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*Nicole Foss is Back with The Storm Surge of Decentralization

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*Nicole Foss is Back with The Storm Surge of Decentralization

Time: February 2, 2012 from 7pm to 9pm
Location: Langara College, Theatre 5 (Room A130)
Street: 100 West 49th Avenue
City/Town: Vancouver, BC
Website or Map: http://theautomaticearth.blog…
Phone: To register: Langara 604.323.5322 (CRN 50965) or RSVP here
Event Neighbourhood and Type: langara, talk, presentation
Organized By: Village Vancouver (Ross Moster, et al) and Langara College Continuing Studies and co-sponsored by Vancouver Peak Oil
Latest Activity: on Friday

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Event Description

We're pleased to welcome Nicole Foss, aka Stoneleigh, of The Automatic Earth back to talk about the future of our economy.  She packed a lecture hall at Langara College last year with tales of impending economic collapse.  

Now, after the Occupy Movement launched last fall, she has a new upbeat tone and theme, The Storm Surge of Decentralization.  This is the 99%'s reaction to what we now know about the Ponzi schemes embedded in our modern financial systems, and changes have already begun.  

Nicole Foss is a globally-sought issues leader on transition and an expert on the macro-economics of resilience.

By donation at the door. Please register thru Langara 604.323.5322 (CRN 50965) or RSVP here.



      

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Carol Shinker Comment by Carol Shinker on January 25, 2012 at 4:47pm

Hi Ross - I was away when she was here last.Looking forward to this talk, We did see her and Ilargi in Florence at the end of October 2011. That was fun. And she is more upbeat now!

See ya there!

Ross Moster Comment by Ross Moster on January 25, 2012 at 3:14pm

It's going to be a heck a of week (and month). For a snapshot, see special announcements near the top of our home page.

Vern Baker Comment by Vern Baker on January 25, 2012 at 3:05pm

I had no idea these two were speaking here.  Attending both.  Wonderful stuff.  Thank you.  

Ross Moster Comment by Ross Moster on January 25, 2012 at 2:45pm

P.S. Don't forget to either register thru Langara or RSVP here - I think we'll have a full house both evenings.

Ross Moster Comment by Ross Moster on January 25, 2012 at 2:42pm

Hey Carol,

Glad you can make it to both - I think you were away for her last time?

Ha! I hear that even Nicole is more upbeat these days! (Well, relatively speaking!) Both she and Richard like Transition, and hey, we're pretty upbeat! :-)

Carol Shinker Comment by Carol Shinker on January 25, 2012 at 2:23pm

http://www.energybulletin.net/node/23259

"Collapse Gap" hyperlink. Well-known essay positing that the Soviet Union was better prepared for its collapse than the U.S. will be for its inevitable downfall.

Carol Shinker Comment by Carol Shinker on January 25, 2012 at 2:22pm

Cool about Heinberg, too. He was on a podcast in November with Stoneleigh, Dmitry <a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/node/23259">"Collapse Gap"</a> Orlov, Jim Kunstler and Noam Chomsky (who turned out to be a blowhard that night.) I'll skip out early from work to see him. I love doom... 

Ross Moster Comment by Ross Moster on January 25, 2012 at 1:39pm

Glad to make your day, Vern!

And we have Peak Everything guru Richard Heinberg coming on Feb 10.

Vern Baker Comment by Vern Baker on January 25, 2012 at 9:32am

Excellent!!!  This totally made my day.  Finally, I get to experience a speech by Nicole Foss.  Foss is probably the foremost speaker for transition at nearly every level.  Check the automaticearth blog for previous speeches and podcasts etc. 

Carol Shinker Comment by Carol Shinker on January 12, 2012 at 7:08pm

Hooray for Stoneleigh! If you haven't seen her speak or read the blog she co-writes, you shouldn't miss this. Listening to her is like getting a college-level course on economics, psychology and what the future holds, in two hours. It's kind of doom-ish, but ends with hopeful hints on how to cope with the collapse that's coming. (Hint: stockpile friends, not guns.) Her message is perfectly correspondent with what Village Vancouver is trying to achieve. 

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