Vancouver Area Relocalisation Network

I'm starting a New Community Garden on vacant land at Oak & 16th in Vancouver. There's lots of work to do: organizing people, cleaning up property, bringing in good soil. Food gardening knowledge will definately be welcome. If you or someone you know lives close by and want to help out... (read more)

Hello everyone, The Weather Network in Canada wants the support of the public as they go before the CRTC to make their pitch for an Environmental Network. If it comes to pass it would be another way to get the word out on PO to the public. Please click... (read more)

Revolution from the Heart of Nature by Michael Pollan Local food economies are our best hope for checking the drift toward the total global economy. A revolt is underway across this country-a revolt of small producers and consumers. Some of the most important politics today are happening at the farmer's market. We're told that it's very... (read more)

One of my degrees is in psychology and thus the psychology of this issue is of immense interest to me. I posted something on the mentality of survivors of calamity and disaster last week. This was taken from Gregory Jeffer's blog, there is a third part in the... (read more)

CANADIAN ENERGY SECURITY Easterners could freeze in the dark The U.S. has a national energy policy that emphasizes self-sufficiency, energy independence and domestic ownership. Why don't we? GORDON LAXER The Globe and Mail May 28, 2007 At a meeting of the House of Commons' international trade committee earlier this month, Leon Benoit, the Conservative... (read more)

May 21, 2007 New Legislation Would Bring Wind Power to 'Grinding Halt' by Carl Levesque, American Wind Energy Association Legislation just introduced and slated to move quickly in the U.S. House of Representatives would bring new wind energy development in the U.S. to a grinding halt, AWEA Executive Director Randall Swisher warned on... (read more)

Great book, very apt for PO, particularly point number one of his 12 rules. Darwin said it was neither the strongest or the smartest that survives but the most adaptive, we will be compelled to adapt or face the consequences for not doing so, some of which seem to... (read more)

The meeting is on Wednesday 11th April at 7:00pm. These words are from Max, the group organizer: It's in the big, open, covered, cement, picnic area just inside Granville Island. As you enter the island it is on your right, past a coffee shop and the kids only market, and right... (read more)

It's not news to us, and now not news to Vancouver Sun readers ... http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=ab7a0613-7ca4-4104... Oil, climate change threaten food supply: B.C. report Randy Shore, Vancouver Sun Published: Monday, April 02, 2007 Climate change and rising oil prices are a threat to B.C.'s ability to feed itself in the future, scientists and planners say. B.C. farmers... (read more)

To Interested Parties: a new forum is beginning in Vancouver to address an energy constricted future. The link below should take you to the correct page. http://oilawareness.meetup.com/284/calendar/5537465/?gj=ej1-91_to_180 It is a worthwhile venture. Peak oil consciousness-raising in this city is sorely needed.... (read more)

The UBC Student Environment Centre Annual Conference - Seeds for Change: Local Solutions to Global Issues Time: January 19-20, 2007 Location: UBC Keynote Speakers: Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada; Former Executive Director of the Sierra Club of Canada Dr. Michael M'Gonigle, Eco-Research Chair in Environmental Law and Policy, University of Victoria;... (read more)

The water net tv information great local presenter www.workingtv.com/downtheriver.html spread this site around... (read more)

Food Security with the Urban Food Garden by Diane Falvey The Green Cycle Urban Agriculture motto says it all, “grow what you eat”. A hardy group of urban gardeners have learned that... (read more)

I came across a link to this article in "Energy Bulletin", Helping cities adapt to Peak Oil. Written by Randy White, member of Portland Peak Oil Task Force (Portland Relocalization? ... maybe) http://www.energybulletin.net/19643.html The website is a general collection of information about Peak Oil, so is a good complement to postcarbon.... (read more)

A motion put forward at the Cowichan Valley Regional District board meeting last week, "That staff prepare a report regarding 'Global Peak Oil' as it pertains to the CVRD and local government issues and solutions ..." ran into vituperative, scornful, disparaging comments from nearly all of the regional directors. The substance... (read more)

Michelle Lalonde, CanWest News Service; Montreal Gazette Published: Sunday, June 04, 2006 MONTREAL -- Canada's mayors will not let Prime Minister Steven Harper walk away from Canada's international commitments on climate change without a fight, and like their counterparts in the United States, Canada's mayors intend to work toward the goals... (read more)

The City of Hamilton just published its official plan for the city and Peak Oil. It is encouraging that a major Canadian city has picked up the ball and run with it. Their plan may offer some insights into municipal action plans for the rest of us.... (read more)

www.epicvancouver.com. EPIC stands for "Ethical Progressive Intelligent Consumer". EPIC will focus on the New Consumerism and help to inform consumers how they can be better equipped to make smarter decisions when carrying out activities in their daily lives. EPIC will demonstrate to consumers that they do not have to sacrifice... (read more)

ARGENTINA: Urban Gardens Provide More than Just Food Marcela Valente For the original article click here. BUENOS AIRES, Feb 9 (IPS) - The community gardens initially created to help confront the effects of the late 2001 economic collapse in Argentina have now "grown" into a government-run urban agriculture programme, which provides unemployed workers... (read more)

As we creep ever further into the new millennium, it is becoming increasingly clear (the highly doubtful claims of "cornucopians" notwithstanding) that the age of oil will soon be ending. Oil is a finite resource. Its production will, at some point, peak and begin to decline, and there are numerous indications... (read more)