[SustainableTompkins] Fwd: Friday, Oct 26: Planning for Energy Descent

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Subject: Friday, Oct 26: Planning for Energy Descent



Friday, October 26, 7:00 pm at the Trumansburg Fire Hall

Back To Democracy Presents: Planning For Energy Descent



Whether we voluntarily reduce our use of fossil fuel to deal with climate change or are forced to do with less as a result of oil depletion, it's becoming increasingly clear that we face a future in which we will be using much less energy, with profound and unavoidable consequences for our way of life. The effects of energy descent include reduced material wealth, economic upheaval, high food prices, reduced mobility, and shorter manufacturing and retail supply chains. No combination of technical fixes will be able to change the basic outlines of this future reality.

TCLocal is a group of citizens researching and planning for energy descent in Tompkins County, New York. This presentation explains energy descent, describes relocalization as a strategy for coping with energy descent, shows the kind of questions that must be answered in preparing for relocalization, and outlines the steps that should be taken now to prepare for self-sufficiency and a more local way of living.

THE SPEAKERS

Jon Bosak is a technical standards specialist who has spent the last several years researching energy descent and organizing TCLocal in Tompkins County.

Bethany Schroeder is a writer and educator, with a special interest in health care. She serves as the secretary for TCLocal. 

BTD meetings are free and open to all. Handicap accessible. Parking in the Fire Hall lot, but please do not block the firehouse doors (in the front or in the back). Donations appreciated.

For more information on this and other BTD activities, go to our website

www.BackToDemocracy.org


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