By Earth Charter Community of the Lower Valley
Join James Howard Kunstler at a lively event on Saturday, March 6, from 4-8 p.m. at the Gelston House at 8 Main St. in East Haddam. Mr. Kunstler, author of The Long Emergency – Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the 21st Century, will discuss the expected global oil, environmental and other crises, and challenge us to confront and solve them.
The Long Emergency tells us what to expect after we pass the tipping point of global peak oil production and the end of the honeymoon of affordable energy, preparing us for economic, political, and social changes of an unimaginable scale. The book asks the important question: “What will happen when our current plagues of global warming, epidemic disease, and overpopulation collide to exacerbate the end of the oil age?”
After the lecture there will be free hors d’oeurves and a cash bar, followed by a panel discussion about steps local governments and individuals can take to prepare for the future. Admission is $20 if tickets are purchased by
Feb. 14, or $25 at the door.
Tickets are available online at www.earthcharterct.org, or mail a check payable to “ECCoLoV” to ECCoLoV, PO Box 32, Moodus, CT 06469. Include your phone number or e-mail address for confirmation. For more information, please call (860) 873-8989. The event is co-sponsored by the Earth Charter Community of the Lower Valley (ECCoLoV), the East Haddam Green Committee and the Sanctuary at Shepardsfield.
Mr. Kunstler has authored a number of books, including The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America’s Man-Made Landscape, The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, and World Made by Hand, a novel of America’s post-oil future. He has appeared on The Colbert Report, and is a regular contributor to the New York Times Sunday Magazine and op-ed page, where he has written on environmental and economic issues. He has lectured at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, MIT and many other colleges. Mr. Kunstler was born in New York City in 1948, graduated from the State University of New York, worked as a reporter and feature writer for a number of newspapers and as a staff writer for Rolling Stone Magazine.
