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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (5050)	11/12/2006 1:40:03 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) of 24225

I received an email the other day from John Kurmann, who has lead kind of a one man crusade on Peak Oil awareness in the Kansas City Metro area, and would like to share it for any of those close enough that wish to participate: Good day, all. I'm very happy to be able to announce today the creation of a new local organization called ReEnergizeKC, which has grown out of the work first I and then KCPeak have done over the past year to bring the issue of peaking petroleum production before the people of KC. I'm sending this message to the 214 individuals who have signed up at one of our events during that time. It became clear to those of us who were active with KCPeak in the Spring and Summer that we needed to become a legal not-for-profit organization in order to raise the funds we need to do our work. After considering various options, we decided to affiliate with a local umbrella 501(c)(3) organization called Heart of America Action Linkage (HAAL). HAAL has served as the parent organization for the Kansas City Food Circle (http://www.kcfoodcircle.org) for about a dozen years now and more recently accepted a new group called Faces of Food. Our mission is to educate the people of KC about the challenges and opportunities presented by the inevitable peaking and decline of oil & natural gas production worldwide as well as the ongoing climate crisis. We are working to build the support necessary to begin regional preparations to relocalize our way of life and switch to alternative, renewable energy sources. Among the projects we have planned is pursuing the passage of what are called Peak Oil Resolutions (more info at postcarbon.org by the Kansas City, Missouri City Council and a major governmental body in Johnson County to be determined. We also would like to build a network to distribute educational literature on these issues to area libraries, coffeehouses, and other suitable venues, in essence taking our message to places people will go to anyway. If you would like to help with either project, please let me know. We would be very happy to have you support our work by becoming a member and/or volunteering your time. Our membership form is below. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or comments. regards, John Kurmann Dragonfly41 on Saturday November 11, 2006 at 11:47 PM EST theoildrum.com

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