
• Create awareness in Washington County about the peak oil crisis and it's economic, environmental and social implications.
• Serve as a community network to identify and share individual and collective strategies to effectively cope with the peak oil crisis.
• Influence policies of local governments for constructive and sustainable solutions.
We meet twice monthly
Please join us. (see our listing of Events for meeting specifics):
- Our Public Meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of every month.
- Our Book Club meets on the 4th Tuesday of every month.
Meetings are open to the public and we warmly welcome you, and encourage you to subscribe to this site. By subscribing you may select whether or not to automatically receive e-mail notifications of events, meetings, and news.
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Posted by plunsfo, Mon May 5 2008, 2:57am
Most Think Price Will Go Much Higher
Americans Think Their Government Is Acting as if Oil Will Not Run Out
Full report (PDF)
Questionnaire/methodology(PDF)
A new WorldPublicOpinion.org poll... (read more)
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Posted by Christiana, Sun May 4 2008, 12:53pm
I 'm with Joyce Kilmer -- "I think that I shall never see/ A poem lovely as a tree."
I'm even with city Commissioner Dan Saltzman,... (read more)
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Posted by Christiana, Sat May 3 2008, 11:23pm
Good-Bye, Cheap Oil. So Long, Suburbia?
Author James Kunstler says the Automotive Age is almost history and deconstructs McMansion living
by Mara Der Hovanesian
The suburban landscape has... (read more)
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Posted by Christiana, Sat May 3 2008, 8:08pm
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Getting to 'green' without the rails Friday, April 25, 2008 The Oregonian
Many Portlanders assume that spending more money on public transportation will help... (read more)
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Posted by Adam Mayer, Wed May 7 2008, 7:00am
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At the meeting last week, I remember it was agreed that we would start a... (read more)
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Posted by plunsfo, Fri May 2 2008, 3:22am
I committed to provide the group with more information on the Transition Towns initiative, originated... (read more)
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Posted by dmaebori, Fri Apr 25 2008, 8:14pm
The following are notes from a recent Portland Peak Oil meeting with lots of good... (read more)
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Posted by ENGEL, Sat Feb 23 2008, 10:45am
Yesterday, ten Pacific University students headed for downtown Hillsboro to ask for a strong Washington... (read more)
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Posted by plunsfo, 23 March 2008
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This blog about my community garden experience will, hopefully, be regularly updated with approaches, challenges, and results as the seasons go forward. It's my... (read more)
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Posted by Adam Mayer, 7 May 2008
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**Posted from http://sustainourrights.blogspot.com/**
Over the past few months there have been a number of news items about the shortage of rice. While this can and may... (read more)
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Posted by ElektrikGene, 26 April 2008
Rocky Twyman has a radical solution for surging gasoline prices: prayer.
Twyman - a community organizer, church choir director and public relations consultant from the Washington,... (read more)
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Posted by ElektrikGene, 24 March 2008
I’d like to introduce you to Sepp Holzer, a man who not only produces food in a very unlikely location, at a high and frigid... (read more)
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