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Peak Oil
My Awareness
Action History
Goals for 2006
Value Systems
Local Needs
Educators
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Since learning about peak oil, I've began to take
action to educate myself and others to the issue, the consequences and
the solutions. The list below includes both things that I have
done to educate others, and things I have done or attended to educate
myself. (2008-01-26 This list needs quite
a bit of updating!)
2005
- August 31, Wayland Union High School,
teaching staff, powerpoint on peak oil and education, 10 minutes,
~180 people
- September 1, Thornapple Township EMS
Building, "The Oil Factor"
screening followed by discussion,
powerpoint on peak oil, and additional discussion, 3 hours, ~20
people
- September 23-25, Community Solutions
Conference, "U.S. Conference on Peak Oil and Community Solutions",
Yellow Springs, Ohio, 25 hours
- September 28, Grand Rapids, attend
talk by Robert Kennedy on corporations and the environment
- October 4,
press release about screening of "The End of Suburbia",
published in at least three local papers
- October 13, Wayland Union High School, "The
End of Suburbia" screening and discussion, 3 hours, ~35 people
- October 14, publish first issue of
Our Local Future
about peak oil and upcoming events, about 30 email recipients
- October 14,
press release "Community Members Speak Out" about screening with
announcement about "The Oil
Factor" screening in Hastings
- October 15, Standale, attend Aspiring
Activists II
- October 18, Hastings High School, "The
Oil Factor" screening and discussion, 2 hours, 15 people
- October 19, Grand Rapids, Region 9 - MEA/NEA
Council,
peak oil and education, 10 minutes, 50 people
- October 28, Lansing, House Office Building,
talked to half a dozen different staffers of representatives. on a
one-on-one basis about peak oil; also attempted to speak to staff
for the Governor, but none was available
- November 4, Local First, Grand Rapids, attend
talk by Michael Shuman on the small-mart revolution
- November 5, Michigan Education Association,
representation assembly, Lansing, introduce new business item on
buying locally, 300 people
- November 9, email to media "Middleville
Couple - Wayland Teacher - Attend World Oil Conference",
published in at least two local papers
- November 10-12,
ASPO-USA World Oil
Conference, Denver, Colorado, 25 hours, keynote speakers Matt
Simmons and Roscoe Bartlett
- November 12, Boulder Valley Relocalization,
attend talk by Julian Darley of Global Public Media
- November 14, Wayland Union Middle School,
talk about trip to Denver and conference for students, 10 minutes,
~100 students
- November 18,
response to economist predictions on Jack Lessenberry show
- November 21, interview with Julie Makarewicz
for Grand Rapids Press on peak oil, 1 hour, see link below
- November 23,
press release on peak oil, Denver conference, and upcoming talks,
send to local papers, pubished in at least three
- November 28, Grand Rapids, Wealthy Theater,
radio interview with Jeff Smith for Catalyst Radio on peak oil, 15
minutes, see link below
- November 30, press release
edited as commentary for Allegan County News
- December 1,
Couple Takes Reins in World Oil Crisis, Grand Rapids Press
- December 1, Wayland Union High School, talk
on peak oil and solutions, 2 hours, 15 people, published here...
- December 2, Catalyst Radio,
peak oil interview aired (mp3), WYCE, Grand Rapids
- December 2, Grand Rapids, St. Marks Church,
powerpoint talk on peak oil and solutions, also recorded for TV
broadcast on cable access, 1 hour, 30 people
- December 7, Grand Rapids, attend premiere of
Chris Bedford's documentary "What Will We Eat?", ask question on
peak oil and food security
- December 10, set up
Michigan Peak Oil
group in yahoo
- December 11, Hope Church of the Bretheren,
Freeport, talk on peak oil and solutions, 1 hour, ~30 people
2006
- February 19, Grand Rapids, Society of
Freinds, talk on peak oil and solutions
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