Please join other concerned citizens and business, political and community leaders in the North Bay to learn about the interdependent challenges of our dependence on fossil fuels and global climate change. In addition to presentations from local experts, you will have an opportunity to consider possible individual and community responses to... (read more)

Students, Wesley Caddell, Amber Mamakos, and I attended the recent Willits Relocalization Conference. Students presented a PowerPoint presentation, participated in the conference and networked with other participants. The students and I were videotaped for "Peak Oil Minutes." We learned a lot from participants and shared information about the Powerdown Project to... (read more)

  Last Saturday, the Cohort 16 group took our Powerdown Project one step further. We invited Larry Robinson (former Mayor, now councilmember of the Sebastopol City Council) and Matt Steven (Facilitator of the Sebastopol Advisory Committee on Energy Vulnerability) to assist us with our template. They were very helpful with... (read more)

    New College students are working on their template to assess current vulnerabilities to diminishing energy supplies, and identify sustainable low-energy alternative systems. They have each chosen categories like food security, water, sewage, disaster planning,transportation and fire,police and emergency agencies to tie into the template.      I'm impressed with the level... (read more)