Peak Oil Meet Up Group - Preparing for the Historic "Great Turning"

As every day passes I become a little more aware of the challenges we are going to have to face very, very soon. To survive in a post-peak oil/gas environment we need to collectively learn and disseminate knowledge. Indeed, a good portion of this aforementioned knowledge is stuff that my Grandfather's generation took for granted: that's to say, growing vegetables and preserving food by canning, root cellaring, smoking and drying; concerns such as collecting and maintaining a water supply, applying first aid and using herbal lore to heal. Of course, there are rather more dare-I-say "modern" technological issues to grasp too. Things such as harnessing and storing energy from active and passive solar systems (and other renewables.)

Unfortunately, I know little or nothing of the above. Only two years ago I was a technophile, in deep denial, eagerly awaiting the next software upgrade. I thought that the future was going to be all nanobots and neural nets. Needless to say I was totally oblivious of the precipice - the one on which we are all standing. But I am learning the folksy stuff bit by bit. I am beginning to garden. I am learning high-acid canning...

If you share any of my concerns (like, you want to still be alive in fifteen years time!), I invite you to join Vancouver's latest intentional community, The Vancouver Peak Oil Meet Up Group. You can visit the page by going to the URL below:
 http://oilawareness.meetup.com/284/

It is my sincere wish that we may learn everything we need to know from each other (or by delving into the community at large.) 

Together we can survive the hardships ahead with ingenuity, compassion and, of course, humour. Together we can lessen the impact of the figurative and literal darkness that is a world without cheap hydrocarbons. 
One love,
Neil
P.S. For a good educational primer on peak oil go to:
www.powerswitch.org.uk/