VIDEO: Rob Hopkins Discusses Community Renewables as Part of Transition Movement | Grist TV

"A community renewable revolution in the UK..."
"Creating something that models community resilience as economic development."

Rob Hopkins founded the Transition Towns movement.  In the U.S. it seems to be all about local food systems ... but local energy is just as important. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEpHVq-E2x0