Portland-area presentations

Living Earth Gatherings is bringing author Richard Heinberg to
Portland for a series of events addressing the issues and challenges
of creating a post-carbon future.

Author of "The Party's Over" and "Powerdown: Options and Actions for a
Post-Carbon World," Heinberg will present clear data about declining
global fuel resources, and explore the choices and actions available
to cities and individuals for addressing the end of cheap, abundant
fossil fuels. Details are at www.livingearthgatherings.org

Converging factors (climate change, economic instability, and peak
oil, among others) make the need for frank attention to transitional
strategies for our communities and our state crucial in order to
develop cooperative, creative models for our future. Understanding
the issues and working in community are key to developing creative,
forward-looking responses.

Friday evening, January 20 Public presentation, 7:30 pm
Peak Oil: The Challenge and Opportunity of Petroleum's Waning Days
First Unitarian Church, 1011 SW 12th Ave.
$12 at the door, $10 in advance before January 12.
Tickets online at www.livingearthgatherings.org.

Saturday, January 21 Daylong workshop, 9:30 AM-5:00 pm
Peak Oil: Defining Local and Global Responses
Friends Meeting House
Advance Registration required: $65. Register online at
www.livingearthgatherings.org.
(Some partial scholarships are available; inquire to
thecircle@livingearthgatherings.org.)

Community Powerdown Circles
Living Earth Gatherings is hosting discussions on issues related to
creating a post-carbon future. A focused series will follow Richard
Heinberg's presentations here, beginning February 7. Check dates and
topics at www.livingearthgatherings.org.

A core faculty member of the New College of California and recognized
authority on the prospects of declining fuel resources, Richard
Heinberg is a journalist, educator, editor, lecturer, and musician. He
lectures widely, and has spoken on national radio and television in
five countries. The author of six books, Richard's essays have
appeared in The Futurist, Intuition, The Sun, Brain/Mind Bulletin,
Magical Blend, New Dawn, and elsewhere.

For more information, check our website at
www.livingearthgatherings.org, or call 503.788.7311.


Betsy Toll
Living Earth: Gatherings for Deep Change
PO Box 86960, Portland, OR 97286
www.livingearthgatherings.org ~ 503.788.7311

Living Earth's programs cultivate awareness of interdependence,
encourage full-hearted activism, and stimulate creative possibilities
for deep personal, political, and cultural change toward an
ecologically-grounded, culturally vibrant, just, and peaceful
post-carbon world.

Happy (Julian) New Year!

May your year to come be better than the last, and may it ever be so each year hereafter!

This past year, more than anything else, I am grateful to have come to a clearer understanding of how very much I am loved, and of how very much I can love. And I am grateful for coming through the year knowing that I very, very much believe in love. It's nearly impossible to deny what's right in front of your eyes. The universe is a place of infinite wonder, and infinite possibility.

Next year I resolve to play more, to make more music, to write down more of my own tales, to take more time doing nothing, to more fully trust my instincts about people, to spend more time with those people, situations and projects which truly matter, and to build a treehouse, a yurt, or both. Oh, and pie. I think I need to eat more pie. And buy something seriously delicious in leather or silk, for me or someone I love. Maybe soon. Ah-yup. Okay, that's plenty.

Have a luscious New Year's Eve, and chat wi' ye all next year!