What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire
March 1st - Pasadena CA

www.lapostcarbon.org/wawtg.htm

Rainwater as a Resource

Are our cities beyond repair? TreePeople doesn't
think so.

As part of its Natural Urban Systems Group, TreePeople has been involved in the implementation of several retrofits designed to restore the natural functions of urban sites. From single-family homes to large public sites such as schools and parks, we've helped show that integrating nature's cycles into the urban landscape is not only technically and financially feasible but also highly desirable for individuals and cities alike.

http://lapostcarbon.org/#176

 

The Church Model for Peak Oil Activists

By Sharon Astyk, a subsistence farmer and author

So far, peak oil and climate change groups have focused on the other people who have figured out what is going on. But right now, in the early stages of the crisis, there are simply too few people who have put all the pieces together. With another decade to prepare and teach, such an approach might work. With only a short time, the odds are against it. Compare this to churches or synagogues or mosques, who invite in
nearly everyone in a given community, opening their doors as widely as they can.

Read More at casaubonsbook.blogspot.com

 

Permaculture Defined

The Permaculture Activist, a periodical and website of permaculture resources, has an introduction to Permaculture. Here's a small excerpt.

1. From Bill Mollison: Permaculture is a design system for creating sustainable human environments.

2.From the Permaculture Drylands Institute, published in The Permaculture Activist (Autumn 1989): Permaculture: the use of ecology as the basis for designing integrated systems of food production, housing, appropriate technology, and community development. Permaculture is built upon an ethic of caring for the earth and interacting with the environment in mutually beneficial ways.

Read more at permacultureactivist.net/intro/PcIntro.htm

 

Fossil Fools Day, April 1st

Download and Print:

The Party's Over Booklets

Party's Over Synopsis (2 pages)

What is an ecological footprint?

 

Join the Discussion

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LA Post Carbon Calendar
February
26, 2008

This calendar includes events organized by local post carbon outposts as well as other relocalization related events. If you know of an event that should be listed here, send the event information to info@lapostcarbon.org. www.lapostcarbon.org

Los Angeles Critical Mass
Friday, February 29th, 7 PM

A monthly bicycle ride to celebrate cycling and to assert cyclists' right to the road. Now Meets At Western & Wilshire at the Metro Stop at 6:30 PM Leaves around 7 PM The last Friday of the month.

 

What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire

Saturday,
March 1st, 7:00 PM

Join L.A. Post Carbon and C.I.C.L.E. at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena for a social and informative evening of film and discussion. Bring some food and drink to share. Timothy Sellars, from the band artichoke, will play songs of honeybees and scientists. We'll be screening the feature-length documentary, What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire. www.lapostcarbon.org/wawtg.htm

 

Edible Landscaping and Perennial Food Gardening
Starting March 2nd, 9:00 AM, Six Sundays

With food and energy prices rising steadily and humanity straining Earth's resources and systems, landscaping with edibles is more important than ever for personal, community, and global sustainability. In this six-part course suitable for both landscape professionals andhomeowners, Ecological Landscape Designer Darren Butler will cover the basics of designing, planning, and installing edible landscapes. $245 or $50/class. Call or email Darren Butler to sign up: allnet@pobox.com 818.271.0963 www.EcoWorkshops.com

 

Energy and Water Committee of the Pasadena
Environmental Advisory Commission
Mon, March 3, 2
PM

The Environmental Advisory Commission consists of nine Pasadena residents who advise the City Council and make policy recommendations in support of the goals and objectives of the City’s Environmental Charter and monitor and guide the Green City Action Plan. This commission holds monthly open meetings to the public and serves as a forum for the discussion of environmental issues with local, regional, and global impacts. Agenda info, reports, documents, etc. 150 S. Los Robles Avenue (Water & Power), 2nd Floor Conference Room, Pasadena, CA
www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/planning/meetings/notices.asp

 

Pasadena Sierra Club: Climate Change in the Arctic, Free
Wed, Mar 5 6:30 PM

Pasadena Sierra Club Monthly Meeting Author and Arctic traveler Chad Kister presents "Climate Change in the Arctic: Its Impact on Polar Bears, Native Americans, and Communities Throughout the World". Kister has observed massive differences between his first journey through the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in 1991 and his fourth in 2005. The second edition of Kister's book "Arctic Melting: How Climate Change is Destroying One of the World's Largest Wilderness Areas" is scheduled for publication in February and will be available for purchase at the meeting. Social hour begins at 6:30 pm, program starts at 7:30 pm. Eaton Canyon Nature Center, 1750 N Altadena Dr, Pasadena, CA. For additional info, visit: angeles.sierraclub.org/pasadena/

 

Santa Monica Critical Mass
Friday, March 7th, 2008, 6:30pm

Come to a rolling celebration of bicycles, an organized coincidence that happens every 1st Friday at the Santa Monica Pier (Ocean Ave @ Colorado Ave.) Gather at 6 PM, depart at 6:30 PM.

 

The Los Angeles Environmental Education Fair
Saturday & Sunday, March
8th-9th

The Arboretum of Los Angeles County, 301 N. Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, CA 91007. Over 60 organizations that teach and promote environmental education will present hands-on activities. Live Entertainment, interactive events, Eco Treasure hunt & much more. More info: www.laeef.org/

 

Unique Urban Cob Building Work Party
March 8th-9th

Learn to sculpt your own raised garden beds using clay, straw and sand. Cob is a technique for building structures that won't rot, can't burn down and bugs won't eat it. Earth is one of the oldest building materials on the planet and still the most common. This workshop is led by Ray Cirino creative sustainable artist, inventor, builder and permaculture practitioner who has designed hybrid stoves, street furniture and houses. $60 fee. For more info contact us at L.A@earthlink.net

 

Southern California Transit Advocates Monthly Meeting
Saturday, March 8th, 1 PM 3 PM

SoCaTa's a non-profit organization of about two decades’ standing which weighs in on all matters transit-related, with all of the public transit agencies in the region. SoCaTa is dedicated to the promotion, development and improvement of public transportation in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Their meetings are on the 2nd Sat. of each month, at 1 pm. Free. 422 of Angeles Plaza at 255 S. Hill St., near Pershing Square Red Line Station. Los Angeles, CA. More info at www.socata.net/

 

Pasadena Critical Mass
Saturday, March 15th, 10:00 AM

Come join the pedal-powered party. A free monthly celebration of the bicycle as transportation. We ride fairly slowly and welcome people of all ages and ability levels. Meet at Memorial Park, Adjacent to the Memorial Park Goldine Station At Raymond & Walnut, every 3rd Saturday of the month. We roll at 10:30 AM. For more information visit PBike.org

 

Pasadena Environmental Advisory
Commission
Tuesday, March 18th, 6:00 PM

The Environmental Advisory Commission consists of nine Pasadena residents who advise the City Council and make policy recommendations in support of the goals and objectives of the City’s Environmental Charter and monitor and guide the Green City Action Plan. This commission holds monthly open meetings to the public and serves as a forum for the discussion of environmental issues with local, regional, and global impacts. (every 3rd Tuesday at 6:00 PM)
George Ellery Hale Bldg, 175 North Garfield Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91109. Agenda info, reports, documents, etc: www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/planning/meetings/notices.asp

 

North East LA Critical Mass
Friday, March 21st, 6:30 PM

Come to a rolling celebration of bicycles, an organized coincidence with no leaders and no set agenda. This happens in North East Los Angeles every 3rd Friday starting at the Avenue 57 Gold Line Station. For more information visit BikeBoom.com

 

World Water Day '08 - Walk for Water Los
Angeles
Saturday, March 22nd, 9:00 AM - 11:30
AM

Join us at the Walk For Water at the Santa Monica Peir on March 22! The Walk For Water is inspired by the 3-6 mile journey women and children make every day in water stressed countries. The time spent fetching water for their families prevents them from pursuing an education, maintaining their households or earning additional income. Walk for Water to draw attention to the world water crisis. The modest acts of many can make an extraordinary difference. Join Care, International Medical Corps, Project Concern International, Starbucks and Ethos Water as we observe World Water Day in Los Angeles. This event will feature a series of speakers from participating organizations and a walk. Please arrive on time to allow time for registration. We look forward to your participation on World Water Day 2008. Register for the event / More info: www.worldwaterday.net/

 

Earth Day Car Free Day
Tuesday, Aprill 22nd, 10 AM to 5 PM

A small section of Wilshire Blvd. will be car-free between Western and Harvard thanks to L.A. City Council and Councilmember Wesson’s motion. The motion reads, “The City of Los Angeles declares this day a Car Free Day City Wide to encourage greater-than-normal usage of mass transit”. Activities include live music performances, including an acustic set by Micheal Franti, a bike raffle, and a cloth grocery bag givaway.
www.wilshirecenter.com/earthday

 

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Los Angeles Post
Carbon

Welcome to the organization of Los Angeles outposts of the Post Carbon Institute. Our industrial society is approaching the end of the oil age, and is completely unprepared for the consequences. Our aim is to educate the community on the issue of oil depletion and the coming peak in global oil production, take action in our community to prepare for the post-carbon age and have fun along the way.

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