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  • From: SArjuna@aol.com
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  • Subject: [permaculture] Free on-line teach-in 4/10 re. converging crises
  • Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 14:04:45 EDT


Converging Environmental Crises
Online Teach-In

for details visit:

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3781#more

The Ohio State University Department of Public Health is sponsoring a
web-based teach-in. The basic information is as follows:

Converging Environmental Crises:
A Teach-In on Energy, Climate Change, Water, Agriculture and
Population

Thursday, April 10, 2008
11:00am to 4:00pm EDT
http://sg60.oar.net

Select "Converging Environmental Crises" in the Pull-Down Menu

The teach-in is free, and has a fairly strong peak oil component. The
organizers are Dan Bednarz and Mac Crawford. A few high-lights:

11:30am Congressman Roscoe Bartlett provides a 15 minute introduction.

11:45am Terry Tamminen, former director of the California EPA, talks
about whether it is really possible to address climate change in
time, and what steps might be needed.

12:15pm Gail Tverberg, AKA "Gail the Actuary," talks about the
economic impact of an energy downturn.

12:45pm William Catton PhD, author of Overshoot: The Ecological Basis
of Revolutionary Change, talks about living on a finite planet, and
reaching a carrying capacity bottleneck.

1:30pm Dick Jackson MD, PhD, environmental health expert, talks about
pollution related issues.

Between 2:00 and 3:00, there are simultaneous break out talks. The
choices are

Kristin Bradford, MD, from Willits, California, talks about hospital
care in the context of peak oil and climate issues.

Joel Kreisberg, DC, MA talks about pharmaceutical pollution of
drinking water.

Walt Lierman, PhD, talks about the economics of climate change
mitigation.

Don Spady, MD, talks about differences between the Canadian and US
medical systems in needed responses to peak oil.

Jason Bradford, PhD of Willits, California, talks about reducing
fossil fuel inputs to the food system.

Ken Smail, PhD, talks about global population reduction, and other
inconvenient truths.

Between 3:00 and 4:00 is a time for summing up.

3:00 Jessica Pierce, PhD, bioethicist, looks at the moral challenges
facing health care.

3:30 Mac Crawford, PhD, one of the conference organizers, talks about
the public health response to the converging crises of peak oil,
climate change, water shortages, and population growth.

3:45 Dan Bednarz, PhD, the lead conference organizer, talks about
abandoning silos between disciplines.

The schedule I have provided is my interpretation of what the talks
are about. Full abstracts of each of the talks and a complete
schedule are given in the Converging Environmental Crises flier. The
flier also provides biographical information on each of the speakers.



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  • [permaculture] Free on-line teach-in 4/10 re. converging crises, SArjuna, 04/09/2008

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