permaculture

[Ethan X <livetrii@yahoo.com>]

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 
  
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 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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