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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=Arial>----- Forwarded Message -----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> "Asher Miller, Post Carbon Institute" <newsletter@postcarbon.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Friend <dharao4@yahoo.co.uk> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday, 27 February 2012, 23:58<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Building a Nation of Resilient Communities<BR></FONT></DIV><WBR>
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<DIV style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 7px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(232,232,232); MARGIN-TOP: 15px; PADDING-LEFT: 7px; WIDTH: 530px; PADDING-RIGHT: 7px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; PADDING-TOP: 7px"><I>We’re excited to announce the publication of our first Community Resilience Guide:</I> <A style="COLOR: #800000; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="http://postcarbon.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=311db31977054c5ef58219392&id=7e21a8d3c2&e=2024c511c3" rel=nofollow target=_blank>Local Dollars, Local Sense: How to Shift Your Money from Wall Street to Main Street and Achieve Real Prosperity</A><I>by PCI Fellow Michael Shuman. This book series will be part of a larger new effort we have launched—the Community Resilience Initiative. </I><B><EM>Use discount code LOCAL to pick up your copy directly from the publisher.</EM></B></DIV>Dear Friend,
<div>As you know all too well (and if you don’t, the <A style="COLOR: #800000; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="http://postcarbon.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=311db31977054c5ef58219392&id=702b7ef45e&e=2024c511c3" rel=nofollow target=_blank></I><I>Post Carbon Reader</A> will bring you up to speed), we face a set of interconnected economic, energy, and environmental crises that require all the courage, creativity, and cooperation we can muster. These crises are forcing us to fundamentally rethink some of our most basic assumptions, like where our food and energy come from, and where we invest our savings. </div>
<div>While national and international leadership are key to navigating the bumpy road ahead, that leadership thus far is sadly wanting. And, in any case, many of the best responses to these challenges are inherently local.</div>
<div>Thankfully, a small but growing movement of engaged citizens, community groups, businesses, and local elected officials are leading the way. These early actors have worked to reduce consumption, produce local food and energy, invest in local economies, and preserve local ecosystems. While diverse, the essence of these efforts is the same: a recognition that the world is changing and the old way of doing things no longer works.</div>
<div><SPAN style="COLOR: #800000">Post Carbon Institute is producing this series of Community Resilience Guides to detail some of the most inspiring and replicable of these efforts. </SPAN><BR><BR>Why community resilience?</div>
<div><I><STRONG>Community</STRONG></I> because we believe that the most effective ways to work for the future we want are grounded in local relationships—with our families and neighbors, with the ecological resources that sustain us, and with the public institutions through which we govern ourselves.</div>
<div><I><STRONG>Resilience</STRONG></I> because the complex economic, energy, and environmental challenges we face require not solutions that make problems go away but responses that recognize our vulnerabilities, build our capacities, and adapt to unpredictable changes.</div>
<div>The Community Resilience Guides will cover these four elements, so critical in creating thriving, resilient communities:</div>
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<LI><B>Investing in the local economy.</B></LI>
<LI><B>Growing local food security.</B></LI>
<LI><B>Producing local, renewable energy.</B></LI>
<LI><B>Planning locally for an uncertain future.</B></LI></UL>
<div><A style="COLOR: #800000; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="http://postcarbon.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=311db31977054c5ef58219392&id=81842b98e4&e=2024c511c3" rel=nofollow target=_blank></I><I>Local Dollars, Local Sense</A> is the first in this series, and the series is just one element of a bigger effort: the Community Resilience Initiative. Stay tuned for more announcements, and ways you can participate.</div>
<div>These are challenging times. But they are also full of opportunity. We hope <I>Local Dollars, Local Sense</I> and the slew of other resources we'll provide through the Community Resilience Initiative will inspire you, and help you build resilience in your community.</div>
<div>In solidarity,</div>
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