[Ekodum] Nicole Foss v C.R.; C.B., Brno, Olomouc a intensivni workshop v PermaLotu

[Max Vittrup Jensen <Max AT PermaLot.org>]

"The lecture hall was packed and everyone sat in a stunned kind of silence."

Dear all,

I strongly recommend you to go to this speech! It's a unique chance to hear a little grey haired woman, (who happen to be one of the worlds most honest (and wisest) financial analysts) tell in normal words what's really happening, how it's affecting your life; and what you can do about it!  

She will speak in on Tuesday 08/03 in Ceske Budejovice, Wednesday 09/03 in Brno and 10/03 in Olomouc.  See http://www.energybulletin.cz/ for details. Sorry; no translation; English only.

As a last minute arrangement we are proud to make it possible for 10 participants to join us in PermaLot for a weekend workshop with Nicole and her fellow aditor,  Ilargi.  The exact program is still under development, but it will include talks about the present situation, and significantly the likely-hood of future collapse. This will lead to discussions and afterwards group work, making transition plans for your own life style/situation based on the sustainable design principles of Permaculture.

This is an English language event. Comfortable accommodation is possible at nearby pensions/hotels, or free of charge on the floor in our strawbale cottage. Vegetarian food, partly organic. We start with dinner on Friday at 19:30, finish with lunch at noon Sunday. Price: 2500 kc. Possibility for work-exchange exists. Contact max AT permalot.org for registration.

Please pass this invitation around as widely as possible.

Max

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ŠIRŠÍ KONTEXT FINANČNÍ, EKONOMICKÉ A ENERGETICKÉ KRIZE
 


Termín:  10.března 2011, 16:45 – 18:15  hod. 


Místo konání: Přírodovědecká fakulta Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci, 17. listopadu 12 / 2.029 

(08/03: Ceske Budejovice, 09/03: Brno)

Lektorka : NICOLE FOSS (Kanada)  – působila jako prezidentka obchodní společnosti Green Connection Renewable (Zelená obnovitelná napájení) a řídila Agri-Energy Producers Association of Ontario, která se zabývá problematikou výroby bioplynu. Jako bioložka a právnička má zkušenosti s poradenstvím v oblasti životního prostředí a rovněž s praxí v Oxfordském institutu pro studium energetiky.

Patnáct let se věnuje problematice finančních systémů. Působila jako editorka serveru The Oil Drum Canada, v současnosti publikuje na blogu The Automatic Earth, jehož je spoluzakladatelkou. Dnes patří TAE mezi osm nejnavštěvovanějších blogů zaměřujících se na ekonomiku a finančnictví.

Přednáška bude vedena v anglickém jazyce.                    

Na přednášku není nutná registrace.  

Rozhovor s Nicole Foss: Očekávejte další fázi krachu na trzích a to větší, než byla ta předchozí

Listen here for her speech in UK last year: Making Sense of the Financial Crisis in the Era of Peak Oil - mp3 77M

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From her UK tour last year:

Nicole Foss writes under the name Stoneleigh on the influential blog, The Automatic Earth. Unlike most disciplines which only look at their subject on its own terms, Stoneleigh looks at the Big Picture, and the Big Picture in 2010 from the financial and resource perspective is looking none too good. In fact it became obvious through this intense one and a half hour lecture that we are facing a meltdown, within which the financial collapse (already set in motion in 2008) is the defining event. This is because finanical markets move far more quickly than resource markets. They change in the speed of an email or a phone call. Fear spreads like contagion and positive feedback is the rule.

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The graphs came and went. The patterns of deflation were spelled out. Bubbles burst through the centuries, pyramids collapsed. With fossil fuels the bubble has expanded like never before in history. 1600 trillion dollars of virtual money in 30 years. For every slice of financial cake that exists there are now one hundred claims. Because these expansions are built, as Stoneleigh pointed out, not on the reality of wealth, but on a perception of money. At some point the spell breaks. We are running off a cliff and our legs are still working, but very soon we’re going to look down and realise there is nothing to hold us up. We fall bigtime.

We looked at the screen: credit disppearing, affordability decreasing, house prices going down, prices for essentials going up. People hoarding and the lack of lubricant money halting the interactive flow of goods and services. What do we need to do now? Stoneleigh advises us: look at your structural dependency, deal with debt, and make relationships you can trust. In effect, be part of Transition.

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The Stoneleigh effect rippled through the weekend. It was the most talked about event. Not because most of us are unaware that things were going to change radically, but because the reality of the figures made the reality of what we might experience come home to everyone in the room.

Resilience, the key concept of Transition, is the ability to weather shock, to adapt and still thrive. This is the kind of unexpected shock we will have to weather, as Sophy explained later. The lecture was a last minute addition to the programme and interrupted the Open Space sessons; it sent people reeling and some to sit for hours in circles talking about their experiences. It influenced the way we thought, what was discussed around the tables, under trees, at the bar......

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Ing. Max Vittrup Jensen

"Jen-Sen: Make it Reality"

Consultancy in sustainable engineering, planning and environment

+420 585 15 20 10 - www.jen-sen.cz