-------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 10:24:19 -0400 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Aaron Koleszar <•••@••.•••> Subject: March Speaking Tour: Sustainable Community and Declining Oil Stocks Building Sustainable Community in Times of Declining Oil Stocks Maritime Speaking Tour - Fueled by Vegetable Oil Late March-April, 2006 PEI organic farmer and Vietnam War Resister Gary Clausheide will be touring the Maritimes in late March to discuss the topic of "Building Sustainable Community in Times of Declining Oil Stocks". The tour will travel to Halifax, Sackville, Fredericton, and possibly additional locations, with a Charlottetown event later in April. Gary will explore the recent history of the Western world, how we have been organized (economically, politically, and socially), capitalism, socialism, and egalitarian democratic theories and models from the past, the present, and for the future. We will also discuss the reality of Peak Oil, declining availability and rising prices, as well as potential impacts on society, economics, and politics. We will explore what sustainable community means and how we can build it (eg. decentralization, autonomy, cooperative decision-making, participatory economics and participatory democracy), including one possible model for an intentional community. We will be using a diesel car for the tour that has been converted to run on waste vegetable oil (used deep-fryer oil). We will also offer a semi-formal workshop on vegetable oil fueled vehicles and the diesel conversion process, including an examination of the converted vehicle used for the tour. This tour is being organized by Earth Action, a Prince Edward Island based organization that works for environmental education and action. We do not accept funding from governments or corporations. If you'd like us to come to your community, or want to help support or promote the Tour, please get in touch. For more information contact Aaron Koleszar (902) 659-2575 •••@••.••• Tour Dates/Venues Saturday, March 25 Halifax, NS at YMCA Community Centre, 2nd floor, 2269 Gottingen Street Hosted by Manufacturing dissent and Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group 2pm: Building Sustainable Community in Times of Declining Oil Stocks 5pm: Converting Diesels to run on vegetable oil (intro, discussion, and examination of a veggie-mobile) Sunday, March 26 Sackville, NB at the Sustainable Residence, 78A York Street hosted by EcoAction and the Sustainable Residence 2pm: Building Sustainable Community in Times of Declining Oil Stocks 5pm: Converting Diesels to run on vegetable oil (intro, discussion, and examination of a veggie-mobile) Tuesday, March 28 Fredericton, NB at the Underground Cafe, 740 Charlotte Street (basement - follow signs) hosted by the Underground Cafe and Vision Action Collective 6pm: Converting Diesels to run on vegetable oil (intro, discussion, and examination of a veggie-mobile) 7pm: Building Sustainable Community in Times of Declining Oil Stocks Monday, April 24 Charlottetown, PEI at The Keir Gallery, 132 Richmond Street Hosted by Earth Action 6pm: Converting Diesels to run on vegetable oil (intro, discussion, and examination of a veggie-mobile) 7pm: Building Sustainable Community in Times of Declining Oil Stocks -- -------------------------------------------------------- Escaping the Matrix website http://escapingthematrix.org/ cyberjournal website http://cyberjournal.org blog: cyberjournal forum http://cyberjournal-rkm.blogspot.com/ blog: Achieving real democracy http://harmonization.blogspot.com/ blog: for readers of ETM http://matrixreaders.blogspot.com/ blog: Community Empowerment http://empowermentinitiatives.blogspot.com/ Blogger made easy http://quaylargo.com/help/ezblogger.html subscribe cyberjournal list mailto:•••@••.••• Posting archives http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/?lists=newslog