[Peakoil] Survival 101

[Keith Thomas]

Great idea! Can I ask that you don't run this on the weekend 20-21 May? 
Nature and Society Forum is planning a roundtable for this weekend to 
kick off the concept of Life Centres and it'd be a pity to be competing 
for a similar audience.

Life Centres are community centres which are a focus for meeting, 
information, learning, debate, discussion and action about the 
environment. As well as the usual subject matters, they will cover the 
impact on human health (both physical and mental) of the environment. 
Peak oil will be in there as well, of course.

We are hoping to initiate six of these centres in Canberra. I'll post 
more information here as we get closer to the roundtable.

Incidentally, I don't know the size of the audience you are planning, 
but the Nature and Society Forum rooms in Weston would be available 
free for your suggested conference. The rooms are not flash, but could 
accommodate up to 60. Keep it in mind.

If we are to get Holmgren (and other keynote speakers and experts), we 
should contact them early to book them for the days and seek their 
advice on the agenda.
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Keith Thomas
Nature and Society Forum
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On 12/04/2006, at 12:27 PM, Adrian Whitehead wrote:

> Given Alex's last email it looks like we might soon be heading down the
> slippery slope of economic decline so it might be a good idea to look 
> at a
> proposal I was discussing with some people in Melbourne last weekend 
> about a
> two day conference on survival.
>
> Now running or attending a conference like this for its own sake would
> possibly be a good thing, but I see the potential for using the 
> advertising
> of the event to wake people up about the need to do something on oil 
> peak
> and climate change
>
> Posters with messages like
>
> "End of Oil/ Climate Change best case a global depression, worst social
> collapse; your government have failed you; will you be prepared????"
>
> Might wake people up
>
> If we get the Melbourne up and running would people be in terested in
> duplicating it here.
>
> What do people think?
>
> Below is an ambitious first draft program.
>
> Adrian Whitehead
> M: 0403 735 118
>
> Some ideas for the workshop. Almost certainly would not do the whole 
> thing.
>
> Vision 2 day workshop: $10/20 or 5/10 for one day
> Key speaker - David Holmgren??
> Mix of lectures and workshops
>
> Survival 101 Conference
>
> Intro
> two day discuss need of preparing for two scenarios – the depression 
> and the
> collapse
>
> THE CASE FOR
>
> What is coming
> - the global economy: a house of cards
> - Oil peak
> - CC
> - have we come close before; nuclear war (the hippies were justified), 
> ozone
> and bromine
> - diamonds indicators of collapse
> - a philosophy of risk and building multiple benefits into your 
> projects
>
> DEPRESSION
> - characteristics of
> - selecting your land
>
> Building Design
> - solar passive
> - space for friends
> - energy systems
>
> Food
> - permaculture
> - veges; the right seeds;
> - animals; issues; meat; skin
> - hunting; options
> - gathering; promote a course in November
>
> Health
> - nutrition; reference books
> - hygiene
> - medicines; herbs
> - a doctor or a vet
> - sport injuries
> - mental health
>
> Transport
> - Biodiesel
>
> People
> - where communities have failed in the past
> - what would make an ideal person
>
> COLLAPSE
> - characteristics of
> - selecting your land
>
> People
> - who you want
>
> Transport
> - Horses
>
> Crafts
> - What crafts
> - Clay; potting; firing
> - Metal; gathering; smelting; working
> - Wood; drying, sawing
> - Fibre; spinning, weaving; felting
> - Glass;
>
> Security
> - location
> - your community / numbers
> - other...
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