FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Darlene Robertson
937.769.1820
drobertson@mcgregor.edu
Plan C: Community Survival Strategies
for Peak Oil and Climate Change
Yellow Springs, Ohio—Pat Murphy, local author of Plan C: Community Survival Strategies for Peak Oil and Climate Change, will visit the McGregor campus on October 25 at 4:30 to discuss his new book. Below is a brief description of Plan C from the Arthur Morgan Institute for Community Solutions (communitysolution.org):
Concerns over climate change and energy depletion are increasing exponentially. Mainstream solutions still assume a panacea that will cure our climate ills without requiring any serious modification to our way of life.
Plan C explores the risks inherent in trying to continue our energy-intensive lifestyle. Using dirtier fossil fuels (Plan A) or switching to renewable energy sources (Plan B) allows people to remain complacent in the face of potential global catastrophe. Dramatic lifestyle change is the only way to begin to create a sustainable, equitable world.
The converging crises of peak oil, climate change and increasing inequity are presented in a clear, concise manner, as are the twin solutions of community (where cooperation replaces competition) and curtailment (deliberately reducing consumption of consumer goods). Plan C shows how each person's individual choices can dramatically reduce CO2 emissions. It offers specific strategies in the areas of food, transportation and housing.
There will be a book signing afterward. The event is free and open to the public.
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