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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 the challenges.
You will learn more about the facts underlying the higher costs of fuels and the implications for transportation, agriculture, trade, housing, medicine, education and delivery of governmental services.
Also, you'll hear why some of the “solutions” (such as coal, shale oil, tar sands, etc.) that are being proposed to meet our energy needs are not viable in light of their negative impact on climate change.
You'll also have a chance to talk with other participants, and to sample foods and beverages donated by sponsoring businesses and local food and beverage providers.
Featuring *Richard Heinberg*, internationally known educator and author on the geophysical as well as geopolitical factors behind rising energy costs, and *Ann Hancock*, Executive Director of the Sonoma County Climate Protection Campaign. Additionally, a panel of leaders from business, community-organizing and government will discuss the broader directions and choices individuals and communities may take in the context of today’s growing energy vulnerability and climate change.
When: 6:00 - 9:00 pm on Friday, September 29th, 2006
Where: Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Ave in Santa Rosa
Admission: $10, Seniors & students $5
For more information: please call (707) 578 -9133, visit http://www.ecoleader.org/energy.html, or email.
Sponsors for the event include the Energy Transition Team, the Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy, the Sonoma County Climate Protection Campaign, PG&E, the Livability Project, and Whole Foods.
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About the keynote speakers:
RICHARD HEINBERG: Richard Heinberg is recognized internationally as one of the foremost educators on the economic realities and implications of our dependence on fossil fuels. During Prince Charles of England’s recent Bay Area visit, Heinberg was the keynote speaker for the forum on peak oil and climate change. Heinberg has recently returned from a seven city tour in Australia where he lectured extensively on the issues of energy vulnerability. He is the author of The Party’s Over, Powerdown, and The Oil Depletion Protocol. Heinberg is a core faculty member of New College of California. He has given roughly 200 public presentations on the subject in seven countries, been quoted in Time Magazine, and has been interviewed extensively by press, radio, and TV, both domestically and abroad.
ANN HANCOCK: Ann Hancock is currently the Coordinator of the Sonoma County Climate Protection Campaign. Prior to her role with the Climate Protection Campaign, she was the coordinator for the Sonoma County Ecological Footprint Project. She has twenty years experience in non-profit directing, coordinating, educating and fundraising. She has been recognized in numerous ways for her contributions to creating more sustainable communities, including an award in 2003 from Western Sonoma County Rural Alliance for “continued leadership and dedication to both human and ecological communities of Sonoma County.”
About the Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy:
The Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy is a 501(c)(3) public charity based in Sonoma County and dedicated to insuring a sustainable future for California's North Coast. Our goal is to train people committed to a sustainable future to be more effective leaders, and to educate community leaders and the public to understand that the future of our economy and quality of life are dependent on each other.
For more information, go to www.ecoleader.org.
About the Sonoma County Climate Protection Campaign:
The Climate Protection Campaign's mission is to create a positive future for our children by inspiring action in response to the climate crisis. We advance practical, science-based solutions for significant greenhouse gas reductions. For more information, go to www.skymetrics.us.
About the Energy Transition Team:
The Energy Transition Team is a group of dedicated Sonoma County citizens committed to educating people about the possibilities of transforming our dependence on fossil fuels into a more sustainable model and activating individuals and organizations (community, business and government) to proactively address the issues of energy vulnerability and climate change.
Teaser:
What's Behind the High Cost of Energy, and What's Next?
Body:
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 the challenges.
You will learn more about the facts underlying the higher costs of fuels and the implications for transportation, agriculture, trade, housing, medicine, education and delivery of governmental services.
Also, you'll hear why some of the “solutions” (such as coal, shale oil, tar sands, etc.) that are being proposed to meet our energy needs are not viable in light of their negative impact on climate change.
You'll also have a chance to talk with other participants, and to sample foods and beverages donated by sponsoring businesses and local food and beverage providers.
Featuring *Richard Heinberg*, internationally known educator and author on the geophysical as well as geopolitical factors behind rising energy costs, and *Ann Hancock*, Executive Director of the Sonoma County Climate Protection Campaign. Additionally, a panel of leaders from business, community-organizing and government will discuss the broader directions and choices individuals and communities may take in the context of today’s growing energy vulnerability and climate change.
When: 6:00 - 9:00 pm on Friday, September 29th, 2006
Where: Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Ave in Santa Rosa
Admission: $10, Seniors & students $5
For more information: please call (707) 578 -9133, visit http://www.ecoleader.org/energy.html, or email.
Sponsors for the event include the Energy Transition Team, the Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy, the Sonoma County Climate Protection Campaign, PG&E, the Livability Project, and Whole Foods.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
About the keynote speakers:
RICHARD HEINBERG: Richard Heinberg is recognized internationally as one of the foremost educators on the economic realities and implications of our dependence on fossil fuels. During Prince Charles of England’s recent Bay Area visit, Heinberg was the keynote speaker for the forum on peak oil and climate change. Heinberg has recently returned from a seven city tour in Australia where he lectured extensively on the issues of energy vulnerability. He is the author of The Party’s Over, Powerdown, and The Oil Depletion Protocol. Heinberg is a core faculty member of New College of California. He has given roughly 200 public presentations on the subject in seven countries, been quoted in Time Magazine, and has been interviewed extensively by press, radio, and TV, both domestically and abroad.
ANN HANCOCK: Ann Hancock is currently the Coordinator of the Sonoma County Climate Protection Campaign. Prior to her role with the Climate Protection Campaign, she was the coordinator for the Sonoma County Ecological Footprint Project. She has twenty years experience in non-profit directing, coordinating, educating and fundraising. She has been recognized in numerous ways for her contributions to creating more sustainable communities, including an award in 2003 from Western Sonoma County Rural Alliance for “continued leadership and dedication to both human and ecological communities of Sonoma County.”
About the Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy:
The Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy is a 501(c)(3) public charity based in Sonoma County and dedicated to insuring a sustainable future for California's North Coast. Our goal is to train people committed to a sustainable future to be more effective leaders, and to educate community leaders and the public to understand that the future of our economy and quality of life are dependent on each other.
For more information, go to www.ecoleader.org.
About the Sonoma County Climate Protection Campaign:
The Climate Protection Campaign's mission is to create a positive future for our children by inspiring action in response to the climate crisis. We advance practical, science-based solutions for significant greenhouse gas reductions. For more information, go to www.skymetrics.us.
About the Energy Transition Team:
The Energy Transition Team is a group of dedicated Sonoma County citizens committed to educating people about the possibilities of transforming our dependence on fossil fuels into a more sustainable model and activating individuals and organizations (community, business and government) to proactively address the issues of energy vulnerability and climate change.
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