www.lapostcarbon.org/options.htm
The Post Carbon Institute and Los Angeles Post Carbon Present
Options and Actions in a Post Carbon Los Angeles
Sunday, April 10th, 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Venice, CA
Learn about the issues of oil and natural gas depletion and the options we
have in the Los Angeles area as we approach the global peak in fossil fuel
extraction. This Post Carbon Institute sponsored event features the
documentary, "The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the
American Dream" as well as a panel of speakers from local organizations.
The speakers will include Richard Bruce Anderson who's presentation is
titled, "Endless Growth" Meets Reality: Finding Our Way in a Post-Carbon
World, Roger Gray, co-founder of Pasadena Walks!, an organization which
advocates for walkable, livable cities, and Joan Stevens of the Los Angeles
Permaculture Guild. The event will also include vegetarian food, poetry and
music.
Event Schedule
4:00 PM
Documentary, 78 Minutes:
The END of SUBURBIA: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American
Dream
Followed by a short discussion
5:30 PM
Political and Environmental Poetry Organized by Aire Celeste Norell
Vegetarian/vegan food will be provided
7:00 PM
a.. Richard B. Anderson, Endless Growth Meets Reality: Finding Our Way
in a Post-Carbon World
b.. Roger Gray, Three Options You Can Take TODAY to make a
difference TODAY and Three Options You Can Take Today to make a difference
TOMMORROW
c.. Joan Stevens, Speaks on the role of permaculture in living
sustainably
d.. Eric Einem, Discusses projects of the Los Angeles Post Carbon
Outposts
e.. Discussion
Location:
Peace and Justice Center
2210 Lincoln Blvd.
Venice, CA MAP
RSVP:
Space is limited, so please RSVP to insure a seat: Eric Einem,
714-926-1916, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Suggested Donation: $15 (or $5 for
the 7:00 panel)
Transportation:
Consider Walking, Biking, Carpooling or Bus Riding
To find a carpool click here or visit www.rideshare.us and enter the
event code postcarbon410. For public transportation visit: www.mta.net.
Flyer:
Share this flyer with others: www.LAPostCarbon.org/options.pdf
The END of SUBURBIA: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream is
a documentary that provides an alarming but honest look at the issue of the
global peak in oil production. It makes the case that peak oil (the point in
time when global oil extraction start it's decline) is imminent, and that
our industrial society which has been created using cheap fossil fuels is
completely unprepared for declining energy availability. It cleverly gets
past our defenses of the uninitiated by approaching it from the angle of the
problems with suburbia, something that most of us can relate to.
"Cheap oil is the party that we have been enjoying the past 150 years and
that party is coming to an end. Within our lifetimes were going to see the
end of the age of oil, and the result of that will be the end of the
American way of life" - Richard Heinberg - in an excerpt from The END of
SUBURBIA, www.endofsuburbia.com
Aire Celeste Norell created an anthology of environmental poetry, Cracked
Pavement & Plastic Trees: Our Gifts to Future Generations. It is a
collection poetry that includes the work of 18 writers (most of them So Cal
based).
Local Poets:
Peggy DoBreer
Jasmin Jordan
Marie Lecrivain
Dave McIntire
Comedic Banjo Player
Phil Van Tee - www.philvantee.com
Richard Bruce Anderson, Ph. D., is the founder and Senior Fellow at the
Santa Barbara based organization, For The Future (www.forthefuture.org). Dr.
Anderson is the originator of the Consumerism Project at For The Future. He
is the author of Waking Up from the American Dream: How to Live a Happy,
Satisfying Life in Our Unhealthy Consumer Culture. As a speaker and writer,
Dr. Anderson has pursued an active role in the voluntary simplicity
movement. Since 1998 he has been a member of the board of directors of Seeds
of Simplicity, a national organization that organizes conferences, conducts
workshops, and distributes a national newsletter on voluntary simplicity.
Read more about Dr. Anderson at www.forthefuture.org/about_us.htm.
"Permanently increasing oil prices and, at some point, the inability to
obtain fossil fuels at any price will make much of our urban landscape more
or less untenable. Politics and the economy will become more
locally-organized, and some localities will adapt better than others" -
Richard B. Anderson, www.forthefuture.org
Roger Gray is the co-founder of Pasadena Walks!, a pedestrian advocacy group
in the center of car-culture Los Angeles County, California, USA; Pasadena
Walks! encourages all non-auto mobility choices, focusing on local
government policy and planning, and education (of government officials and
the public at large).
Joan Stevens
Joan Stevens is an ethnobotanist, biologist, and educator and is a
co-founder of the Los Angeles Permaculture Guild. She teaches high school
science out of her commitment to transforming the relationship between
people and the earth.
LA Permaculture Guild: http://www.islandseed.com/scpg.html.
Los Angeles Post Carbon is an organization of outposts of the Post Carbon
Institute (www.postcarbon.org). Our industrial society is approaching the
end of the oil age, and is completely unprepared for the consequences. Our
aim is to educate the community on the issue of oil depletion and the coming
peak in global oil production, take action in our community to prepare for
the post-carbon age and have fun along the way. Our projects include
organizing educational events such as Options and Actions for a Post Carbon
Los Angeles, and working together with other local groups that are working
towards sustainability. http:// www.LAPostCarbon.org
The event organizers are Eric Einem, [EMAIL PROTECTED] and Aire Celeste
Norell, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check back at the event webpage for more
information: LA.PostCarbon.org/options.htm
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[EMAIL PROTECTED], 714-926-1916.
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