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Showing results 26 - 30 of 31 for the month of June, 2006.
I’m delighted to see a discussion emerging within the peak oil community about the role of women and why they are so poorly reflected in the movement, (or whatever it is). When I organised the Fuelling the Future conference, it became clear that the gender balance was all over the place. All the speakers were men, while the majority of the organising team and the volunteers were women. In organising the event and selecting speakers I have to admit
**Association for the Study of Peak Oil Conference, Cork City, Ireland. May 31st 2006. A Report by Graham Strouts.**
Some 70 delegates from business, farming and community groups attended **“Peak Oil: Business Threats and Opportunities
Last weekend I took my two eldest boys on a River Safari, organised by Chris Salisbury of WildWise. It was billed a *”a gentle adventure on the tidal river Dart watching wildlife, and enjoying the beauty and tranquility. Canoeing, camping, storytelling and bushcraft”*. I have to say, it was wonderful. Utterly exhausting, yet wonderful.
Adam Fenderson (of Energy Bulletin) has just launched a new site called Eat the Suburbs, and one of the first postings on there is an Energy Descent Action Plan Primer. A very tidy overview of the idea, where it came from, who said what and why, and then some musings on how it might be applied to his hometown of Melbourne. It is very exciting to see this idea popping up around the world and people really thinking through how it might work. A very thorough and useful piece, a good place to point people towards who say “what IS an Energy Descent Action Plan?”
The winner of the ‘Building with Hemp’ competition is **Keith Hackwood**, who correctly answered that hemp based paper can indeed be recycled more times than that made from wood pulp, up to seven times more in fact. Keith wins a copy of ‘Building with Hemp’ by Steve Allin, well done Keith, we look forward to our invite to your hemp house warming party in a couple of years!
