Jeremy O’Leary, an organizer with Portland Peak Oil, will talk about the process that led to the creation of the City of Portland’s Peak Oil Taskforce and the ongoing efforts to integrate peak oil mitigation into local government. Basically there are 500 number one priorities to do and the odds are pretty good you are going to be handy with a few of them. The additional good news is that as individuals and small groups, most of the things we need to do to mitigate the effect of global weirding and peak oil will also re-localize the food supply, reduce our energy needs, create urban habitat, and improve both emergency response and our general quality of life.

For over 10 years, Tony has been the lesser-known half of the dynamic duo known as DCAT (the Development Center for Appropriate Technology, with rockstar David Eisenberg), has been deeply involved in the natural and green building movements, is an arts and media activist, and also holds a part time position in Tucson City government developing sustainability related policy objectives. (More)

Daniel Lerch is the author of Post Carbon Cities: Planning for Energy and Climate Uncertainty, the first major municipal guidebook on peak oil and global warming. A program manager with Post Carbon Institute, Lerch has worked on urban planning issues for over ten years in the public, private and non-profit sectors. He is also a co-founder of The City Repair Project, an award-winning non-profit organization working on community public space issues.

More information about Daniel’s presentation topic linked here.

Tony Novelli, Tucson Development Center for Appropriate TechnologyTDCAP, “Life in the Times of Peak: From Dump Town to Stump Town”