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  • From: Ethan X <livetrii@yahoo.com>
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  • Subject: [permaculture] DC Peak Oil Conference -- May 6, 2006 -- Register Now!
  • Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 23:31:34 -0700 (PDT)

This will be an excellent conference -- including speakers like Joel Salatin,
who will connect peak oil with sustainable agriculture:

*Joel Salatin Organic Agriculturalist, http://polyfacefarms.com
*Albert Bates Global Ecovillage Network; author
*Diana Leafe Christian Communities Magazine
*Richard Heinberg Author, The Party's Over and Powerdown
*Jan Lundberg, http://culturechange.org

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The DC Petrocollapse Conference -- www.petrocollapse.org

Surviving Peak Oil: Economic Doom or Transformation?
Culture Change and Sustainable Post-Petroleum Living

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FEATURING DC PREMIERE OF THE NEW DOCUMENTARY FILM:
"The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil"
(http://www.communitysolution.org/cuba.html)

Sponsored by Culture Change -- http://culturechange.org --
the May 6th DC Petrocollapse Conference must not be missed...

You are invited to attend!
All Souls Unitarian Church
16th and Harvard Streets, NW, Washington D.C.
Columbia Heights Metro Station
Saturday, May 6, 2006 9 am - 7 pm

Speakers at the DC Petrocollapse Conference will include peak-oil author
Richard Heinberg. Experts on peak oil, small-scale agriculture and
alternative energy will discuss "petrocollapse," the imminent failure
of the petroleum infrastructure to continue to provide the myriad goods
and services that our consumer economy has grown accustomed to.
Multimedia presentations and multiple films will demonstrate solutions to
the audience.

At The Petrocollapse Conference we will ask

* What are we facing now as the economy prepares to hit the wall
known as resource limits? Will growth suddenly implode?
* What will be the effects of Peak Oil (a geological phenomenon) and
petrocollapse (an economic and social phenomenon) on food supply and
other services we depend on?
* What other mitigation strategies are possible?
* What is the role of the market in determining how severe the
effect of shortage stemming from geological depletion will be ?
* Upon upheaval, deprivation, and a restructuring of social relations
in a "new" local economics system, will we choose to create a
sustainable culture?

DC PETROCOLLAPSE CONFERENCE SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE:
*Albert Bates Global Ecovillage Network; author
*Diana Leafe Christian Communities Magazine
*John Darnell, Ph.D Energy advisor
*Richard Heinberg Author, The Party's Over and Powerdown
*Michael Kane From the Wilderness publications
*Jan Lundberg Oil industry analyst; http://culturechange.org
*Jenna Orkin Moderator; World Trade Center Environmental Org.
*Joel Salatin Organic Agriculturalist, http://polyfacefarms.com
*Mark Robinowitz http://Oilempire.us; author, Permatopia
*David Room Post Carbon Institute; Global Public Media

YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND!

Please register online via PayPal at http://petrocollapse.org/register.html

The registration cost of $100 will pay for lunch and attendance at a
special noontime press conference.

We have scholarships, work exchange arrangements, and "sliding scale"
discounts available for students, activists, and those who can't afford
the $100 registration cost. Send us an email with the details of your
situation, and/or what time or energy you may have for volunteer activity
for the conference. Send to conferences@culturechange.org

No one will be turned away at the door for lack of funds, so long as space
is available. However, seats are filling fast, so you are encouraged to
register ASAP!

Please contact the registration coordinator -- Ethan Genauer --
if you have any problems registering, or for more details,
by email at : ethan@culturechange.org

For more information, see http://petrocollapse.org and
the DC PetroCollapse Conference press release below[/b]

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MEDIA ALERT -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DC Petrocollapse Conference: May 6, 2006
All Souls Church, Unitarian 16th & Harvard, Washington, D.C

A conference on the effects of peak oil and the growing global energy
crisis will take place in Washington, DC on May 6th at the All Souls
Church, Unitarian from 9 A.M. to 7 P.M. Speakers include peak-oil author
Richard Heinberg.

Conference organizer and speaker Jan Lundberg is a former oil industry
analyst who ran the market research firm Lundberg Survey. Lundberg,
who quit serving the oil industry so he could put his knowledge to use to
protect the environment, says "M. King Hubbert, who developed the
theory of peak oil, observed that we do not have an energy crisis but
rather a culture crisis. This fits with the theme of the Washington DC
Petrocollapse Conference that there is no technofix for our energy
dilemma. Society will have to bring about a closer level of community and
rediscover what local economics are about."

The May 6th conference will feature Richard Heinberg, the most-read peak
oil author (The Party's Over, and Powerdown). Films and music will be
also offered as part of a varied program to stimulate discussion and action
by attendees. Heinberg and Lundberg and others will perform music
including oil-satire songs. Films will include premiers of "Our Synthetic
Sea" (plastics pollution in oceans) and "The Power of Community: How
Cuba Survived Peak Oil."

Lundberg says the Petrocollapse Conference asks, "What we can do in
advance of the social upheaval and chaos that may produce a 'national
New Orleans,' to prepare or mitigate? What will the future look like during
and after a transition to non-petroleum living?"

For more information, see http://petrocollapse.org

# # # # # #


Background briefing for:

Petrocollapse Conference: May 6, 2006 9 A.M. - 7 P.M.
All Souls Church, Unitarian 16th & Harvard, Washington D.C.

Most independent oil experts agree that the peak in global oil extraction
is occurring approximately now. The pressures of the market to distribute
the fuels and materials made from petroleum are already creating intense
competition for energy supplies around the world. As the gap between
supply and demand widens and prices skyrocket, supply will tighten as
never before due to hoarding. This will cause massive repercussions in
daily living and the global economy. Not only will people have to adapt to
an energy-poor world by concentrating on sustainably working with their
regional ecosystems for all their needs, but also have to cope with
climate change which is rapidly accelerating. This scenario is referred to
by oil expert and conference organizer Jan Lundberg as Petrocollapse.

As stated in the conference brochure, "the world's peak in oil extraction
is about now -- although there is uncertainty and debate. The pressures of
the Market to smoothly spread around the fuels and materials made from
petroleum promise to create intense competition for energy supplies, as
seen already today on the world stage. As the gap between supply and
demand widens and prices skyrocket, supply will tighten as never before
due to hoarding. This will cause massive repercussions in daily living and
the global economy. Not only will people have to adapt to an energy-poor
world by concentrating on sustainably working with their regional
ecosystems for all their needs, climate change is accelerating."

Richard Heinberg presents irrefutable evidence in his books and
powerpoint presentations that the world's maximum oil extraction has
most likely been reached. He also shows what limited contributions can be
offered by various countries to increase their oil output, and what
alternative sources of energy can possibly provide to replace petroleum.
Besides his solutions of "powerdown" and "lifeboats," Heinberg promotes
the Oil Depletion Protocol proposed by Colin Campbell, the geologist who
founded the international Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas.


Speakers will include:

DC PETROCOLLAPSE CONFERENCE SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE:
Albert Bates Global Ecovillage Network; author
Diana Leafe Christian Communities Magazine
John Darnell, Ph.D Energy advisor
Richard Heinberg Author, The Party's Over and Powerdown
Michael Kane From the Wilderness publications
Jan Lundberg Oil industry analyst; http://culturechange.org
Jenna Orkin Moderator; World Trade Center Environmental Org.
Joel Salatin Organic Agriculturalist, http://polyfacefarms.com
Mark Robinowitz http://Oilempire.us; author, Permatopia
David Room Post Carbon Institute; Global Public Media

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