Philly Beyond Oil 2006

Posted by on August 25, 2006

Philly Beyond Oil 2006

Building a Just Society Beyond Peak Oil and Global Warming

A Conference on Local Solutions

?We will bring to birth a new world in the shadow of the old?

Saturday, October 14, 2006
Arch Street Meetinghouse
4th & Arch Streets, Philadelphia

PROGRAM
8:30 Doors open for registration and Sustainability Fair
9:00 AM Welcome and Introduction ? Jerry Silberman, Steering Committee

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Pat Murphy, Director, Community Service, Inc. Yellow Springs Ohio
Community Service, Inc. is a national leader in the movement to develop sustainable small communities as a model for human society in balance with the world and at peace with itself. He is also the director of the film: ?Cuba: The Community Solution? an inspiring documentary of Cuba?s amazing response to the loss of Soviet oil imports with a shift to organic farming, conservation, and renewable energy sources based on the community values of the Cuban Revolution.

Film: ?Cuba the Community Solution?

10:30 U.S. Cities and Sustainability

Film: Clip from ?An Inconvenient Truth?

NOON ? Lunch. A delicious lunch will be provided containing all locally grown food.

The Sustainability Fair (list of participants below) will give you a chance to meet and learn about many organizations, which are already living the model we seek to expand. Included will be local food producers, local businesses offering products and services that are locally produced and with a minimum ecological footprint, as well as advocacy organizations whose work supports our goals.

1:00 INTRODUCTION TO WORKSHOPS Liz Robinson, ECA, Steering Committee

ENERGY SOLUTIONS IN FOOD
ENERGY SOLUTIONS IN TRANSPORTATION
ENERGY SOLUTIONS IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

In each strategic area, activists and experts will review the current state of our region, the risks we face if we don?t make a change, and suggest areas where we can make a difference collectively. Each workshop will then discuss strategies and campaigns we can join or begin to accelerate the changes which have to happen to make our region a healthier place to live, to wean us from fossil fuels, and reduce our contribution to global warming.

The workshops will run from 1:30 to 3:45

4:00 OUR NEXT STEPS ? Facilitator Ralph Copleman

Each section will report back on their recommendations for our next steps as we conclude with a plan to continue our necessary transformation toward sustainable community.

For more information and to register, visit: http://www.fossilfreephilly.org