Environmental Events

Saturday: 5/26/2007 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Speaker on Peak Oil
Location: Enviro Center
7761 Waterloo Rd (Route 175)
Jessup, MD

Tom Whipple will be the speaker at the the Potomac Region Solar Energy Association (www.prsea.org). Tom is a leading local authority on the subject of Peak Oil, and writes a regular column on Peak Oil for the Falls Church News Press. Peak Oil is the principle that, with time, the rate of oil production from a single field, a country, or the entire world reaches a peak and then inexorably declines as the supply is depleted.
A tour of the Enviro Center (www.enviro-center.com) will follow.
The public is invited. No registration is required; however, if you plan to attend, please send a message to meeting@prsea.org so we will have an idea of how many people will be there."

Yes Magazine and You Tube offer a free video with lively, optimistic solutions for Peak Oil and climate crisis that are do-able here and now. See: http://www.yesmagazine.org/article.asp?ID=1653

Saturday. June 2nd , 7:30-9:30 pm
Film Screening: The End of Suburbia
The Well in Ellicott City
3711 Old Columbia Pike, 21043
An insightful yet lighthearted film examining the future social changes that must be made to end our dependency on gas and oil fossil fuels. Through interviews with scientists and policy makers, The End of Suburbia explores the premise that North American suburbs, built on the easy availability of fossil fuels, may become untenable. How sustainable is the dream of "Living in the Suburbs" as the planet approaches a critical era and global demand for fossil fuels begins to outstrip supply. Discussion will follow the Screening. See flyer here.
Reservations call: 410-418-8944 $5 Suggested Donation

June 5, 2007 Noon-1:30 p.m. - CAN TAX POLICY SLOW GLOBAL WARMING?
Urban Institute, 2100 M Street N.W., 5th Floor, Washington, D.C.
Lunch will be provided at 11:45 a.m. The forum begins promptly at noon.
To register online, visit http://www.urban.org/pressroom/firsttuesdays/rsvp.cfm.
For info click here.

Sept 14 -16, 2007 - Confronting the Triple Crisis - Climate Change, Peak Oil, and Global Resource Depletion - IFG Teach-in at Lisner Auditorium, Washington DC
Tickets and Info: 415-561-7650 www.ifg.org
Sponsored by the International Forum on Globalization
60 SPEAKERS INCLUDING: Vandana Shiva, Bill McKibben, Michael Klare, Martin Khor, Richard Heinberg, Winona LaDuke, David Korten, John Cavanagh, Jerry Mander, Maude Barlow, Tony Clarke, Wolfgang Sachs, Sara Larrain, Meena Raman, Ross Gelbspan, Q'Orianka Kilcher, Frances Moore- Lappe, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Daphne Wysham, Victor Menotti, Atossa Soltani, David Suzuki, Simon Retallack, Jeremy Leggett, Arjun Makhijani, David Pimentel, John Passacantando, Rob Hopkins, Steve Kretzmann, Antony Froggatt, Randy Hayes, Anne Leonard, Megan Quinn, Thomas Princen and 25 more
See flyer here and here.

Plan to attend the Green Festival in DC - October 6 & 7, 2007
And sign up for a Mini-Conference at the Green Festival "What's the Economy For, Anyway?"
Co-Sponsored by the Simplicity Forum, Co-op America, Take Back Your Time, Center for a New American Dream, Forum on Social Wealth, and MomsRising.org. For details as they become available see: http://www.simplicityforum.org/events.html