ReLocalizing Groups

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These groups have in common a purpose of creating and supporting local infrastructure, skills, communication, community and autonomy. We are working for peace and preparing today within our communities for times ahead which may be more difficult. Some of our concerns and actions revolve around: Food, Energy, Transportation, Protecting Our Environment, Activism within and beyond our community, Peace and Education.

Mission Statement
The mission of the Powerdown Project is to bring the urgent issues of energy vulnerabilities to communities and their policy makers, through education, outreach and research, and to offer alternative and viable responses to address energy consumption, production and distribution.

Environmental Workgroup

The ENVIRONMENTAL WORK GROUP includes residents in and around Oneonta, NY responding with positive action to threats to our environment, and to the changes of global warming and peak oil. The group supports learning, living and teaching a more sustainable life for ourselves and our children. Contact Ed Lentz edlentz@mac.com 263-5425 or Colleen Blacklock 433-4729

Recent events: FARMER'S SPEAKOUT Recent events: PANEL DISCUSSION

Thank you all for making the Farmers Speak-out a big success! The Farmers' Speakout event held Feb. 16th at the First Presbyterian Church, was a most remarkable gathering of 200+ people with 37 farmers and others coming forward to the microphone to speak. The event lasted 3 hours and everyone who came forward and signed up to speak had a chance at the mike. It was a significant event and the beginning of many more round table discussions and working together on projects that develop the support network for local agriculture and local food infrastructure. The Environmental Work Group is compiling your questionnaires responses and contact information and summing up all the concepts with both typed and video media.
JohnPaul Sliva has FINISHED editing the video of the Farmer's Speakout. It is now compiled in chapters and can be viewed easily. Thank you John for your great work!
If you would like to order a copy of the DVD video, contact JP Silva at: johnpauljoseph1@yahoo.com
May the surging energy of Spring and new life be with you,
Colleen Blacklock

This is a student organization at Oneonta's private college that deals with college and local issues. Grassroots runs two major events: The Organic Dinner which is usually run in November and open to the community for $5, and EcoArt Fest which offers hands-on workshops for sustainability and permaculture at the Pine Lake Environmental Campus.

This is a student organization at SUCO that works on college and local issues. The group does various trail cleanups throughout the year and has adopted part of the highway here in Oneonta to help keep clean. There is usually an end of the semester organic dinner at Dr. Tracy Allen's home. Contact Cate Augustine at: augucj34@oneonta.edu

This is a free community-cooperative garden sharing. We have garden plots available at 247 Chestnut Street. If you would like to participate and reserve a row to grow your own,
contact either Annie Avery 432-0730 or Nathan Batalion 267-8901.

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