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> Post Carbon Newsletter #21 (November 2006)

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> **Post Carbon Newsletter #21 November 2006**

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> 1. Relocalization Network Update

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> 2. Annual Fund Donor Profile: Patricia DeWitt

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> 3. Energy Farms Update

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> 4. Translation volunteers wanted

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> 5. Global Public Media update and A call for

> programming

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> 6. Featured Post Carbon Group

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> 7. Calendar of Events

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> 8. Next Newsletter Preview

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> **1. Relocalization Network Update**

>

> <http://www.relocalize.net>Relocalize.net reached

> an all time high

> in traffic with over half a million unique guests to

> the site in

> November.

>

> Tim Whiteway <http://www.relocalize.net/user/3756>

> has joined the

> Relocalization Network Team as Web Support

> Coordinator. Tim has a

> varied background in computer services. Along with

> desktop support,

> network services, and server administration he has

> taught

> introductory courses on using computers at the post

> secondary level.

> He will be helping us develop www.relocalize.net and

> will be the

> go-to person for web and technical support. If you

> have questions or

> would like to welcome Tim to the Network, click here

> to contact him

> <http://www.relocalize.net/user/3756/contact>.

>

> We have added A Guide to Relocalizing our

> Communities

> <http://www.relocalize.net/guide> to our growing

> library of resources

> <http://www.relocalize.net/resources> on

> Relocalize.net. Based on

> excerpts from the upcoming book /Relocalize Now!

> <http://www.postcarbon.org/publications/books>

> Getting Ready for

> Climate Change and the End of Cheap Oil,/ the Guide

> to Relocalizing

> our Communities comprises a compilation of project

> guides on topics

> such as film screenings, gardening gleaning

> projects, car-sharing,

> and running for municipal office. They have been

> made available to

> assist communities and individuals in their efforts

> to Relocalize and

> adapt to an energy constrained world.

>

> We have also developed a short 10 question survey

> <http://www.relocalize.net/survey1> on the

> Relocalization Network. If

> you have a couple minutes, please take the time to

> give us your

> feedback.

>

> **2. Annual Fund Donor Profile: Patricia DeWitt**

>

> / " I believe in the work that Post Carbon is doing.

> Helping

> communities to become more sustainable. Your new

> website has a lot of

> information about sustainability, the importance of

> community; it is a

> place to go for answers in this era of diminishing

> oil. The

> information also gives me hope, showing that there

> is a different way

> to live and people all over the world are beginning

> to do so. I am

> excited about the changes that are taking place in

> the world. " / -Post

> Carbon Institute Annual Donor Patricia DeWitt,

> member of Milagro

> Cohousing

>

> Thank you to Patricia Dewitt and to all our donors

> whose generosity

> helps us deliver information and programs throughout

> the world. To

> make your own secure online donation please go to

> donate now!

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<https://donations.postcarbon.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1 & id=1>

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> **3. Energy Farms Update**

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> *Brookside Energy Farm, Willits, CA*

>

> Crucial farm infrastructure is being built this

> winter in order to

> allow farmers to hit the ground running in the

> spring with the

> planting of crops. Overturning the soil for cover

> crops of winter

> rye, fava bean, barley, vetch and clover began in

> early November.

> Seeds were sown soon afterwards and are already

> sprouting.

> Construction of the perimeter fence is the main

> project at hand.

> Click here to read more!

> <http://www.energyfarms.net/node/625>

>

> *Vancouver Energy Farm, Vancouver, BC*

>

> November provided a good example of " extreme

> weather " at the

> Vancouver energy farm. We started the month with an

> early frost and

> freeze, finished with an unseasonably early snow

> storm, and in the

> middle of it all recorded over 300mm (12 inches) of

> rainfall. We've

> had unexpected floods, freezes, large trees knocked

> down, power

> outages, and an unrepentant plague of geese, but are

> still continuing

> to make progress and are looking forward to the

> opportunities of the

> next growing season. Click here to read more!

> <http://www.energyfarms.net/node/625>

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> **4. Translation volunteers wanted**

>

> Through its many initiatives, Post Carbon Institute

> helps its members

> around the world implement responses to energy

> decline and climate

> change. We can be even more effective in these

> efforts with the

> translation of Post Carbon materials into other

> languages. Recently a

> volunteer kindly translated the September issue of

> the Post Carbon

> Newsletter into Spanish

>

<http://postcarbon.org/news/newsletters/sep2006espanol>,

> and October

> will soon be online in Spanish too. Post Carbon

> newsletters can reach

> even further with your help. If you would like to

> volunteer to

> translate for Post Carbon, please contact us

> <http://postcarbon.org/contact>.

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> **5. New Stories on Global Public Media and A call

> for programming**

>

> <http://www.globalpublicmedia.com>This month on

> GPM, ASPO USA

> responded

> <http://globalpublicmedia.com/articles/793> to

> CERA's claim

> that the " peak oil theory is garbage " . We featured

> Sir Nick Stern

> <http://globalpublicmedia.com/lectures/795>'s

> presentation to the

> London School of Economics, discussing his climate

> change review for

> the UK. Guests on Jason Bradford's " Reality Report "

> included Bart

> Anderson

> <http://globalpublicmedia.com/interviews/792> of

> Energy

> Bulletin, Richard Douthwaite

> <http://globalpublicmedia.com/interviews/790> of

> FEASTA, and

> Sebastopol City Council member Sam Pierce

> <http://globalpublicmedia.com/interviews/787>. We

> also posted a

> number of clips from CBC Radio in Canada relating to

> global warming

> and peak oil

> <http://globalpublicmedia.com/news/789>, as well as

> agriculture and genetically modified foods

> <http://globalpublicmedia.com/news/798>. And

> finally, Richard

> Heinberg's presentation

> <http://globalpublicmedia.com/lectures/794>

> at the First US Conference on Peak Oil and Community

> Solutions in

> 2004 was translated into Spanish.

>

> Global Public Media is the leading online public

> broadcasting source

> for media relating to oil depletion, climate change

> and associated

> issues. Programs like The Reality Report

> <http://globalpublicmedia.com/people/jason_bradford>

> radio show and

> Peak Moment TV

> <http://globalpublicmedia.com/specials/712> are

> aired

> on public broadcasting stations in their local area,

> but GPM gives

> this well produced and important programming an

> opportunity for a

> global audience. If you are involved with or know of

> a high quality,

> pertinent broadcast program that deserves worldwide

> exposure, please

> contact us

> <http://globalpublicmedia.com/content/contact> to be

> considered for inclusion on Global Public Media.

>

> **6. Featured Post Carbon Group: Green Thumb Kids,

> Sydney Post-Carbon

> Group, Canada**

>

> “Green Thumb Kids” is a project of the Cape Breton

> Farmers’ Market in

> collaboration with the Sydney Post-Carbon Group

> <http://www.relocalize.net/groups/sydneycanada> in

> Nova Scotia,

> Canada.

>

> The goal of this project was to get children into

> growing tomatoes

> and beans for their own consumption or for sale at

> the Farmers’

> Market. Excellent cooperation was received from

> teachers in the Cape

> Breton Victoria District School Board. Notices were

> sent to homes of

> all grade three students inviting them to join the

> project.

> Approximately 50 students registered; they came to

> the Market with a

> parent/guardian who signed consent for the child’s

> participation.

> Each child received two heritage tomato plants as

> well as a dozen

> Romano beans.

>

> Click here to read more!

> <http://postcarbon.org/node/4299>

>

> **7. Calendar of Events:**

>

> **Addressing Climate Change Day School**

>

> *Sat. Dec. 2, 2006, 10am, University of Bristol, UK*

>

> For more information contact Barbara Perks on 0117

> 954 5438 or visit

> The University of Bristol

>

<http://www.gly.bris.ac.uk/www/continuing/autumn2006.html>.

>

> **Towards a Low Carbon Society: Friends of Earth

> Public Forum**

>

> *Tue. Dec 5, 2006, 6pm, Ahimsa House, Brisbane,

> Australia*

>

> For more information contact Friends of the Earth

> Brisbane on (07)

> 3846 5793 or visit Friends of Earth Brisbane

> <http://www.brisbane.foe.org.au/>.

>

> **‘For the common good’: keynote address by Jeff

> McMullen**

>

> *Tue. Dec 5, 2006, 10:30am, Southern Cross

> University, Lismore

> Campus, Australia*

>

> For more information contact Diana Cooper on (02)

> 6620 3354 or click

> here <http://www.relocalize.net/node/5325>.

>

> ** " One Ear to the Tracks " : A Symposium on Potential

> Rail and Trail

> Systems for Santa Cruz County**

>

> *Thu. Dec 14, 6:30pm, Jade Street Park Community

> Center, Capitola,

> CA*

>

> Visit People Power <http://www.peoplepowersc.org/>

> for more

> information.

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> **8. Next Newsletter Preview**

>

> Next month we'll feature a video interview with

> geologist and new

> Post Carbon Institute Fellow Dave Hughes

> <http://postcarbon.org/thinktank/fellows/hughes> and

> a profile of

> Energy Bulletin <http://www.energybulletin.net>.

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> Post Carbon Institute encourages the following

> courses of action:

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> Begin implementing Relocalization

> <http://www.relocalize.net>

> strategies in your community

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