The Transition Towns movement is a parallel organization that launched a
statewide effort to help Vermont towns come up with concrete action
plans to prepare for the inevitable reality of declining oil supplies
and increasing prices. What does a declining supply of oil mean to our
economies? If our available energy is reduced or becomes too expensive,
that means it will be nearly impossible to continue our "endless growth"
paradigm, and we'll have to make a "steady-state" economy work for us.
That does not mean the end of our way of life. But we need to ask
ourselves, what can we do in the Mad River Valley to prepare for this?
We can do more of the many things that are already being done: improve
our local food and fuel systems, install renewable energy generation,
and accelerate the "re-skilling" work that groups like Whole Systems
Design, Vermont Earth Institute, Center for Whole Communities and many
others are actively working on to our benefit.
Ruppert's Vermont speaking tour will focus on the tangible steps we must
take to confront the grave reality we face globally.
Ruppert will speak in Burlington on May 13 at 7:30 p.m. at Contois
Auditorium, in Montpelier on May 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the Unitarian
Church, in Brattleboro on May 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the Brattleboro Union
High School, and in Woodstock on May 16 at 7 p.m. at the Woodstock Town
Hall Theater.
Gaelan Brown
Fayston
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