[SustainableTompkins] Sustainability series at Kendal

[GayNicholson at aol.com]

At the end of last spring's sustainability study circle  series hosted by 
Sustainable Tompkins at Kendal, the group proposed  several next steps including 
a series of monthly lectures on sustainability for  the staff and residents.  
(FYI - Kendal is also developing an energy  efficiency plan and has joined the 
food composting program with T.C. Solid  Waste.)
 
Sustainable Tompkins is glad to cosponsor these talks which will be open to  
the public.  The series will get underway on October 19 at 3:00 pm in the  
Kendal auditorium with a talk by Jon Bosak on Peak Oil.  Dr.Francis Di  Salvo 
will speak on  'The Looming Energy Problem- How Research Can  Help'  on January 
30, 2007.  (The November event will not be open to  the public due to space 
constraints.)


TITLE: Planning for Peak Oil

World production of oil will reach a  peak some time in the next
couple of decades.  After that point, falling  oil production
combined with increasing demand will cause enormous  and
never-ending increases in the cost of fuel.  Extreme fuel  prices
will result in the end of globalization and a return to  local
production of goods and services.  TCLocal is a local  citizens'
group that's trying to plan for this future.

ABOUT THE  PRESENTER

Jon Bosak, the chair of TCLocal, is a computer  standards
specialist with many years of experience in organizing  and
managing large-scale research and writing efforts.


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Gay  Nicholson, Ph.D. 

607-533-7312 (home office)
607-279-6618  (cell)

1 Maple Avenue
Lansing, NY  14882
gaynicholson at aol.com

Sustainable Tompkins 
Program  Coordinator 
w_ww.sustainabletompkins.org_ (http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/) 

Southern Tier Energy$mart Communities
Regional  Coordinator
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County
615 Willow  Ave., Ithaca, NY  14850
agn1 at cornell.edu