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any Unitarian Universalists here?

cellodon — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:02:40 -0800

Or if you know of any. Peak oil leaders in UU churches are invited to join UU-CAPO: UU Churches Addressing Peak Oil. CAPO is currently housed as a Yahoo group at

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UU-CAPO/

So far we have representation from Illinois, Indiana, & Virginia. Join us!

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ordering the latest: 'Richard Heinberg in Eugene; "Peak Oil Challenges and Opportunities" ' DVD

Sundog — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 16:36:41 -0800

On Jan. 10, Richard Heinberg paid a well-regarded visit to Eugene OR. We had to turn away several hundred people. If you have not seen the latest on peak oil, or are looking to get your community, latest family member or friend up-to-speed, well here's your opportunity! The DVD contains Mayor Kitty Piercy's introduction, all of Heinberg's 70+ minute presentation and 30 minutes of substantial Q & A from multiple camera angles, a chapter containing Richard's informative powerpoint slides, as well as resourceful community peak oil preparation activities and websites. The DVD is $8-10, sliding scale. The fundraising DVD can be purchased by sending endorsed checks to the 'Eugene Permaculture Guild'(chief event sponsor). Include $2.00 for postage($10-12 total, US$),and send to:

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Come talk story about relocalization - April 3

Ben on Maui — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 19:57:17 -0800

> When: April 3, 2006, 7:00 p.m.
>> Where: Maui Booksellers, 105 N. Market St., Wailuku, Maui, Hawai'i
>> What: This is a follow-up discussion after last month's screening of End of Suburbia. We had a wonderful group of about 15 people for the screening, including high school students, teachers, people experienced at living off the grid, and other concerned citizens.

This next meeting will be a great time to talk about some specific ideas and concerns. I hope attendees will have read an article or two about peak oil and the ramifications of this eventual milestone. [See attached bibliography for some ideas - there are many more!] Sooner or later the expectation of cheap energy will be an anachronism. In the interim, supplies will vary, and the prices of staple items will fluxuate. During this time of uncertainty, there is no doubt in my mind that economies that have 'relocalized' will weather the waves better than those that steadfastly rely on distant resources and support.

Maui Post [cheap] Petrole (Hawaii)

How to order your 'Richard Heinberg in Eugene Jan. 10 2006, on Peak Oil: Challenges and Opportunities' DVD

Sundog — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 12:33:57 -0700

March 4, EWEB utility and event co-sponsor debuted the DVD recording of Richard Heinberg's 1/10 Hilton sellout ++ presentation on Peak Oil.

This quality DVD contains Mayor Kitty Piercy's introduction, all of Heinberg's compelling 70+ minute presentation, 30 minutes of substantial Q & A, and seperate files containing Richard's informative powerpoint slides & a resourceful community peak oil preparation activities and websites guide. The DVD is $8-10, sliding scale. For those wanting their own copy, the DVD can be purchased by sending endorsed checks to the 'EPG Fund'. Include $2.00 for postage($10-12 total, US$),and send to:

Coordinator HUB

The Once and Future Carbohydrate Economy

Sarah Smith — Thu, 04 May 2006 10:48:38 -0700

The carbohydrate economy could transform agriculture as well as energy, reviving producer co-ops, and giving farmers a hedge against voilatile commodity prices.

By David Morris
Issue Date: 04.08.06

For the original article click here.

Less than 200 years ago, industrializing societies were carbohydrate economies. In 1820, Americans used two tons of vegetables for every one ton of minerals. Plants were the primary raw material in the production of dyes, chemicals, paints, inks, solvents, construction materials, even energy.

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ARGENTINA: Urban Gardens Provide More than Just Food

Sarah Smith — Fri, 05 May 2006 10:46:33 -0700

ARGENTINA: Urban Gardens Provide More than Just Food
Marcela Valente

For the original article click here.

BUENOS AIRES, Feb 9 (IPS) - The community gardens initially created to help confront the effects of the late 2001 economic collapse in Argentina have now "grown" into a government-run urban agriculture programme, which provides unemployed workers with much more than just food for their families' tables.

Some 7,000 people who were out of work before entering the programme have joined forces to clear the land, plant and harvest vegetables, and sell their produce in street market stalls.

Alliance for a Post Petroleum Local Economy - APPLE Shasta

Bi-Partisan Congressional Leaders Promote 'Peak Oil & Environment' Conference

Anita Laurin — Fri, 05 May 2006 11:08:58 -0700

Source: Congressman Bartlett's Office [May 04, 2006]

Washington, DC – May 5, 2006 – Congressmen Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) and Tom Udall (D-NM) urged immediate action to reduce America’s dependence upon oil and address climate change while endorsing an upcoming conference sponsored by the University of Maryland, "Sustainable Energy Forum 2006: Peak Oil and the Environment."

The bi-partisan leaders of the Congressional Peak Oil caucus, along with other conference presenters environmental leaders Lester Brown of the Earth Policy Institute, and Dan Lashof of the Natural Resources, Defense Council (NRDC), Roger Bezdek of Management Information Services, Inc. and University of Maryland College of Chemical and Life Sciences Dean Norma Allewell, discussed the global implications and urgency that these twin challenges present.

Central Ohio Relocalization Effort (CORE), Columbus, Ohio

"Envisioning a Sustainable Resource Base"; A Bio-regional Response to Peak Oil and Global Warming, Mon., May 22,at Dharmalaya

Sundog — Wed, 10 May 2006 11:38:34 -0700

"Envisioning a Sustainable Resource Base"
A Bio-regional response to Peak Oil and Global Warming

The next Cascadia Commonwealth Institute Monthly Forum will draw together Eugene's best informed and most visionary energy planning and policy experts to share their insights on how we can meet our community's energy needs in a time of global warming and peak oil. The event will take place Monday 5/22/06 at 7:15pm at the Dharmalaya Center, 356 Horn Lane.

Panelists:

Kathy Ging, energy activist, on Oregon Renewable Energy & Fuel Act of 2006
Mike Hatten, Principal Engineer, Solarc Architecture & Engineering

Coordinator HUB

Hamilton Publishes Peak Oil Report and Plan to deal with it

lifetree76 — Mon, 22 May 2006 16:09:39 -0700

The City of Hamilton just published its official plan for the city and Peak Oil. It is encouraging that a major Canadian city has picked up the ball and run with it. Their plan may offer some insights into municipal action plans for the rest of us. For those of us lobbying our local councils, we can pick up this document and use it as further evidence for the need to move forward with this.

I encourage all groups to pick up a copy of this document. I would guess that it would be 20 dollars at most. The link to it in pdf is here:

http://www.odac-info.org/bulletin/documents/Hamilton-ElectricCity.pdf

Chatham-Kent Oil Age Planning Group (CKOAP Group)

National Petroleum Council hides the hard truths about energy instead of facing them

Larry Menkes — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:33:38 -0700

Philadelphia Organic Democracy

Mayors to go it alone on Kyoto

Sarah Smith — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:14:08 -0700

Michelle Lalonde, CanWest News Service; Montreal Gazette

Published: Sunday, June 04, 2006

MONTREAL -- Canada's mayors will not let Prime Minister Steven Harper walk away from Canada's international commitments on climate change without a fight, and like their counterparts in the United States, Canada's mayors intend to work toward the goals of the Kyoto Protocol.

At its annual meeting in Montreal Saturday, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, representing 1,400 municipal leaders across Canada, adopted a policy statement supporting Canada's ratification of the Kyoto Protocol.

"Municipal governments commit themselves...to implementing policies and operational changes that will achieve a global reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of 30 per cent by 2020 and 80 per cent by 2050, based on 1990 levels," the statement reads.

Those targets go beyond what Canada committed to in the Kyoto Protocol. The federal government has described the Kyoto targets as impossible to achieve.

Municipal governments can have a major impact on reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Canada by changing land use rules, improving public transit, reducing methane-producing landfill waste, and other concrete measures, according to the FCM statement.

"In Canada, close to 55 per cent of the country's greenhouse gas emissions can be influenced by decisions made by municipal governments," the statement says.

Mayors in the U.S. have mounted an aggressive campaign against the anti-Kyoto stance of President George W. Bush and his administration.

As of May 26, 2006, 238 mayors representing over 45.4 million Americans had signed the U.S. Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement, pledging "to meet or exceed Kyoto Protocol targets for reducing global warming pollution by taking action in our own operations and communities."

Lloyd Hines, chair of the FCM's standing committee on environmental issues, said the FCM hopes to be consulted on Harper's climate change plan, promised for this fall. He said FCM members are concerned about the environmental message the Harper government has sent so far.

"They are concerned that there may be some lessening of commitment on Kyoto and other environmental issues," Hines said.

He stressed that the FCM is anxious to build a good relationship with the federal government and wants to be consulted as Harper works to define his so-called "Made in Canada solution" to the climate change issue.

Senior policy analyst Mary Jane Middlekoop said, who was asked by one delegate if the organization intends to "raise holy hell" over the issue, replied: "We intend to raise cool hell."

Montreal executive committee member Alan De Sousa said the FCM has to walk a fine line between maintaining good relations with the federal government and advancing its own environmental policies. But he said FCM members are staunchly committed to fighting climate change with concrete action.

"Fundamentally no one (at the municipal level) is dancing around this issue. (The mayors) have seen the impacts (of climate change) in their communities. They don't have to be convinced."

Environment Minister Rona Ambrose was to address the FCM's meeting today but has cancelled, citing a schedule conflict.

Today, Parti Quebecois Leader Andre Boisclair and Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe are expected to launch a Save-Kyoto coalition at a news conference in Old Montreal.

And Monday is World Environment Day, designated by the United Nation's in 1972 as a vehicle to "stimulate worldwide awareness of the environment and enhance political attention and action" and commemorated each year on June 5.

Montreal Gazette http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/info/contactus.html

Post Carbon Ponoka

Energy Summit

Sarah Smith — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 10:13:46 -0700

For anyone that is interested in finding out more about Energy Vulnerability and the North Bay Summit for Elected and Appointed Officials that took place on May 19th in North Bay, California, please take a look at this webpage. You might also want to follow the link at the end of the page to Additional Resources on Energy & Sustainability.

Chatham-Kent Oil Age Planning Group (CKOAP Group)

All Group Coordinators are now Managers on the Coordinator Noodle Bar

Sarah Smith — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:55:46 -0700

Shelby and I decided to open up management of the Coordinator Noodle Bar to all Group Coordinators. You are now able to add events and news to the Noodle Bar and will recieve email notification of new posts to the site. The only request we have (other than post as much as you like) is that you don't edit the content on the homepage. That is unless you see a typo!

Coordinator HUB

No more business as usual

Molly Brown — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:42:11 -0700

Author, Affiliation, Date:
Byron King, Published on 11 Aug 2006 by Energy Bulletin Teaser:

What ALI SAMSAM BAKHTIARI (retired senior energy expert,formerly employed by the National Iranian Oil Co.) has to say about Peak Oil.

Alliance for a Post Petroleum Local Economy - APPLE Shasta

Eugene Activists Help Lead Session of Summer U of O Peak Oil Course

Sundog — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:01:05 -0700

Author, Affiliation, Date:
Sundog, Post Carbon Eugene, 24 Aug. 2006 Teaser:

U.S. Academia Fronts Peak Oil Coursework & Dialogue!

Coordinator HUB

At Last - Article about Food Security with the Urban Food Garden

PhilipBr — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 14:41:06 -0700

Teaser:

The Green Cycle Urban Agriculture motto says it all, “grow what you eat”. A hardy group of urban gardeners have learned that first hand this spring, with a practical boot camp approach to food security in a large Vancouver garden on Ontario Street donated by a generous permaculture enthusiast.

Coordinator HUB

Time to Start Counting Carbs

Shelby Tay — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 11:02:46 -0700

Author, Affiliation, Date:
Mary Dalton, The Ecozoic Reader (In press) - Post Carbon Santa Cruz, 13 October 2006 Teaser:

While the planet as a whole is at the end of the Cenozoic era, we humans are at the end of the first half of the age of oil. Petroleum, or “rock oil”, was created during a one-time, geological event. Chemically, oil is so incredibly precious, that some scientists have remqarked that burning oil is “like burning a Van Gogh painting to run a car”.

Coordinator HUB

Update on 'Escape from Suburbia'

Shelby Tay — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:40:38 -0800

Teaser:

For everyone curious about the release of 'Escape from Suburbia', the much anticipated follow up to widely acclaimed documentary, 'End of Suburbia'

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Fifty Million Farmers

Shelby Tay — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:25:19 -0800

Author, Affiliation, Date:
Richard Heinberg, Energy Bulletin, 17 November 2006 Teaser:

(Note: This is the abbreviated text of a lecture by Richard Heinberg delivered to the E. F. Schumacher Society in Stockbridge, Massachusetts on October 28, 2006)