Hosted by:
Washington County peak Oil

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Washington County Peak Oil group is planning to attend the Oregon Country Fair in Veneta, on Saturday, July 14th, to hear David Room, who will be giving a talk at 1:00pm on peak oil and sustainability.
We would like to formally invite you and all the Portland Peak Oil, Westlinn, and Yamhill Post Carbon groups to join us. At a minimum, it will give us all an opportunity to meet each other and network some.
Our intent is to caravan to Veneta for the event on Saturday morning, perhaps sharing breakfast along the way somewhere, going to the fair and hearing the talk at 1pm, and returning home in late afternoon or early evening. This should give everyone a good opportunity to have a look around the fair site.
The Oregon Country Fair website is: http://www.oregoncountryfair.org/ and tickets to attend are $20 per person if purchased in advance (call 800-992-8499 to purchase) or $25 at the gate.

Hosted by:
Ecotrust

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Join us for special panel and discussion about the global, national and regional implications of climate change — and how individuals, businesses, schools, and other organizations can be a major part of the solution!
Panelists include:
Spencer Beebe | President and Founder, Ecotrust (introduction)
Bill Bradbury | Oregon Secretary of State
Bettina von Hagen | Vice President of Forestry, Ecotrust
Eban Goodstein | Professor of Economics, Lewis & Clark College | Project Director, Focus the Nation
Clark Brockman | Associate Studio Leader, SERA Architects | Cascadia Region Green Building Council Board Member
Date
Tuesday, April 10th 2007 | 6:30-8:30 pm | "brown bag dinner" (i.e. grab a slice of Hot Lips Pizza downstairs!)
Location
Billy Frank Jr. Conference Center
Jean Vollum Natural Capital Center
721 NW 9th Ave, 2nd Floor
Portland, OR 97214
(directions)
Cost
FREE and open to the public!!!
This event is hosted by Ecotrust in partnership with Cascadia Region Green Building Council.

Hosted by:
Robin Canaday

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This meeting is an ongoing breakout discussion topic at the Wednesday General Meeting.
Join our ongoing discussion of post-peak housing options and cohousing projects organized through Portland Peak Oil and other groups. Initiate your own cohousing projects or become involved with existing projects. Share information, insights and ideas with other cohousing organizers.
See our notes, details and decisions from previous discussions here.

Hosted by:
Robin Canaday

Body:
This meeting is an ongoing breakout discussion topic at the Wednesday General Meeting.
Join our ongoing discussion of post-peak housing options and cohousing projects organized through Portland Peak Oil. Initiate your own cohousing projects or become involved with existing projects. Share information, insights and ideas with other cohousing organizers.
See our notes, details and decisions from previous discussions here.

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Living Earth's four-week discussion group in autumn 2005 on Richard Heinberg's "Powerdown" has evolved into an ongoing Powerdown Circle to support our own shifting responses to the prospect of "peak oil" and to encourage the wider community to join in the discussion. We are particularly interested in engaging people in positions to influence civic and private sector decisions that have community-wide impact and potential.
The implications of the end of cheap fuel for American culture and for global stability are immense. The changes on the horizon run so deep - economic, environmental, geopolitical - it is tempting to put our heads under the covers and hope for a magical rescue, or else to "bunker down" in a dangerous state of escalating fear and isolation. Both reactions - stubborn denial or societal panic - waste the narrow window of time available to think creatively, constructively, and cooperatively to prepare ourselves, our neighborhoods and communities, our city, and our society for an American future radically different than the culture we have developed over the past two and a half centuries.

Body:
Living Earth's four-week discussion group in autumn 2005 on Richard Heinberg's "Powerdown" has evolved into an ongoing Powerdown Circle to support our own shifting responses to the prospect of "peak oil" and to encourage the wider community to join in the discussion. We are particularly interested in engaging people in positions to influence civic and private sector decisions that have community-wide impact and potential.
The implications of the end of cheap fuel for American culture and for global stability are immense. The changes on the horizon run so deep - economic, environmental, geopolitical - it is tempting to put our heads under the covers and hope for a magical rescue, or else to "bunker down" in a dangerous state of escalating fear and isolation. Both reactions - stubborn denial or societal panic - waste the narrow window of time available to think creatively, constructively, and cooperatively to prepare ourselves, our neighborhoods and communities, our city, and our society for an American future radically different than the culture we have developed over the past two and a half centuries.

Body:
Living Earth's four-week discussion group in autumn 2005 on Richard Heinberg's "Powerdown" has evolved into an ongoing Powerdown Circle to support our own shifting responses to the prospect of "peak oil" and to encourage the wider community to join in the discussion. We are particularly interested in engaging people in positions to influence civic and private sector decisions that have community-wide impact and potential.
The implications of the end of cheap fuel for American culture and for global stability are immense. The changes on the horizon run so deep - economic, environmental, geopolitical - it is tempting to put our heads under the covers and hope for a magical rescue, or else to "bunker down" in a dangerous state of escalating fear and isolation. Both reactions - stubborn denial or societal panic - waste the narrow window of time available to think creatively, constructively, and cooperatively to prepare ourselves, our neighborhoods and communities, our city, and our society for an American future radically different than the culture we have developed over the past two and a half centuries.

Body:
Living Earth's four-week discussion group in autumn 2005 on Richard Heinberg's "Powerdown" has evolved into an ongoing Powerdown Circle to support our own shifting responses to the prospect of "peak oil" and to encourage the wider community to join in the discussion. We are particularly interested in engaging people in positions to influence civic and private sector decisions that have community-wide impact and potential.
The implications of the end of cheap fuel for American culture and for global stability are immense. The changes on the horizon run so deep - economic, environmental, geopolitical - it is tempting to put our heads under the covers and hope for a magical rescue, or else to "bunker down" in a dangerous state of escalating fear and isolation. Both reactions - stubborn denial or societal panic - waste the narrow window of time available to think creatively, constructively, and cooperatively to prepare ourselves, our neighborhoods and communities, our city, and our society for an American future radically different than the culture we have developed over the past two and a half centuries.

Body:
Living Earth's four-week discussion group in autumn 2005 on Richard Heinberg's "Powerdown" has evolved into an ongoing Powerdown Circle to support our own shifting responses to the prospect of "peak oil" and to encourage the wider community to join in the discussion. We are particularly interested in engaging people in positions to influence civic and private sector decisions that have community-wide impact and potential.
The implications of the end of cheap fuel for American culture and for global stability are immense. The changes on the horizon run so deep - economic, environmental, geopolitical - it is tempting to put our heads under the covers and hope for a magical rescue, or else to "bunker down" in a dangerous state of escalating fear and isolation. Both reactions - stubborn denial or societal panic - waste the narrow window of time available to think creatively, constructively, and cooperatively to prepare ourselves, our neighborhoods and communities, our city, and our society for an American future radically different than the culture we have developed over the past two and a half centuries.

Body:
Living Earth's four-week discussion group in autumn 2005 on Richard Heinberg's "Powerdown" has evolved into an ongoing Powerdown Circle to support our own shifting responses to the prospect of "peak oil" and to encourage the wider community to join in the discussion. We are particularly interested in engaging people in positions to influence civic and private sector decisions that have community-wide impact and potential.
The implications of the end of cheap fuel for American culture and for global stability are immense. The changes on the horizon run so deep - economic, environmental, geopolitical - it is tempting to put our heads under the covers and hope for a magical rescue, or else to "bunker down" in a dangerous state of escalating fear and isolation. Both reactions - stubborn denial or societal panic - waste the narrow window of time available to think creatively, constructively, and cooperatively to prepare ourselves, our neighborhoods and communities, our city, and our society for an American future radically different than the culture we have developed over the past two and a half centuries.