There Must Be Some Way Out of Here: Alternative Solutions to the Ecological and Energy Crisis

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Date: 
Friday, February 12, 2010 - 7:00pm
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DC

Friday, February 12, 2010 at 7:00 pm
St. Stephen & the Incarnation Church
1525 Newton St., NW (16th & Newton), DC
(Columbia Heights Metro or Metrobus on 16th)
Admission: $5

The planet is in crisis and carbon-based energy sources are both harmful and running short. Two experts on the crisis and healthy, feasible solutions will speak from two distinct perspectives. Discussion and debate will follow two slide show presentations.
EcoSocialism or Ecocatastrophe? Slide Show

David Schwartzman is a Professor, Department of Biology, Howard University, on the faculty since 1973. His research focus is on biogeochemistry, astrobiology, origin of life, environmental policy. Member International Committee, Green Party , U.S.; DC Metro Science for the People. Activist in the DC Statehood Green Party. Author : "Life, Temperature, and the Earth. The Self-Organizing Biosphere.", Ecosocialism or Ecocatastrophe? (Capitalism Nature Socialism, 2009; pdf available upon request). email: dschwartzman@gmail.com. Many of his papers are available full text at: http://www.redandgreen.org/Documents/Marxism&Ecology_page.htm

Culture Change Constructive Panic Slide Show

Alexis Zeigler is a self-educated activist, green builder, and orchardist living in central Virginia. He has organized numerous campaigns around environmental and social justice issues, built super-insulated buildings and alternative energy systems, and has lived in intentional community all of his adult life. Author of Culture Change, Civil Liberty, Peak Oil, and the End of Empire. Founder of Conscious Evolution. More information, including articles, interviews, and downloadable books, can be found at his website, www.conev.org or by contacting tradelocal@yahoo.com

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Real Democracy Project - www.judgeforyourself.us
Washington Peace Center -www.washingtonpeacecenter.org
Conscious Evolution - www.conev.org
Ecolocity
DC Metro Science for the People - www.dcmetrosftp.org
DC Statehood Green Party - www.dcstatehoodgreen.org
Metro DC Committee of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism- www.redandgreen.org
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Real Democracy Project, P.O. Box 772, Washington, DC 20044. Information: 202-234-2000