[Peakoil] Fwd: PCI Messenger - Now That the Party's Over

[Antony Barry]

Antony Barry
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> From: Post Carbon Institute <newsletter at postcarbon.org>
> Date: 28 November 2013 4:24:53 AM AEDT
> To: antonybbarry at me.com
> Subject: PCI Messenger - Now That the Party's Over
> Reply-To: Post Carbon Institute <newsletter at postcarbon.org>
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>   Celebrating 10 years with action and ideas
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>    10 year anniversary
>    resilience webinar
>    latest publications
>    resilience picks
>    transition us update
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> It's been 10 years since Post Carbon Institute's founding, and thanks to you (and tens of thousands more like you), our various projects (including Resilience.org, ShaleBubble.org, and Energy-Reality.org) are driving a global conversation about (and action toward) creating a more resilient and realistic future.
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> As you'd expect, Senior Fellow-in-Residence Richard Heinberg kicks our retrospective off with this reflection and interview on the decade following The Party's Over (his groundbreaking book that famously made Bill Clinton's reading list).
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> Stay tuned, as we honor our shared history and successes, and you help shape what happens next. Because one of the things that sets our community apart is the way we support each other, tackle daunting challenges together, and bring ever-more people into the fold.
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> 10 years of PCI building resilience
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> 	Ten Years After 
> Post by Richard Heinberg 
> This year marks the tenth anniversary of the publication of my book The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies, which has seen two editions and many printings, translations into eight languages and sales of roughly 50,000 copies in North America... Read more
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> 	10 Years After 'The Party's Over': an interview with Richard Heinberg 
> Post by Rob Hopkins 
> While running the risk of sounding like a Hello! Magazine reporter, I must introduce this post by saying that while in the US recently, I joined Richard... Read more
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> 	Top 10 Reader's Favorites - Resilience and Energy Bulletin 
> Post by Resilience.org 
> What better way to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of this community (and Post Carbon Institute) than by sharing the favorite reads suggested by our most active and engaged community members...people just like you?... Read moreBack to top
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>  ENERGY: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth - E-BOOK 
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> community resilience chat: local dollars, local sense
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> 	Ready to build the new economy? Join us December 10th at 11am PT, 2pm ET for our third COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CHAT: LOCAL DOLLARS, LOCAL SENSE. 
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> This is a chance to learn about local investing, community capital raising, and creatively financing small businesses and social enterprises from Jenny Kassan, co-founder of Cutting-Edge Capital, and Dan Rosenberg, founder of Real Pickles. 
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> latest publications
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> Read, watch or listen to the latest content by our Fellows, Board, Authors, Advisers and Staff anytime on our website. Here are some selections from the last month:
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> 	 How Palm Oil in Everything From Food to Fuel Is Killing Orangutans and Exacerbating Climate Change 
> Article by Mike Gaworecki, Leslie Moyer • November 22, 2013 
> Palm oil. It's the ubiquitous additive in everything from soaps and lotions to cookies and diet foods. It's found in junk food like Cheez-Its, Tootsie Rolls... Read more
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> Click here to view the slideshow and take action.
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> 	 Krugman Goes Splat 
> Article by Richard Heinberg • November 19, 2013 
> I was fairly amazed to read Paul Krugman's latest op-ed in the New York Times, titled "A Permanent Slump?" He seemed to be coming remarkably close to saying what several of us have been trumpeting for the past few years... Read more
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> 	 How Jamaica Plain New Economy Transition are responding to austerity 
> Post by Rob Hopkins • November 4, 2013 
> One of the most inspiring Transition initiatives I visited in the US recently was Jamaica Plain New Economy Transition in Boston. With our theme... Read more
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>  	more recent publications from our staff & fellows
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> resilience picks
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> Resilience.org supports you in building community resilience by bringing you the latest news, thinking, tools, best practice and connections. Keep an eye on our ARTICLES, RESOURCES, and GROUPS sections. See below for some recent highlights. 
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> news and ideas
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> 	Warsaw: En Plein Air
> by Deborah Phelan, Daily Kos 
> From their elevated positions on the podiums at both official and offsite COP19 talks, presenters seem to love mentioning how many UN Climate Talks (COPs) they have attended, how much hope accompanied them at their first one... Read more
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> 	Fertile Health: Parallels between Sustainable Agriculture and Sustainable Medicine
> By Didi Pershouse, Post Growth 
> "People are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry, which pays no attention to food." – Wendell Berry. In the mornings before work, I jump in the river, and walk barefoot... Read more
> practical resources
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> 	GUIDE: Doing More With Less: Energy Efficiency for Consumers
> By Grace Communications Foundation 
> The guide offers tips and examines the impact of efficiency efforts and explores opportunities for businesses, manufacturers and other areas outside of the home... Find our more
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> 	MOVIE: Money & Life: The Movie
> By Katie Teague, Money & Life Movie 
> Money & Life is a passionate and inspirational essay-style documentary that asks a provocative question: can we see the economic crisis not as a disaster, but as a tremendous opportunity?.. Watch trailer
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>  	more from resilience.org Back to top
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> transition US update
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> A monthly update from the US national hub of the international Transition movement.
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> Transition groups across the US are practicing new types of governance that are democratic, agile, and effective. To learn more, listen to our recent "Intro to Holacracy©" teleseminar or watch this short video about Transition Network's Effective Groups training.Back to top
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> Palm oil plantation - Photo: Paul Hilton Photography
> Paul Krugman - Prolineserver/Wikimedia 
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