Living on Earth as if We Want to Stay

Village Vancouver and the Vancouver Peak Oil Group are pleased to present:

Living on Earth as if We Want to Stay
-- an open discussion by Mike Nickerson about adapting to our changing times

January 19, 2010 7-9 PM

121 Heatley Avenue
Vancouver

Issues of climate, energy and economic stability are all related to the fact that human activity has now grown to touch planetary limits.

No amount of public relations or technical fixes can perpetuate the system that has grown humankind from insignificance to where we affect everything on Earth. It took thousands of doublings in our activity to bring us to our present size. Another doubling would fill another whole planet.

Mike Nickerson has spent 35 years studying cultural evolution, in particular, how our societies might make the transition to sustainability. He is the author of "Life, Money and Illusion; Living on Earth as if We Want to Say" recently published in its second edition by New Society Publishers.

VV co-hosted Mike last Spring (along with the World Federalist Society - Vancouver Branch) -- it was a very worthwhile presentation.

More at: www.SustainWellBeing.net

For information on the Vancouver Peak Oil Group: http://oilawareness.meetup.com/284/