In this Issue of Relocalize:

• Relocalization Network News:
• Welcome to New Local Post Carbon Groups
• Relocalization Resource Bundle Recipients
• Peak Moment TV: Presentation DVDs for your community
• Going Local: Campaigns, Resources & Links
• Post Carbon Cities: Addressing Climate and Energy Uncertainty in Spokane, WA
• New on Global Public Media
• Upcoming Events:
• Energy Design Conference and Workshop
• Seattle Green Festival

Relocalization Network News:

Welcome to New Local Post Carbon Groups

Please join us in welcoming the following Group Coordinators and their Local Groups to the Relocalization Network. Take a moment to have a look at their websites:

• Andre Angelantoni, Post Carbon Marin – Marin, California, USA
• Judith Newton, Transition Cotati – Cotati, California, USA
• Allyse Heartwell, Bay Localize – Oakland, California, USA
• Britt Walker, Transition Whidbey – Whidbey Island, Washington, USA
• Jenn Stolly, Partnership for a Sustainable Methow – Twisp, Washington, USA
• Monica King, Sustainable Michigan – Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
• Keith Akers, Denver Energy Awareness – Denver, Colorado, USA
• David Floyd, Post Carbon Rhode Island – Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA

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Relocalization Resource Bundle Recipients

Last month, the Relocalization Network put together special complimentary resource bundles for local groups to use for education and action in the coming year, courtesy of Post Carbon Books. Since then, we have sent fifty bundles to groups all over the world, from North America to Ireland to India to Australia and New Zealand. Visit the website to learn about how groups are planning to put them to use!

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Peak Moment TV: Presentation DVDs for your community

Janaia Donaldson, Host and Producer of Peak Moment Television, says:

Hi Relocalizers: Here's one way to amplify the awakening in your community -- donate DVDs on important topics to your local public library. A friend in a small Oregon town said that Richard Heinberg's “Peak Oil” presentation DVD is checked out 2 or 3 times A WEEK. Just out are Van Jones’ "Green for All!" and Michelle Long’s "Building a Local Community and Economy." These and other programs available on DVD.

Also: Learn how some early relocalizers approached their community as Jason Bradford and Brian Weller, co-founders of Willits Economic Localization, talk with host Janaia Donaldson in Peak Moment Conversations episodes 94 and 95 online at Peak Moment Television and on Global Public Media (audio and video).

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Going Local: Campaigns, Resources & Links

Since several groups in the Network are currently working or have worked on Going Local campaigns, we thought we'd pull together some resources to help other groups find a model that feels right for them. Recently, inspired by the Boulder County Going Local campaign, Paths to a Sustainable Future in Wisconsin started a campaign to increase local self-reliance, known as Live Local Milwaukee.

Check out these resources on Going Local:

• Interview with Michael Shuman on Rebuilding Community: Local Economic Development
• Institute for Food Policy report: "Going Local on a Global Scale: Rethinking Food Trade in the Era of Climate Change, Dumping, and Rural Poverty"
• YES! Magazine: Go Local! (Issue 40)
• The Community Solution: New Solutions 14: Food, Health and Survival
• Big Box Toolkit: Economic Impact of Local Businesses vs. Chains
• Institute for Local Self-Reliance: New Rules Project - Podcasts

Stay tuned next month for more resources that focus on local resiliency!

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Post Carbon Cities: Addressing Climate and Energy Uncertainty in Spokane, WA

With the introduction of its new sustainability strategic planning effort, the city of Spokane in eastern Washington State has become the first city to address climate change and energy uncertainty jointly. Speaking to an overflow crowd at last week's launch, Post Carbon Cities' Daniel Lerch said, "We're entering uncharted territory with world oil production hitting a plateau and atmospheric carbon reaching record levels. Cities need to identify the new risks they face because there isn't any state or federal government agency that's going to do it for them." Spokane is building on a history of sustainability work, but this initiative marks a real step ahead. Their citizen task force will be forming in the next month. Read the press release.

In other news, Post Carbon Cities is honored to be among the Top Ten Websites of 2008, as named by the readership at Planetizen.com. Planetizen is one of our favorite sites, too -- it's widely regarded as the web portal for planners and urbanists of all stripes. Thank you, Planetizen, and everyone who voted for us!

Please, borrow our work to further your own! One of the resources on our website is a collection of slideshows from past presentations, which can be a good source of material for making your own presentations.

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New on Global Public Media

Global Public Media, a program of Post Carbon Institute, is an internet broadcasting station that streams long format audio and video interviews with world experts. Click on the links below for the latest additions on GPM.

     KunstlerCast: James Howard Kunstler takes a critical look at the American drugstore
     Peak Moment: Toward New Models of Shared Leadership
     Jason Bradford's Reality Report: Hooked on Growth
     Deconstructing Dinner: The Birth of a Farmers' Market
     Richard Heinberg's Museletter: The Great Coal Rush (and Why It Will Fail)

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Upcoming Events

Have an event you would like to share with the Network? Please send an email to Shelby by the last week of the month and we will include it in the next issue of Relocalize.

Energy Design Conference and Workshop

February 26-27, 2008, Duluth, MN, USA
The 18th annual Energy Design Conference and Workshop will have a selection of quality seminars and workshops on the wise use of energy resources for professionals, educators, students, and homeowners. For info and registration visit www.duluthenergydesign.com.

2nd Annual SPIN Farming Workshop

February 28-29, 2008, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Wally Satzewich, veteran urban farmer and developer of SPIN, will teach this non-technical, easy to-learn and inexpensive-to-implement farming system. For course outline and registration visit www.spinfarming.com or contact Roxanne Christensen at 610-505-9189 or rchristensen@infocommercegroup.com.

Massachusetts Environmental Education Society Annual Conference

March 5, 2008, Worcester, MA, USA
This year's conference focuses on Energizing EE and Going Green. The Conference will help educators plug into Environmental Education with GREEN hot topics, concepts, impacts and solutions. For info and registration visit www.massmees.org.

Seattle Green Festival

April 12-13, 2008, WA State Convention & Trade Center, USA
Come celebrate what’s working in our communities – for people, for business and for the environment. The Festival features more than 150 visionary speakers, 300 green businesses, live music, kids' activities, film festival, delicious organic food and more. For info and registration visit www.greenfestivals.org or call 1 800-58-GREEN.

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Photo credit: Spokane by pgautier2004