----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Post Carbon Institute <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, 30 December 2011, 0:06 Subject: PCI Messenger - Looking back, Looking forward   Donate to Post Carbon  Read longer version newsletter online ________________________________ ________________________________           contents    1. the oil journey    2. latest publications    3. the end of growth    4. energy bulletin picks    5. transition us update     What a year it's been: revolutions, protests, financial crises, high oil prices, a tsunami, massive floods, record droughts,...and all the many personal stories behind these headline events. PCI readers know that we're experiencing the effects of overshoot on a finite planet. But the mainstream narrative is still focused on a return to economic growth at any and all costs—literally. Our work is therefore more urgent than ever.Together, with your support, we've punched above our weight in 2011, and we want to do even more in 2012. The first item on the agenda is our new customizable presentation—You Are Here: The Oil Journey— that you can deliver in your community. Following shortly will be the release of Michael Shuman's new book Local Dollars, Local Sense: How to Shift Your Money from Wall Street to Main Street and Achieve Real Prosperity, just the first in a series of Community Resilience Guides. There's so much more, and we need your support. If you haven't done so already, and can pitch in with a contribution, pleasedonate here.Thanks again for your help this year in spreading the word, and giving us feedback and ideas. Our very best wishes to you and yours for the holidays.From all of us at Post Carbon Institute. READ A LONGER VERSION OF THIS NEWSLETTER ONLINE ________________________________ you are here: the oil journey Thanks to your support, we have just completed "You Are Here: The Oil Journey." This is a customizable presentation *you* can use to tell your own journey and to invite new people to join the larger conversation. This animated slide show delivers PCI's core message honestly, but in a compassionate way that...well, just watch it and see for yourself. The recording presented above features the mellifluous voice of the legendary actor, author, screenwriter and narrator Peter Coyote. The video is intended as a model upon which you can base your own real-world presentations of the Oil Journey deck. Please feel free to share it with your friends and peers. WOULD YOU LIKE TO PRESENT THE OIL JOURNEY IN YOUR COMMUNITY? We'd love you to join our team of presenters. Contact us and we'll email you information about our coming Presenter Trainings. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SUPPORT THIS PRESENTATION & PCI? We'd love to have your support. In fact, we depend upon it. Donate now and we'll keep products like these coming! Back to top ________________________________ latest publications Read, watch or listen to the latest content by our Fellows, Board, Advisers and Staff anytime on our website. Here are some selections from the last month: Buying Local Yields More Jobs, Stronger Communities Post by Michael Shuman • December 19, 2011 According to the National Retail Federation, Americans will spend an average of about $700 per person on holiday season shopping this year and, despite the hype surrounding Black Friday, the busiest shopping week... Read more     "Another world is not only possible...she's opening a bakery round the corner". Post by Rob Hopkins • December 15, 2011 I spent a fascinating afternoon on Monday at an 'Economic Summit' (nowhere near as glamorous as it sounds) for Members of South Hams District Council... Read more     Making 2012 The Year Resilience Built Post by Asher Miller • December 13, 2011 It's all too easy to feel that hope is lost. But with your help, we're determined to make 2012 the year that resilience built. 2011 has been another turbulent year... Read more       more recent publications from our staff & fellows Back to top ________________________________ the end of growth Richard Heinberg has been busy spreading the word about his new book The End of Growth, published by New Society Publishers. Catch some of Richard's recent press interviews and writing. Q&A: Richard Heinberg, author, The End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economic Reality Terence McNally podcast Economists, politicians, and pundits insist recovery is at hand, yet unemployment remains high, real estate values continue to sink... Listen     Behind the Durban Blame Game Post by Richard Heinberg • December 9, 2011 Why did the Durban climate talks fail? Ultimately, the culprit is the near-universal pursuit of economic growth. All the major players want growth... Read more       more on the end of growth Back to top ________________________________ energy bulletin highlights Below is a selection of recent articles and media appearing on Energy Bulletin. energy bulletin featured articles Soil Capital: A ground-level investing opportunity by Ellie Winninghoff, FA Green What would it be like to invest in—not just eat from—the veggie farmers, cheese artisans and ranchers at the local farmers' market? When Woody Tasch published his book, Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money...Read more energy bulletin featured media Simplifying Complexity by Justin Ritchie & Seth Moser-Katz The Extraenvironmentalist In Extraenvironmentalist #31 we speak with Dr. Joseph Tainter about collapse, complexity and energy. Dr. Tainter recently co-authored Drilling Down which explains why the BP Gulf Oil spill occurred in terms of the complexity... Listen     more from energy bulletin Back to top ________________________________ transition US update A monthly update from the US regional hub of the international Transition movement. This year has been a full year for us at Transition US. Here are some highlights of key moments: we welcomed our100th Official Transition Initiative in an American city/town (and we're now at #107); over 1500 actions in 226 different cities and towns were leveraged as part of our 350 Home & Garden Challenge, which we organized in collaboration with a crew of amazing partner organizations; 24 two-day Training for Transition (T4T) courses were held across the country; we hosted over 30 webinars and online dialogue events, including (click on the link for the recording):  * A Conversation with Chris Martenson * Engaging Local Government in Transition Work * A Conversation with Rob Hopkins (and hosted by Richard Heinberg) * Jon Young: Storytelling, Peacemaking, & Culture Repair (Three Part Series) * Transitioning to a Sharing Economy * Introduction to Non-Violent Communication (NVC)In 2012 we plan to mobilize thousands of new residents, create innumerable sustainability actions and provide the community networks and cross-sector collaborations needed to Transition our towns and cities across the US. We will need your help to do it. Please consider a financial gift to Transiiton US today Back to top ________________________________ Image credit: Combine harvesters — Bloomberg News Image credit: Water stream — John 'K'/flickr Image credit: Bread & cheese — im just jody/flickr Image credit: Students explore Transition in the University Setting at the University of New Mexico — Transition UNM Having trouble receiving our e-mail? Try adding us ([email protected]) to your Address Book. unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences | forward this email to a friend Our mailing address is: Post Carbon Institute 613 4th Street, Suite 208 Santa Rosa, CA 95404 USA Copyright (c) 2011 Post Carbon Institute. All rights reserved. Post Carbon Institute is a 501(c)3 non-profit incorporated in the state of Oregon (USA).