On the evening of Thursday, July 17th, students from Pacific University will host a "Lightbulbs to Leadership" house party at the Pacific campus. The event - part of a national Sierra Club day of... (read more)

The following are lists of preparation project and skills to consider developing for yourself or in community with others, prepared by Jim Dame, a Portland Peak Oil and WCPO member. [Also please note that Our Own... (read more)

Today, May 19, four of us from WCPO visited the Washington County Public Affairs Council. The forum is weekly during the noon hours on Mondays. Peter did the speaking and gave an... (read more)

At the meeting last week, I remember it was agreed that we would start a new topic where each of us could talk about specific projects that we would want to work on. I... (read more)

I committed to provide the group with more information on the Transition Towns initiative, originated in the UK. This initiative is an approach to changing (transitioning) your town to a sustainable community. Here are the... (read more)

The following are notes from a recent Portland Peak Oil meeting with lots of good ideas about Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Anyone else with any other ideas?? Also, please note that Free Geek is not the... (read more)

Yesterday, ten Pacific University students headed for downtown Hillsboro to ask for a strong Washington County Sustainability Plan. We gathered outside the County Administrative Building and held up home-made signs that threatened to blow... (read more)

An important new essay by Ran Prieur, one of the leading thinkers on the subject of post-oil society. In it you will find many of your assumptions challenged. This is good. Our thinking needs to... (read more)

Hi, I wanted to let WCPO members know about an on-line petition which I'll be sending to the Washington County Board of Commissioners, asking them to commit to reducing greenhouse emissions from our communities. I... (read more)

Subject: Global Warming, Stop Pollution Credits Giveaway! Hi Global Warming opponents, It's looks pretty clear that some kind of pollution credit system will be created soon to try to get a handle on the climate crisis. Polluting... (read more)

Hi all, I was unable to be at the meeting yesterday, but I heard about this group at the Forest Grove Peace Vigil, and I'm interested in being involved. I'm a student at Pacific University,... (read more)

According to dictionary.com, a "Guild" is a noun and: 1. an organization of persons with related interests, goals, etc., esp. one formed for [education, enjoyment, and socialization--in my experience]. 3. Botany. a group of plants, as parasites, having... (read more)

In a San Francisco Chronicle article published in July of 2004, two men described their nearly fully sustainable diet derived from their 6,000 sq. foot backyard garden in Berkeley, CA. The garden not only... (read more)

How do we go from talking about lifeboat communities to actually creating them? Well, let's keep talking until we have a definite solutions! Check out the archdruid's blog: Lifeboat communities... (read more)

Mathis Wackernagel, CEO of the Global Footprint Network has developed a concept to determine the carrying capacity of planet Earth. Their method defined: 'The ecological footprint of a person is a measure of the... (read more)

So how many people can the Willamette Valley hold? Has anyone done a study yet? What are the limiting factors? - Fresh water, arable land, trading asset? Weigh in with facts, opinions, worries, hopes,... (read more)

One of the key goals of Washington County Peak Oil is to motivate positive changes in the County and among our citizens to reduce our risks from energy depletion. In that context, this forum... (read more)