Tompkins County Relocalization Project

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I've just received word that Nicole Foss, who in my opinion is one of
the smartest people around and an enormously interesting speaker on
sustainability topics, will be speaking 7 p.m. Tuesday 5 November in
Cortland.  I unfortunately have to be elsewhere at that time, but I urge
everyone who can to attend this event.

The following is excerpted from the message I received to alert me.

Jon

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We have just confirmed that Nicole Foss (Stoneleigh from the Automatic Earth 
and formerly TheOilDrum-Canada) and Laurence Boomert from New Zealand will be 
speaking here in Cortland this coming Tuesday evening at 7 PM in the Beard 
Building  at 9 Main St. in downtown Cortland.

If you think this might be of interest to your friends and colleagues, we 
would appreciate you helping to spread the word.

Here's the info on the talk:

Nicole Foss, senior editor of The Automatic Earth website, will provide insights into 
how global financial, energy (especially "fracking"), and social systems 
operate, how and why they are vulnerable, and what we can do about it. Using different 
countries to illustrate points in the cycle of expansion and contraction, Foss will 
highlight the critical factors needed for change.

Author and green business developer Laurence Bommert will give working 
examples of communities across the globe that have already begun to shift, 
using sophisticated and simple social innovations and decentralized, 
networked solutions to meet human needs.

Admission is free but donations to defray the cost of their appearance and 
travel will be gratefully accepted.  As you may be aware Nicole and Laurence 
are on a cross country speaking tour and have just added Cortland as a stop 
on their tour.

For a preview of likely topics of their presentations, here are three recent 
interviews:

Here's a podcast they both did with KMO of the C-Realm podcast:

http://c-realm.com/podcasts/crealm/384-money-needs-a-reboot/

Here's another podcast interview that Ms. Foss did earlier this month with 
Alex Smith of Radio Ecoshock:

http://www.ecoshock.info/2013/10/carry-on-through-crash.html

Finally in the first 18 minute segment of  this week's Radio Ecoshock, Alex 
interviews Mr. Boomert solo:

http://www.ecoshock.info/2013/10/desperately-seeking-solutions.html