Albert Bates Interview

Albert Bates, an influential figure in the intentional community and ecovillage movements discusses his new book The Post-Petroleum Survival Guide and Cookbook: Recipes for Changing Times. Over the coming years we will need to move from a global culture addicted to cheap, abundant petroleum to a culture of compelled conservation, whether through government directive or market forces. Bates takes a positive, upbeat, and optimistic view of "the Great Change," promoting the idea that it can be an opportunity to redeem our essential interconnectedness with nature and with each other. Bates is a lawyer, author and teacher. He has been director of the Institute for Appropriate Technology since 1984 and of the Ecovillage Training Center at The Farm in Summertown, Tennessee since 1994. Recorded April 17, 2007