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Cal — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:31:45 -0700

I'm Cal, got recomended to relocalize.net from another forum I visit, chap's in the US I think. the daily reckoning forum

Hi Meg, the lone soldier, I'd like to think it wasn't going to come to this however if my grand kids can say, "you know if dad hadn't prepared himself for this then we wouldn't be here". Then it's all good and well.

For a few years now I've been paying off debt, I bought a farm and am getting ready to move down there for a self sufficient life style.

I just registered straight away so I'm going to have a look around now.

How about you ?

Cal

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Calling all allied groups....Time to join forces!

Meg — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:47:16 -0700

Hi all

There are a lot of great organizations in Perth already providing top notch education in sustainable living skills... I'm sure you know of several!

So.... can you please send me their full contact details?

We'd like to put up Perth events and workshops under our EVENTS section, as well as link to all allied groups in our DIRECTORY.

Cheers all

Meg

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Hi from Meg and Graeme

Meg — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:32:38 -0700

Hi all

And welcome to newbies Cal and Rob! Thanks for telling us your stories...

Thought I'd share a little about myself too...

Graeme and I are living in a partly finished shed on a 5 acre property in Bullsbrook, in the foothills north of Perth. We are owner building it in strawbale (and I hope it's finished soon because its starting to get pretty chilly!!!).

We moved out here to set up a self-sufficient lifestyle growing our own food, recycling water and producing our own energy. I've got a background in veterinary medicine, permaculture and sustainable living education, and Graeme is an electrical engineer specializing in alternative energy. We're using these skills to generate home based income so that we never have to leave our property (its beautiful out here) and can finally escape from the rat-race.

That's all well and good, but not enough to keep my family safe. The social chaos that will develop with accelerating oil shortage and climate change will mean everyone will be affected.

What's the solution then?

Really the whole community (i.e. Perth) must be ready if any of us is to survive. And no-one can do it all on their own.. We need to develop local networks so we can exercise interdependence if we are to be able to meet all of our needs and thrive.

Such thinking has given birth to Post Oil Perth, but it will take action now to make it all happen.

I welcome you all to be involved!

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Intro

frosty — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:50:48 -0700

Great too see a post oil group finally formed in WA - thanks Meg

We are a couple of pensioners ( me disabled hubby my carer ) trying to be self sufficient on 3.4 ha near Lancelin. yeh I know not good land to grow stuff but I am disabled due to pesticide poisoning and originally we came here to find clean near sea air and get away from farming and industry ......... now of course the poison veggie farms are even moving in here and we being poisoned by the military training but that a whole other story !

I am pretty useless so Phil has to do everything hence we have a long to do list and progress is slow but steady. We have 6 British Alpine goats and are milking 2 of them and making cheese, yogurt, kefir and sometimes butter. We have chooks and 2 muscovy ducks and a big duck pond that will one day also house fish . We have some fruit trees established with a good apple crop this year. We have a veggie garden although at present having to buy greens which means a trip to Perth every fortnight grrrrrrrrrrr as we only buy Organic.

I post at the Permaculture institute board and although neither of us have a PDC we are trying to follow permaculture principals. We are alo very interested in Aquaponics although setting up our own system is still on the to do list !

Last year we used hubbys super plus a state govt grant to put in a 2.5k solar grid feed system - so far Synergy owe us $ 75 lol. Then about month ago we put in a solar pumping system so now as well as our power being financially independant we will be totally carbon neutral - for power anyway ......... but we still have to drive to get food and will do for quite some time .........

anyway enough from me

regards
Anne (and Phil)

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Hiya

TheCrone — Sat, 31 May 2008 16:20:42 -0700

Not sure where to post this (am finding it a bit hard to navigate around) but thought that I would introduce myself.

I'm TheCrone, living in east of the River on your average suburban block. Trying madly to plant a food forest to feed my tribe of children (am I still allowed to be here if I admit to having five offspring?)

I have always loved gardening (not your roses and pretties type gardener though!)

Blessings,

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Organic Growing Workshops at Bedfordale - By Demand

Meg — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:53:12 -0700

"A Garden Path" Organic Edible Gardening Workshops

Held according to demand - small groups OK. Express your interest today! Contact details below.

Caralyn Lagrange, author of Gardening and Eating for Living, will show you how to set up an organic edible garden with a focus on environmentally friendly living and gardening for health and wellness.

Topics:

* Organic growing methods including using raised garden beds;

* Seed saving and germination;

* Herb harvesting and drying;

* Composting and worm farming;

* Inputs suitable for organic gardening

* Establishing micro-climates;

* Pest and disease prevention

* Plant selection for health and wellness;

* Gardening with injuries, illness and disability

* Specific requirements for Certified Organic horticulture;

* Bush tucker;

* Convert your pool into a fish farm;

* Grey-water gardens;

* Fire-retardant/bird and insect attracting/fodder plants.

‘A Garden Path’ is a Certified Organic (NASAA) Environmental Education Venue. It has been featured on ABC TV Gardening Australia program (2005), Channel 9’s The Garden Gurus, (2007) and the Channel 10 Environment Award program (Winner April 2008). In 2007 Caralyn Lagrange won the Individual Achievement Category of the WA Government Environment Awards. She is a Finalist in the 2008 Channel 10 National Environment Awards.

Times: 9.30 to 2.30 – Bookings essential
Tea/Coffee included; BYO Lunch
Cost: Weekends $88, cons. and weekdays $55,
Venue: Shambhala Place, 16 Nelson Street, Bedfordale.
Telephone: (08) 9498 1555
Website: www.bedfordale.com
email: agardenpath@bedfordale.com

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How to Get Started

Meg — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:13:39 -0700

Welcome to the Post Oil Perth forum!

Once you've become a member, here's what you can do to get ready for a post oil Perth.

Add yourself (INCLUDING YOUR PHONE NUMBER) to our "Members and Mentors" map, that you'll find in the "About" section of our site.

Why?

If you are a Member - it will help you find someone in your area from whom you can learn about permaculture, self sufficiency, sustainable living or organic food growing.

Because if you are a Mentor - people in your area will be able to connect with you.

* You can teach them - informally - what you know about living with less - growing food, recycling water, saving energy. It will only take a few cuppas together over a year of food growing to get them on their way!

* Provide opportunities for local networking. No one can thrive in isolation! Building community where you are right now will be an important step to plain sailing down the energy descent. ... Local bartering, sharing transport, and generally supporting each other.

* Provide opportunities for formation of local groups. As the energy descent progresses, we'll need to decentralize! Acting as a mentor in your neighbourhood will act to seed a group in your area!

Are you a Mentor or a Member?

If you can answer YES to most of these questions, you are a Mentor:

* I already grow some of my own food organically.
* I understand how to conserve energy in the home and transport.
* I practice water conservation and recycling.
* I have a Permaculture design certificate.
* I am a super scrounger!
* I would like to connect with like minded people in my area.

Are you a Member? Then read "10 Things to do to Prepare for Life After Oil"

Grab a copy of the attached file "10 Things to do to Prepare for Life After Oil" (originally appeared in Permaculture Magazine Issue No. 46, downloaded from http://transitionculture.org) for simple steps you can take to get started.

Want to Learn More About Peak Oil and What We Can Do?

Here's some great links:

http://www.energybulletin.net/primer.php

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/4041#more

http://www.aspo-australia.org.au/oil-depletion-overview.html

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newbie here!

edlove — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:05:47 -0700

Hello all, I'm new to the group. I've been following TOD for a few weeks & find it fascinating! Even though it's gonna be a BIG challenge, PO could do some real good as well. e.g. lessen pollution, give us more free time, etc.

I've just moved house so I'm pretty busy, but I look forward to meeting you all sometime soon. Unf, I'm busy Wed otherwise I'd attend.

Catch you later!

Love,

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introductions

neil — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:15:43 -0700

hi there meg and all,
i am happy to find you here, i was at the gaia foundation meeting on thursday and heard you existed. i am currently reading the transition handbook by rob hopkins and finding it just compulsive in the way that it is a look at the post oil world with a positive bent. i have spent the last couple of years inadvertantly 'getting ready' for the change we need to go through: i make furniture for our family from recycled/thrown away materials, i have tried growing food albeit unsuccessfully, i compost all kitchen scraps and lawn clippings, have studied renewable energy electrotechnology at tafewa night school and have a list of projects as long as my arm which i hope to get round to some day (solar thermal generators, backyard aquaponic set-up, permaculture design course, greywater recycling.........you get the picture). anyway i see some of the posts on the forum are a little bit dated and i am wondering if you have recently set up a regular meeting schedule. it would be great to hook up with like-mindeds and try plan our way out of this mess.
regards, neil

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Worlds Largest Urban Farm Destroyed

scvawser — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:55:24 -0700

Last night I watched the movie "Escape Form Suburbia". In it were some powerful and disturbing scenes of the LA Council bulldozing the worlds largest urban farm in order to put a diesel truck warehouse in its place. People were screaming and crying and being carried away by police etc.
I thought that was it, I thought it was all over, this movie was made many months ago.

Today I get a random email from someone over there (Greg Greene - Escape From Suburbia) asking me to sign a last minute petition (which didn't seem to work on line) to save the site before developers move in.
It turns out that today 23rd, (tomorrow in US time) is the day the City Council will decide upon whether or not to listen to all the submissions from people who have a concern for this issue and maybe even give back the land, albeit now void of all their plants!
This was the email -
"As a result of the July 2 hearing, there is a 21 day extension (till July 23rd, 2008) on comments that can be submitted to the Advisory Agency of the Planning Commission. They will render a decision in 5-6 weeks.
Please consider what YOU can commit to doing to help this effort RIGHT NOW.
Sign this petition NOW, the extension for submissions ends on WEDNESDAY! (July 23rd)"

As I felt my name on a petition would do little at this time, I decided to find the phone numbers of the City Councilors and start leaving messages so when they come to work in the morning they know where the world stands on this issue!

Anyone want to join me? I guess the cost of calling could be seen as a kind of donation to their cause!!

See the LA South Central Farm here - http://escapefromsuburbia.com/southcentral.html

All the councilors numbers are here - http://www.lacity.org/council.htm

You need to dial 0011 then 1 then the area code listed on the above website (213) and the number. (From Australia)

Counselor Jan Perry is the one pushing it all through, but I say ring them all! Tell them people all over the world are seeing what they are doing. We should be adding urban food lots not removing them!!

At the time of this post (here in Oz) it is around 6.30pm on the 22nd July in US, they make up their mind on the 23rd July. Lets get this out there!

Scott

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