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Climate
Change (Global Warming):
Global Oil Depletion (Peak Oil):
"Saving Oil in a Hurry: Measures for Rapid Demand
Restraint in Transport," International Energy Agency,
February 2005:
objecfarm.org
The Hirsch Report
"Peaking
of World Oil Production: Impacts, Mitigation, and Risk
Management" now referred to as the Hirsch Report
was sponsored by the National Energy Technology
Laboratory of the Department of Energy. Robert Hirsch
is the Project Leader for the Science Applications
International Corp.
Here is the link for the full report:
netl.doe.gov/publications
Also read a second report published in Oct 05 by Robert
Hirsch and sponsored by DOE titled
"The Inevitable
Peaking of World Oil Production."
Click
here for a shorter version
of the report published in the Bulletin of the
Atlantic Council.
Jan
Kreider, a professor at the University of Colarado
in the department of civil, environmental and
architectural engineering, presented “Comprehensive Life Cycle Analysis of Future
Automotive Fuels for the U.S.” at Whitworth
University on April 10. 2008. See
www.whitworth.edu for the full presentation.
Peak Oil News and Information Sites:
postcarbon.org
Books:
“The
Mayor’s Office is collaborating with the Spokane Public
Library to build a new Sustainability Collection. Books,
videos and reports related to planning for climate
change and energy security will be available soon at the
downtown branch.”
Examples:
Work done at other cities:
Olympia, Washington: Public Works Department’s 2007
Strategic Business Plan:
olympiawa.gov/documents
Seattle, Washinton: Seattle's Climate Action Plan (2006):
seattle.gov/climate/docs
Seattle’s Climate Action Plan, decision criteria:
seattle.gov/climate/criteria
Portland, Oregon:
Peak Oil Briefing Book (2006)
postcarboncities.net
Questions to consider:
postcarboncities.net
King County, Washington:
Climate Change Plan (2007):
metrokc.gov
Annual Climate Report (2008):
kingcounty.gov
Others:
Boulder, Colorado: Climate Action Plan
ci.bouder.us
Brisbane, Austrailia: “Plan for Action on
Climate Change and Energy”,
brisbane.qld.gov.au
Burlington, Vermont: Climate Action Plan:
burlingtonelectric.com
Denver, Colorado: Greenprint Denver Action Plan:
greenprintdenver.org
City of Denver
Climate Action Plan
New York, New York: PlanNYC: :
nyc.gov
Santa Monica, California: Sustainable City Plan:
smgov.net
Shoreline,
Washington: Sustainability Strategy (draft):
cosweb.ci.shoreline.wa.usf
Tacoma, Washington: Green Ribbon Climate Action Task Force’s
draft recommendations:
cityoftacoma.org
Other guidebooks:
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U.S.
Mayors’ Climate Protection Agreement: Climate Action
Handbook, prepared by ICLEI, City of Seattle, and the
U.S. Conference of Mayors:
seattle.gov/climate
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Preparing for Climate Change: A Guidebook for
Local, Regional, and State Governments", prepared by
ICLEI, King County, and U. of WA's Climate Impacts
Group, Sept. 2007,
cses.washington.edu -
U.S. Conference of Mayor's Best Practices Guide
on Energy & Environment '07,
usmayors.org/uscm
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American Planning Association’s Policy Guide on Planning
& Climate Change, distribution draft: 4-9-08,
planning.org/policyguides
Training Opportunities:
Green Building Programs For Sustainable And Energy
Efficient Homes & Buildings, Community Colleges of
Spokane’s Business & Community Training program,
iel.spokane.edu
Videos
Matt Simmons
(Investment broker for Simmons & Company) speaks on Peak
Oil:
youtube.com
Robert Hirsh (Project leader for the Science
Applications International Corporation) speaks on Peak Oil:
youtube.com
John Kaufmann (Oregon Department of Energy Senior
Policy Analyst), Presentation; "Local Governments Taking
Action" Portland, Oregon Peak Oil Task Force Report:
wwwbrightcove.tv (26 min)
Videos recommended by The Relacalization Network:
relocalize.net
Recent news clip on the
Hirsh report
(5 minutes):
cnbc.com
Risk assessment for tackling climate change,
from an Oregon science teacher:
youtube.com
Ron Sims (King County Executive) speaks to WSU faculty in
Pullman:
Windows Media Player
or
RealPlayer
People & Power - Peaked: Part I, 10 minutes
youtube.com Part II, 12 minutes
youtube.com
"The Story of Stuff"
storyofstuff.com
Webcasts
Architecture2030's "Face It"
architecture2030.org
Architecture2010:
architecture2030.org/2010 imperative featuring
presentations by Dr. James Hansen (Climate
Scientist and Director of NASA's Goddard Institute for
Space Studies), Ed Mazria (Architect and Founder
of Architecture 2030) and Chris Luebkeman
(Director and Leader of Arup's Global Foresight and
Innovation Initative)
Public Health: 4-10-08 "Converging Environmental
Crises: A Teach-In on Energy, Climate Change, Water,
Agriculture and Population,"
sg60.oar.net
Websites
postcarboncities.net
architecture2030.org
realclimate.org
Games
Consumer Consequences Game
to Measure
Ecological
Footprint
sustainability.publicradio.org
EPA's Climate Change Kids
epa.gov/climatechange/kids
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