500 USD Each)

Shift Projects

This page has active projects that are looking for participants and Transition Engineers. Look for example projects in the Action Centre at the above link. You have to be a member to visit the Action Centre. So join GATE today at either the Associate level or apply for Engineering Membership.

Step 1 - HISTORY

This website has great from the ground up experiences of early 1900's life in the UK.  It is one of the best time travel vehicles we have found. https://www.1900s.org.uk/index.htm 

 

The BigDO

The BigDO

Details  The Ultimate Shift Project
Imagine an international meeting of the 50 largest corporate and national oil production, refining and fuel retail companies with the purpose to negotiate the net zero production downshift.
Oil shift project
Metropole Grenoble Transition

Metropole Grenoble Transition

Date  July 02, 2018Details  A major forward-looking research program is being developed with the City of Grenoble, the universities, and local companies. As part of the development phase of the program, a workshop was held to work through the Transition Engineering vision of the future and discoveries of disruptive opportunities as carried out by Jeremy Pascal and Susan Krumdieck.
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Affordable Housing

Affordable Housing

Details  The system of market pricing of housing is not sustainable. It is a wicked problem.