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Transition EventsSep 7 2010 - 6:30pm
Oct 6 2010 - 7:00pm
Most Recently Added to The Dirt! |
Transition PDX"Inherent within the challenges of peak oil and climate change is an extraordinary opportunity to reinvent, rethink, and rebuild the world around us." - Rob Hopkins, The Transition Handbook. The mission of TransitionPDX is to inspire, to encourage, to network, to support and train the communities and neighborhoods of the Portland metro area as they consider, adopt, adapt and implement the transition model in order to establish Transition Initiatives. Starting in July 2008, Transition PDX is made up of a growing network of volunteers working to bring the the Transition model to Portland, Oregon. In this section of The Dirt! you will find information on how you can join us in helping to create a more resilient city, ready to respond to the challenges and opportunities of Peak Oil and Climate Change. - How would such city look? Fostering a resilient community is about developing a community that can thrive despite the challenges brought to it by changing climate conditions and the consequences of depleting energy resources. One of the notable things about the Transition Initiative is the hope that it brings to people. Despite the very real challenges that the future is likely to bring, the enthusiasm in the room at gatherings and meetings can be quite palpable. Transition PDX is sponsored in part by St. Francis of Assisi Parish. The fallacy of growth in a finite world
 The headline on Page One of The Oregonian said it all: "Portland gridlock creeping back, and that's good news." The point? The return of bad traffic signals economic growth. And growth is good news, regardless of the consequences. During these days of economic gloom, growth is especially good news. A hundred and seventy-five new NOAA jobs in Newport? Hooray! A new plan for vastly expanding Portland's urban growth boundary? Fabulous! Boeing plans for a $120 million investment and 152 new jobs in Gresham? Yippee! The boosterism is understandable. In the short term, growth supports families, relieves social pressures that produce conflict and crime, pays for amenities such as the arts, offers opportunities for entrepreneurs and makes some of us exceedingly wealthy. But growth is also an addiction. And, like most addictions, it threatens to destroy us. Not only does it clog our freeways, but it also paves farmland, wipes out open spaces, saddles taxpayers with ruinous development costs and crushes the quality of life that attracted us to our communities in the first place. Growth sucks irreplaceable resources out of the earth. It dumps poisonous pollution into our environment. It crowds out the planet's other species and utterly fails to deliver the human happiness it promises. September Transition PDX Heart and Soul MeetingDear Transitioneers, September approaches rapidly and next week is the monthly TPDX Heart and Soul meeting (Tuesday the 7th from 6:30-8:30pm in the Che Room at the St. Francis Church, SE 12th and SE Oak across from the Red and Black Cafe, up the stairs to your right, take your first right in the hallway and head back). I would like to offer the agenda here and also request for people to RSVP if they are planning on attending. Also please include any special announcements/topics/questions etc. you have to bring and I will try and include them into the agenda for the evening. I have both attached and pasted below the rough agenda... ~Joy, Abun-dance, Gratitude~
Transition PDX Heart and Soul Mtg. 9-3-10 (6:30-8:30pm Che Room) Agenda:
Introductions/Check Ins: (1/2 hour total)
Location
The Che Room, St. Francis Church SE 12th and SE Oak
Portland, ORWorking on empty: Planning for oil's endNo more fuel - After a Portland group persuades the city to create a task force, scenarios of crises emerge Monday, December 04, 2006 STEPHEN BEAVEN The prophets of gloom meet every Wednesday in a church basement to plan for the end of oil as we know it. Seated in folding chairs under fluorescent lights, the members of Portland Peak Oil share tips about switching to propane, planting vegetable gardens and harvesting fruit and nuts from local trees in case the food supply goes south along with affordable gasoline. Thanks to their lobbying, the city of Portland is planning, too. In fact, Portland is one of only a handful of cities confronting head-on the predictions of a looming oil shortage and ballooning gas prices. A task force that city commissioners created in May at the urging of Portland Peak Oil is nearly finished with a report aimed at helping Portland ease its addiction to oil. Regarding the Bakken formationBeing an energy geek I've been forwarded an e-mail about the Bakken formation on several occasions, which basically says it will make everything better. Some of the e-mails had vague claims that environmentalists wouldn't... something or other.
Anyway, here is the short version and you can read the following for details. I really hope there is more the the roughly 5 billion barrels of recoverable oil that is currently reported by the oil geologists as it's their opinion that counts. Actually I hope there is considerably more then 100 billion barrels because it makes our job a hell of a lot easier AND... it doesn't change the long term policy decisions. Please keep in mind that that in the context of 80 million barrels a day of worldwide oil consumption, the trajectory doesn't really change if Bakken had 500 billion barrels of recoverable oil with fairly high daily flow rates. How I came to the above conclusion: 5 Useful Medicinal Herbs with Dr. Orna IzaksonHave you ever wanted to grow your own medicinal herbs, but have been unsure which ones to try or how to grow them, let alone how to utilize their healing qualities? "Dr. O." will introduce you to five different herbs that are easy for the beginning herb grower. You will learn how to care for them, harvest them, and prepare them for use.
PPO meets at St. Francis Church's Dining Hall at SE 11th & Pine in Portland. PLEASE NOTE LATER STARTING TIME: 7:30-9:00 pm.
Dr. Orna Izakson is a naturopathic physician, herbalist, writer and Permaculture designer and plain ol' gardener. She practices at Celilo Natural Health Center (www.celilohealth.com) in Northeast Portland and is working on a book called GardenMedicine, whose title sums up its topic.
Orna Izakson ND, RH (AHG)
Celilo Natural Health Center
www.celilohealth.com
503-335-9479 v
Location
St. Francis Dining Hall SE 11th & Pine
Portland, OR |
