The Post Carbon Institute and Los Angeles Post Carbon Present
Options and Actions in a Post Carbon Los Angeles

Sunday, April 10th, 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Venice, CA 

Learn about the issues of oil and natural gas depletion and the options we have in the Los Angeles area as we approach the global peak in fossil fuel extraction. This Post Carbon Institute sponsored event features the documentary, "The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream" as well as a panel of speakers from local organizations. The speakers will include Richard Bruce Anderson who's presentation is titled, "Endless Growth" Meets Reality: Finding Our Way in a Post-Carbon World, Roger Gray, co-founder of Pasadena Walks!, an organization which advocates for walkable, livable cities, and Joan Stevens of the Los Angeles Permaculture Guild. The event will also include vegetarian food, poetry and music.

Event Schedule

4:00 PM

Documentary, 78 Minutes:
The END of SUBURBIA: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream
Followed by a short discussion

5:30 PM

Political and Environmental Poetry and comedy Organized by Aire Celeste Norell

Vegan (vegetarian) food will be provided by Food Not Bombs

7:00 PM
  • Richard B. Anderson,  Endless Growth Meets Reality: Finding Our Way in a Post-Carbon World
  • Roger Gray, Three Options You Can Take TODAY to make a difference TODAY  and Three Options You Can Take Today to make a difference TOMMORROW 
  • Joan Stevens, Speaks on the role of permaculture in living sustainably 
  • Eric Einem, Discusses projects of the Los Angeles Post Carbon Outposts
  • Discussion

Location:
Peace and Justice Center
2210 Lincoln Blvd.
Venice, CA MAP

RSVP:
Space is limited, so please RSVP to insure a seat: Eric Einem, 714-926-1916, eric@peakoilaction.org.  Suggested Donation: $15 (or $5 for the 7:00 panel)

Transportation:
Consider Walking, Biking, Carpooling or Bus Riding
To find a carpool click here or visit www.rideshare.us and enter the event code postcarbon410. For public transportation visit: www.mta.net.

Flyer:
Share this flyer with others: www.LAPostCarbon.org/options.doc or www.LAPostCarbon.org/options.pdf 


The END of SUBURBIA: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream is a documentary that provides an alarming but honest look at the issue of the global peak in oil production. It makes the case that peak oil (the point in time when global oil extraction start it's decline) is imminent, and that our industrial society which has been created using cheap fossil fuels is completely unprepared for declining energy availability. It cleverly gets past our defenses by approaching it from the angle of the problems with suburbia, something that most of us can relate to.

"Cheap oil is the party that we have been enjoying the past 150 years and that party is coming to an end. Within our lifetimes were going to see the end of the age of oil, and the result of that will be the end of the American way of life" - Richard Heinberg - in an excerpt from The END of SUBURBIA, www.endofsuburbia.com

Aire Celeste Norell created an anthology of environmental poetry, Cracked Pavement & Plastic Trees: Our Gifts to Future Generations. It is a collection poetry that includes the work of 18 writers (most of them So Cal based).
Local Poets:
Peggy DoBreer
Jasmin Jordan
Marie Lecrivain
Dave McIntire
Comedic Banjo Player
Phil Van Tee - www.philvantee.com  
Richard Bruce Anderson, Ph. D., is the founder and Senior Fellow at the Santa Barbara based organization, For The Future (www.forthefuture.org). Dr. Anderson is the originator of the Consumerism Project at For The Future. He is the author of Waking Up from the American Dream: How to Live a Happy, Satisfying Life in Our Unhealthy Consumer Culture. As a speaker and writer, Dr. Anderson has pursued an active role in the voluntary simplicity movement. Since 1998 he has been a member of the board of directors of Seeds of Simplicity, a national organization that organizes conferences, conducts workshops, and distributes a national newsletter on voluntary simplicity.  Read more about Dr. Anderson at www.forthefuture.org/about_us.htm.
"Permanently increasing oil prices and, at some point, the inability to obtain fossil fuels at any price will make much of our urban landscape more or less untenable. Politics and the economy will become more locally-organized, and some localities will adapt better than others" - Richard B. Anderson, www.forthefuture.org

Roger Gray is the co-founder of Pasadena Walks!, a pedestrian advocacy group in the center of car-culture Los Angeles County, California, USA; Pasadena Walks! encourages all non-auto mobility choices, focusing on local government policy and planning, and education (of government officials and the public at large).  

Joan Stevens
Joan Stevens is an ethnobotanist, biologist, and educator and is a co-founder of the Los Angeles Permaculture Guild. She teaches high school science out of her commitment to transforming the relationship between people and the earth.
LA Permaculture Guild: http://www.islandseed.com/scpg.html.

Food Not Bombs
Everyone is invited to protest war and poverty by delivering, cooking, and serving free vegetarian food at the weekly Food Not Bombs peace gatherings. Volunteers can help prepare or serve meals, hand out literature, donate food for vegetarian menu and other items. Tax deductable receipts can be provided when necessary. email us at: venicesantamonicafnb@fastmail.fm phone us at: 310 822 2771.

Los Angeles Post Carbon is an organization of outposts of the Post Carbon Institute (www.postcarbon.org). Our industrial society is approaching the end of the oil age, and is completely unprepared for the consequences. Our aim is to educate the community on the issue of oil depletion and the coming peak in global oil production, take action in our community to prepare for the post-carbon age and have fun along the way.  Our projects include organizing educational events such as Options and Actions for a Post Carbon Los Angeles, and working together with other local groups that are working towards sustainability.  http:// www.LAPostCarbon.org
The event organizers are Eric Einem, eric@peakoilaction.org and Aire Celeste Norell, vegan@aireceleste.com.  Check back at the event webpage for more information: LA.PostCarbon.org/options.htm 

Peak Oil Information:

Peak oil is the point in time when extraction of oil from the earth reaches its highest point and then begins to decline.  The Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas (www.peakoil.net) estimates the global peak of petroleum extraction to occur in 2005.

§  Oil is used for transportation, electricity, heating, cooling, pesticides, plastics, pharmaceuticals, asphalt, concrete and steel.

§  On average an American consumes 3 gallons of oil per day (1.8 gallons of which are imported).

§  In the US, 10 calories of fossil-fuel energy go into every 1 calorie of food.

§  Oil extraction will be physically unable to meet global demand

§  Alternative energy sources like nuclear and natural gas will fall far short of compensating for expected shortages of oil.

The first step in preparing for an energy-reduced future is to educate yourself.

Good websites for an introduction to the issue of peak oil:

http://energybulletin.net/primer.php
http://oilcrisis.com/campbell/
http://art.ianmc.com.au/heinberg/
http://www.globalpublicmedia.com
http://www.museletter.com/partys-over.html
http://www.peakoil.net

For additional information, questions or to RSVP, contact Eric Einem, eric@peakoilaction.org, 714-926-1916.