Post Oil Perth

We have a cunning plan, that I'd like to share!

But before I do... if anyone out there is able to contribute to any part of this plan,
please contact me now!

Here it goes...

Basically, we would like to engage people to act as Mentors to both promote our message and help others become "post carbon ready".

This plan is based on the idea that there's only "10 degrees of separation" between everyone on the planet.

Assumptions:

We present to 100 potential Mentors, and 30 of them take up the POP challenge to spread the word and help others prepare,
and each person engaged in POP represents a family of say 2.5 people,

...here's the maths!

1st Degree - 30 Mentors each promote POP to 10 people, and each manage to engage 3.....
That's 90 active new members representing 225 people (and potential mentors once they've done their training)

2nd Degree - Those 90 new members each speak to 10 people, 3 of which are engaged into POP
That's 270 active new members representing 675 people...

3rd Degree - Those 270 ditto.... engage 810 active new members, representing 2025 people...

4th Degree - Those 810 engage 2430 active new members, representing 5062 people...

5th Degree - Those 2430 engage 7290, representing 18,225 people...

6th Degree - Those 7290 engage 21870, representing 54,675 people...

7th Degree- Those 21870 engage 65,610, representing 164,025 people

8th Degree - Those 65,610 engage 196,830, representing 497,075 people
At this point 33% of Perth's people would be actively preparing for POP,
and everyone in Perth would have heard about POP.

9th Degree - Those 196,830 engage 590,490, representing 1,476,225 people
Now everyone in Perth is actively preparing for POP...

10th Degree - Those 590,490 engage 1,771,470
Our cup runneth over!!!

If each Degree takes...say... 6 months... then we can achieve a high degree of readiness for post oil within 4 years.
Progress may be slower at the beginning, but as people start to hurt from continually escalating prices for food, transport, energy and everything else, the POP message will fall on increasingly receptive ears....

Community Database Project

Goal - Inspire people to join a map-linked database

Features:

• All members of the database will be self-branded as either “I’m preparing for Post Oil Perth” or “I’m ready for Post Oil Perth”.
Self-branding is a well-known strategy for fostering environmentally friendly behavior, and could be via car or bin stickers
featuring the logos of major sponsors.
• Members will be able to contact Mentors in their area to help them become ready.
• All members will be able to offer, find and source resources locally (skills, products, food, fruit trees, seeds, animals, transport, services)
• Local businesses will be featured and promoted

Set up community database

• Neighbourhood buying power/Cooperatives potential
• Old people child caring facilities

Set up community online information/training resources

To upskill people in food/energy/water/resources/transport security
with "how to" info pertinent to Perth on:

• Growing vegetables – link to soil amendments
• Pastures
• Pruning
• Nut trees
• Fruit crops
• Seed sources
• Keeping hens
• Keeping rabbits
• Keeping geese
• Keeping milking goats
• Aquaculture
• Car pool links
• Survival supplies
• Books
• CSA
• Seasonal Blog – what to do now
• HOW TO MAKE A DONATION Affiliates
• APAL
• Eco Echidna
• Tree suppliers
• Seed suppliers

Find a Celebrity Verity James?
ANYONE KNOW OF A SUITABLE PERTH/AUSSIE CELEBRITY?

Find Perth business sponsors

Companies that are WA owned and based and will
benefit from our "buy local/become more sustainable" message...

• ?Bunnings
• Brownes
• Mrs Macs
• Canon foods
• Tip Top
• Harvey Fresh
• Solahart

Prepare business plan (costs and targets)

o Cost to create a foundation
• Design logo’s
• Send out sponsor packs
• Promote major sponsors on
o Stickers
o Online business network

Find Mentors amongst Perth:

• Permies
• Organic growers
• WANATCA folks
• Biodynamic folks
• Herb growers
• Eco Echidna
• Four Seasons guys
• City Farm
• WWOOF hosts
• Aussies Living Simply
• Seed savers
• CSA
• Oaktree foundation

Prepare preliminary training curriculum

o Food
o Energy
o Water
o Resources

Collaborate with representatives of major groups and...

o seek input
o engage involvement & assistance

Finalize curriculum and put online

o Energy bills audit
o Water bills audit
o Food bills audit
o Buy local
o Transport audit

Also promote mentor group activities e.g. Living Simply/Permie intro courses/City Farm courses/WWOOF etc

Prepare a promotion pack

o Sample email
o Sample articles
o Curriculum checklist
o “I’m preparing” stickers July-Aug 2008

Present to groups.

• Explain PO & mentoring
• Sign up 100 Mentors – get email and addresses
• Offer a “refresher course” for mentors
• Issue “I’m Ready” stickers
• Ask that they “spread the word” via their email networks, word of mouth, publications etc “Tell 10 other people”

Add Mentors to database

Sept-October 2008

Find members

• Living simply participants
• Magazine articles
• Online articles
• Eden Seeds clients
• Myspace
• Facebook Put “I’m preparing…” stickers in all WA mags Dec 2008

Involve Schools

*Need to seed this idea, engage others to do it in their areas!*

e.g. Community fairs/farmer's markets
• Local musos
• Local “slow food”
• Local services

Local skills for VET option

Set up permie gardens

“I’m ready” Businesses and local govt

• Online business self audit
• Green office
• Local business suppliers
• Mary Askey - Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Perth
• Acorn model Business mentoring and peer certification ISO14001?