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If you are interested in being a part of planning &\; instigating the \\"1st Wednesday\\" preparation-oriented meetings\, you are welcome to attend. \; Please feel free to send feedback if you can't make the meeting! \;
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The Portland Peak Oil Outreach group is committed to taking on creative and constructive projects designed to inform the public about peak oil and the existence of our group. Open to the public. See agenda post here.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090109T114906Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060228T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060228T043000Z UID:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/clean_cars_hearing URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/clean_cars_hearing SUMMARY:Clean Cars hearing DESCRIPTION:Body\:
There is a Clean Cars hearing in Portland on Monday night. There have been almost a hundred people at hearings around the state so far\, and we expect the Portland hearing to be huge!
It is critical that as many people as possible attend the hearing so that elected officials see how much support there is\, because the auto industry isn't backing down. They've now sued four states -- including Oregon -- for cutting global warming pollution from cars.
WHAT\: Portland hearing on the Clean Cars program
WHO\: Oregonians from across the metro area\, including Majority Leader Kate Brown (Portland)\, Rep. Greg Macpherson (Lake Oswego) and Rep. Jackie Dingfelder (Portland)
WHERE\: in Portland\, at DEQ Headquarters\, 811 SW Sixth Ave\, Room 3A (3rd flr)
WHEN\: Monday\, February 27\, at 7\:00 pm
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090109T114906Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060301T013000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060301T030000Z UID:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/ne_area_peak_oil_meet_eat URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/ne_area_peak_oil_meet_eat SUMMARY:NE Area Peak Oil Meet & Eat DESCRIPTION:Body\:
NE Area Peak Oil Potluck
We gather once a month to socialize\, discuss\, strategize and support one another in making our lifestyles more sustainable\, our homes more efficient\, and our sense of community more intact.
This month our discussion will include “work parties” - how they might be organized to get particular projects done in our various homes. You need not be a homeowner to participate!
Bring food to share. (Plates\, utensils\, glassware provided.)
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090109T114906Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060301T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060301T043000Z UID:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/powerdown_bread URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/powerdown_bread SUMMARY:Powerdown Circle\: Bread and Water DESCRIPTION: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.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090109T114906Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060301T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060301T043000Z UID:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/feb_sunnyside_sustainability_committee_meeting URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/feb_sunnyside_sustainability_committee_meeting SUMMARY:Feb. Sunnyside Sustainability Committee meeting DESCRIPTION:Body\:
On Wednesday\, January 18th\, a Sustainability Committee started up under the auspices of the Sunnyside Neighborhood Association. Whether you live in Sunnyside or not\, this meeting on peak oil preparedness in Sunnyside should be very interesting. The meeting is open to the public.
For questions\, call the Sunnyside Hotline at 503-295-1699.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090109T114906Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060302T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060302T044500Z UID:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/peak_oil_prep_starting_your_spring_garden URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/peak_oil_prep_starting_your_spring_garden SUMMARY:Peak Oil prep\: Starting your Spring garden DESCRIPTION:Body\:
This month's preparedness focus is starting your Spring garden with possible breakout sessions for gardening 101\, bang for your buck(et)!\, starting plants in space &\; time\, and soil health including living &\; non-living mulches.
We will also have information additional gardening courses provided by other local non-profits and information on donating extra garden produce to the Oregon Food Bank.
Room discussion free and open to the public.
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