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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:20090109T125845Z 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:20090109T125845Z 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:20090109T125845Z 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.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090109T125845Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060307T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060307T043000Z UID:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/march_ppo_business_meeting URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/march_ppo_business_meeting SUMMARY:March PPO Business meeting DESCRIPTION:Body\:
If you'd like to see what's going on behind the scenes or if you'd like to get more involved\, please attend the Portland Peak Oil Monthly Business Meeting.
The intention of the business meeting is to come together monthly to discuss group operations and make crucial decisions regarding PPO going forward. These meetings are open to the public to be as inclusive\, transparent\, and community-oriented as possible.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090109T125845Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060308T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060308T043000Z UID:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/powerdown_civic URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/powerdown_civic SUMMARY:Living Earth's Powerdown Circle\: Civic and Democratic Institutions 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:20090109T125845Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060309T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060309T044500Z UID:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/portland_peak_oil_general_meeting_0 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/portland_peak_oil_general_meeting_0 SUMMARY:Portland Peak Oil General Meeting DESCRIPTION:Body\:
Free and open to the public - come learn more about peak oil and make community connections.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090109T125845Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060310T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060313T010000Z UID:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/introduction_to_permaculture URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/introduction_to_permaculture SUMMARY:Introduction to Permaculture DESCRIPTION:Body\:
Three day class\, Friday to Sunday covering introduction to permaculture and appropriate technology. Information at www.portlandpermaculture.com or call 503.293.8004.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090109T125845Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060313T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060313T033000Z UID:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/letter_writing_party_2 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/letter_writing_party_2 SUMMARY:Portland Peak Oil Letter Writing Party DESCRIPTION:Body\:
Back by popular demand! We had a really fun letter writing party last November which resulted in over 35 letters and cards sent out and personal responses from city officials and local environmental organizations. We come together to write letters to politicians\, members of the local media\, and environmental organizations conveying the message of peak oil and encouraging preparation action from these leaders.
We're having our second letter writing party this weekend. We're not talking multi-page letters here\, just a few paragraphs can be very powerful. It's been shown that personal written notes are the most effective form of activist communication (as compared to form emails and postcards) and that's what we're going to do.
All you need to do is show up! A few of us on the Outreach team are organizing this and we're hoping to make this as fun and easy an event as possible. We'll provide cards\, stationery\, paper\, pens\, stamps\, contacts/ addresses\, \\"talking points\\" - facts and ideas to use as writing springboards\, yummy snacks and drinks\, music\, and good company! Bring a snack or beverage if you like.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090109T125845Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060316T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060316T050000Z UID:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/Cuba_film URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/Cuba_film SUMMARY:PPO Film\: \\"The Power of Community - How Cuba Survived Peak Oil\\" DESCRIPTION:Body\:
NOTE\: The first 20 minutes of the evening\, Amanda Fritz\, candidate for City Commissioner\, will be speaking to the group on energy issues and Portland. There will also be Q&\;A\, so bring your tough questions! Portland Peak Oil does not officially endorse any City candidates at this time\; we simply aim to provide the service to the community of hearing the candidates speak about relevant issues. The film below will likely start at 7\:30pm.
This showing is free and open to the public. It's a new film and a few of us saw the beta version that Richard Heinberg showed at his workshop here in January. It's excellent!
The documentary\, \\"The Power of Community – How Cuba Survived Peak Oil\,\\" was inspired when Faith Morgan and Pat Murphy took a trip to Cuba through Global Exchange in August\, 2003. That year Pat had begun studying and speaking about worldwide peak oil production. In May Pat and Faith attended the second meeting of The Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas\, a European group of oil geologists and scientists\, which predicted that mankind was perilously close to having used up half of the world's oil resources. When they learned that Cuba underwent the loss of over half of its oil imports and survived\, after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1990\, the couple wanted to see for themselves how Cuba had done this.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090109T125845Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060317T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060317T050000Z UID:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/march_ppo_preparedness_meeting URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/march_ppo_preparedness_meeting SUMMARY:March PPO Preparedness meeting DESCRIPTION:Body\:
PPO's preparedness working group has moved their monthly meetings to the 3rd Thursday of the month. We will be planning upcoming 1st Wednesdays\, setting up a reading group for the book \\"When Technology Fails\\"\, and other projects if other folks are available.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090109T125845Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060322T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060322T043000Z UID:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/powerdown_awareness URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/powerdown_awareness SUMMARY:Living Earth's Powerdown Circle\: Awareness and Action 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:20090109T125845Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060323T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060323T044500Z UID:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/brian_jamison_biodiesel_101 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/brian_jamison_biodiesel_101 SUMMARY:Portland Peak Oil presents\: Brian Jamison and Biodiesel 101 DESCRIPTION:Body\:
Join GoBiodiesel Cooperative President Brian Jamison for an informative talk on biodiesel\, the renewable\, non-toxic\, easy to brew fuel made from vegetable oil. Brian will cover a wide variety of topics from conversion costs and cold weather use\, production techniques\, straight-veggie-oil use\, biodiesel toxicity and environmental impacts to energy ratios\, post-peak viability and the answer to the always-asked question\, \\"Can we make enough for all of us?\\"
Free and open to the public.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090109T125845Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060323T033000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060323T050000Z UID:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/illahee_barlow URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/illahee_barlow SUMMARY:Illahee Lecture Series\: Maude Barlow DESCRIPTION:Body\:
\\"Water in the 21st Century\\"
Anti-free-trade activist Maude Barlow has been called “the Ralph Nader of Canada\,” and the description is more than apt.
Maude is the National Chairperson of The Council of Canadians\, Canada’s largest citizen’s advocacy organization with members and chapters across Canada as well as the co-founder of the Blue Planet Project\, which works to stop commodification of the world’s water. She is also a Director with the International Forum on Globalization\, a San Francisco based research and education institution opposed to economic globalization.
Maude is the recipient of numerous educational awards and has received honorary doctorates from six Canadian universities for her social justice work. In addition to being nominated for the “1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005” she is also the recipient of the “2005/2006 Lannan Cultural Freedom Fellowship”. Most recently she received the prestigious “2005 Right Livelihood Award” given by the Swedish Parliament and widely referred to as “The Alternative Nobel.”
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090109T125845Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060328T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060328T043000Z UID:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/march_ppo_outreach_meeting URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/march_ppo_outreach_meeting SUMMARY:March PPO Outreach meeting DESCRIPTION:Body\:
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. This is our monthly planning meeting. Open to the public.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090109T125845Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060329T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060329T043000Z UID:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/march_sunnyside_sustainability_committee_meeting URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/march_sunnyside_sustainability_committee_meeting SUMMARY:March 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 monthly meeting on peak oil preparedness in Sunnyside is very interesting. The meeting is free and open to the public.
For questions\, call the Sunnyside Hotline at 503-295-1699.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090109T125845Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060330T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060330T060000Z UID:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/portland_peak_oil_potluck_celebration URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.portlandpeakoil.org/portland_peak_oil_potluck_celebration SUMMARY:Portland Peak Oil Potluck Celebration & Garden/Seed Swap DESCRIPTION:Body\:
Every time there's a fifth Wednesday\, Portland Peak Oil throws a party! Let's take a break from speakers\, films and workshops and just have an evening where we relax and get to know each other better.
This time we'll do potluck (local foods) and have a seed and garden supply swap. Remember to bring a dish and garden supplies/seeds to trade! Join us for a fun family evening. We encourage folks to bring their own plates/utensils as well so we can reduce the amount of paper and plastic waste.
Free and open to the public (as always!).
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