BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4670368:Event:10310 DTSTAMP:20260427T202912Z SUMMARY:A Community Aware Economic Alternatives series: Community Econ omics, Village Vancouver and Transition Towns w/Ross Moster DESCRIPTION:The closing presentation in the Economic Alternatives seri es.\n\nAn exploration of Community Economics and what Village Vancouve r is doing locally to promote a local economy.\n\nWe'll show parts of Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil, and look at what parti cipants can do to help create a community economy.\n\nTHIS PRESENTATIO N IS FULL.\n\n\nA Community Aware Fall 2010 Workshop Series\n\nECONOMI C ALTERNATIVES\n\n\nWe believe the world economy may well be in a stat e of collapse. Rather than standing idly by, we need to consider our o ptions. This neighbourhood workshop will address the current economic system’s ills. Our four invited speakers will discuss some of the ma ny alternatives that are now being proposed.\n\nThe sessions will take place on Five Tuesdays - 7:15 to 9:30 pm - starting September 28, 201 0, in the Mosaic Settlement Services meeting room, 1720 Grant Street, just East of Commercial Drive.\n\n\nTo register, contact communityawar e@gmail.com. We will confirm that you are registered. You can also reg ister on the first night BUT space is limited and response to the init ial announcement has been very strong. Total cost is $15.00 per indivi dual.\n\n\nAt the first meeting, we will approach the current economic system as a pathologist would in trying to determine the cause of dea th; we can then move into a discussion of alternatives. We want to be informed by the first session, so that we can be sure that the alterna tive economies proposed by our invited speakers address the ills in th e present system that are our greatest concerns.\n\n\nSept 28 - What†™s wrong with the current system?\n\nACA organizers will present their views on some of the deepest flaws in the current economic system. Wo rkshop participants will be invited to present their own autopsy repor ts as well.\n\n\n\nOctober 5 - Degrowth as an alternative - Conrad Sch midt\n\nConrad Schmidt is the founder of the Work Less Party and organ izer of the First North American Conference on Degrowth. He asserts: â €ś The evidence is overwhelming that unlimited industrial growth is no longer possible. Our challenge is to shrink… the economy without cr eating massive unemployment and poverty.” He will discuss his progra m for “Efficiency Shifting”.\n\n\n\nOctober 12 - The Cooperative S ystem – John Restakis\n\nJohn Restakis is the Executive Director of the B.C. Co-Operative Association. He will address the role of Co-oper atives in a new economy.\n\n\n\nOctober 19 – Canadian Centre For Pol icy Alternatives – Marc Lee\n\nMarc Lee is CCPA senior economist and chair of The Progressive Economic Forum. He will present the CCPA per spective on alternatives.\n\nOctober 26th – Village Vancouver – Ro ss Moster\n\nRoss Moster is the founder and convenor of Village Vancou ver, . VV is Vancouver's Transition Town initiative, responding approp riately and smartly to Climate Change, Peak Oil, and economic instabil ity.\n\n\nFor more information visit http://villagevancouver.org/event s/a-community-aware-economic DTSTART:20101027T021500Z DTEND:20101027T043000Z CATEGORIES:presentaion, "peak oil", "local economy", "village vancouve r", "transition towns", "community economics", collaboration LOCATION:MOSIAC, Grandview Woodland neighbourhood WEBSITE: URL: CONTACT: ORGANIZER:A Community Alternative ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg": ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Village Vancouver":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/VillageVancouver END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR