Peak Oil MINI CONFERENCE
SATURDAY, JULY 9, 2005
1-5 p.m.
First Unitarian Universalist Church
5200 Fannin Street @ Southmore, Houston, Texas 77004
Donation of $5.00 is suggested, but no one will be turned away.
What is Peak Oil?
After growing for a century, global oil production will peak soon and
begin to decline. Then the price of oil will rise drastically changing
our property values, food prices, and our economy. "Cheap oil is
now just part of history. Expect $5.00 a gallon gasoline within the
next few years" said Time magazine (5/9/05).
Schedule of Activities
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Workshops on how to prepare for the changes caused
by Peak Oil
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Screening of The
End of Suburbia
2:35 - 3:15 p.m. Panel discussion
3:15 - 5:00 p.m. Open Space Technology - When attendees identify critical
issues, learn from each other, & find solutions.
Panelists
Reginald Adams, Sierra
Club BEC campaign & Pres. of LARA
Dan Barnum, architect and city planner
Bill Crosier, Progressive
Action Alliance
Brian Herod, http://www.HoustonSustainability.net
Robin Holzer, http://www.citizenstransportation
coalition.org
Alfred Molison, Co-Chair of Green
Party of Texas
Juan Parras,TSU
Environmental Law & Justice Center
Dr. Bob Randall, Urban Harvest, http://www.UrbanHarvest.org
Sponsors
Community Involvement Committee of First Unitarian
Universalist Church, http://www.firstuu.org
Green Party of Texas, http://www.txgreens.org
Green Sanctuary, First Unitarian Universalist Church
Harris County Green Party, http://www.harriscountygreenparty.org
Progressive Action Alliance, http://progressiveactionalliance.org
TSU Environmental Law & Justice Center,
http://www.tsu.edu/academics/law/clinics/clinics/environment.asp
(See also Houston
Indymedia listing)