Schedule

Friday, October 26

4:00–6:30 Registration, Kelly Hall, Antioch College

7:00–7:15 Conference Welcome, Megan Quinn Bachman, Outreach Director, CSI

7:15–7:30 Conference Introduction, Pat Murphy, Executive Director, CSI

7:30–9:00 The Great Turning–From Empire to Earth Community, David Korten, author, The Great Turning, and When Corporations Rule the World

Saturday, October 27

8:00–8:15 Call to Order: Conference Structure and Goals, Kelly Hall

Module 1: Personal Preparation

8:15–9:00 “Going Home” – The End of Industrial Agriculture, Pat Murphy

9:00–9:30 Low-Tech Home Energy Retrofit, Larry Halpern

9:30–10:00 Riders: the Missing Ingredient In the Jitney Model, Bob Steinbach, Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission

10:00–10:30 Break

10:30–11:15 Achieving Deep Energy Reductions in Existing Homes, Linda Wigington, Afforable Comfort Inc.

11:15–11:45 Panel Q&A with Murphy, Wigington, Halpern, Steinbach

11:45–1:15 Lunch, Antioch Inn

1:30–2:15 Home Economics 101: What’s For Dinner in Hard Times?, Sharon Astyk

2:30–4:30 Personal Preparation Workshop Session
A. The New Food & Farming Paradigm, Sharon Astyk and local farmers
B. Home Retrofitting – From Personal Choices to a National Movement, Linda Wigington and Pat Murphy
C. Localization and Local Living Economies, Judy Wicks and Megan Quinn Bachman
D. The Consumption Challenge, Richard Heinberg and Thomas Princen
E. Overcoming Personal Barriers to Behavior Change, Jeanne Courtney and Faith Morgan

4:45–6:30 Dinner, Antioch Inn

Module 2: Community and Cultural Change

7:00–8:30 From Efficiency to Sufficiency: Principles for Sustainability, Thomas Princen, author of The Logic of Sufficiency

8:30–10:00 Music and Entertainment, Antioch Inn

Sunday, October 28

8:30–8:45 Call to Order, Kelly Hall

8:45–9:30 Peak Everything–The Coming Century of Decline, Richard Heinberg

9:30–10:15 Local Living Economies, Judy Wicks, founder, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies

10:15–10:45 Break

10:45–11:30 Curtailment and Community – Survival Strategies for Peak Oil and Climate Change, Megan Quinn Bachman

11:30–1:00 Lunch, Antioch Inn

1:15–2:15 Panel Discussion on Localization with Heinberg, Wicks, Bachman, Murphy

2:15–3:00 Closing Thoughts, Richard Heinberg, Pat Murphy

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