Fleeing Vesuvius chapters

The Ooooby local economic model

by Pete Russell, from Fleeing Vesuvius. Ooooby began in December 2008 on Waiheke Island, Auckland, as an online social network of food gardeners. An evolving project, it now also facilitates the distribution of locally grown food and has launched a currency, Roobys, based on this food and on food processing labour.

Community supported agriculture

From the New Zealand edition of Fleeing Vesuvius. John Mc Kay describes how freeing farmers from the stress of competing in a market place enables them to plan for ecological integrity: healthy soil, nutrient-rich crops and a satisfying diet for consumers.

A guide for sustainability advocates

Creating a sustainable world is about getting individuals, organisations and nations to shift their perspectives and practices. What can you do to influence this process? Nicki Harré describes three psychological principles to help sustainability advocates be more effective. From Fleeing Vesuvius.

How to create change

In the New Zealand edition of Fleeing Vesuvius James Bellamy describes how crises are opportunities to change things at a deep level – to rethink our relationships with one another and the world.

Will New Zealand be the first developed country to evolve a steady-state economy?

Jack Santa Barbara writes in Fleeing Vesuvius that while New Zealand will inevitably make a transition to a steady-state economy, the onset of energy descent — having less and less energy to use with each passing decade — will push it to do so sooner rather than later. So the critical question is whether the transition to a steady-state economy will be by design or disaster.

How resilient are we? A New Zealand immigrant’s perspective

In his chapter in Fleeing Vesuvius Phil Stevens describes challenges to resilience in New Zealand and provides suggestions to help the country sustain its rural sector and preserve its democracy. There are lessons here for elsewhere too.

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