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Earth Cafe
Earth Cafe is run by a group of volunteers which is now seperate from Plymouth Environment Centre
The next cafe is on Friday 22nd May
- Earth Cafe is a friendly space for environmental, animal and human rights networking.
- A time and space where relevant local groups can promote their activities.
- A place where you can meet with other people working towards a more compassionate future
The cafe will be held at the Cellar Bar - Fortescue Mutley Plain, Plymouth
Food served from 7.30pm to 9.30pm
Bar open 7pm to 11pm
Announcements 9.30pm
£1 on the door
Buffet £5
cakes from 80p per slice
Where possible ingredients will be fairtrade and organic.
All the veg is supplied by Harvest Home Veg shop on Embankment Road.
And of course the food will all be vegan
From 9.30pm there will be an opportunity for you to say something about your group's activities or make announcements.
Do get in touch if you would like to help out with Earth Cafe.
plymouthearthcafe (at) googlemail.com
There are lots of ways you can help:
- Planning
- Shopping
- Advertising - putting up posters and distributing flyers
- Food prep
- Cooking
- Getting the Cellar Bar ready
- Washing up
- Taking money on the door
- Cleaning and clearing up
Film Nights
in association with the Centre for Sustainable Futures
and University of Plymouth
Doors open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start.
Where possible screenings will be followed by a discussion.
Jill Craigie Cinema
Roland Levinsky Building
University of Plymouth
Drake Circus
Plymouth (number 32 on the campus map below)
Free Admission - that said a donation will go some way towards helping us cover our costs which include printing and distributing posters and flyers, and actually buying the DVD and paying the Public Performance Licence fee, so we suggest a donation of £2
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Film Night
Petroapocalypse Now
Friday 15th May doors 6.30pm for 7pm start
Jill Craigie Cinema
Roland Levinsky Building
University of Plymouth
Drake Circus
Plymouth (number 32 on the campus map below)
IS THE OIL BEGINNING TO RUN OUT?
It is not that we are running out of oil. The problem is the speed at which oil can be produced is slowing and some say that soon oil
production will soon peak and then decline. If this is true it could mean even higher oil prices and serious problems for the world economy.
OPTIMISTS AND PESSIMISTS
The peak oil theorists consist of a group of geologists and industry insiders who make up the Association for the Study of
Peak Oil (ASPO). Their founder Dr Colin Campbell is former exec VP of Fina Oil whilst other members include Jerermy Gilbert,
former chief petroleum engineer at BP and Matthew Simmons, who runs one of the largest energy investment banks in the world.
There are 2 sided to this story however, those that believe that oil will not peak in the near future include Saudi oil minister-
Ali Al-Naimi and president of Saudi Aramco-Abdullah Jumah. Former head of BP Lord Browne also does not believe peak oil
is imminent as well as the Guy Caruso, head of the US Energy Administration (US EIA).
THE TRUTH WILL OUT
Looking at the official global reserve figures you would think there is not a problem. BP's annual statistical review shows about
1.2 trillion barrels of oil worldwide. However, recently many people have begun to question these numbers. The reason is that
between 1983 and 1990 Opec increased its reserves by 300 billion barrels without the supporting evidence and since then
have not changed these numbers despite producing vast amounts of oil since then.
SECRET DOCUMENTS
Further evidence that the world does not have as much oil previously thought appeared in January 2006 when
secret documents, from inside Kuwait Oil Company, were released to the industry journal Petroleum Intelligence Weekly
which appeared to show Kuwait has less than half the oil it says it has.
DECLINING DISCOVERY TRENDS
The main piece of evidence used by the peak oil theorists is based on the work of geologist M. King Hubbert who, in 1956,
predicted that US oil production would peak in 1971. It actually peaked in 1970. His work was based on the fact that oil discovery
in the US peaked around 1930, he extrapolated a production peak from this discovery trend. World oil discovery peaked
in 1965 and from this ASPO project that oil production will peak around 2010.
THE WONDERS OF TECHNOLOGY
Those in OPEC, the oil companies and the US EIA say that new technologies which allow more oil to be discovered such as
3D seismic and offshore exploration and technologies that allow more oil to be recovered from existing fields such as
horizontal drilling and enhanced oil recovery will push the date of peak oil far into the future. The peak oil theorists disagree
pointing to the fact that these technologies have not been able to offset declines in the US and other post peak countries.
THE IMPACTS
For every calorie of food we consume we use 10 calories of energy to produce and transport that food. This is why global food prices
have shot up as oil prices have risen over the last few years. Oil is intrinsic to everything in the global economy and as oil prices rise the impacts
on inflation may cause a global recession or depression as well as possible widespread hunger. These impacts are being seen already.
THE SOLUTIONS
There is no magic bullet to solve peak oil. The problem is that we just will not be able to get enough liquid fuels to meet demand.
This is probably even true if a 'crash' programme of making fuel from coal and tar sands is implemented. In the long term,
shifting transport towards electricity and a more mass transit system is the only viable solution at the moment. However, it is unlikely
that we can do this before some of the worse impacts of peak oil hit, the costs and technological barriers associated with
a move to electric vehicles are just too high in the short term.
FREE ADMISSION - but suggested donation of £2 to help cover costs.
running time: 48 minutes
Please help to advertise this event by printing and displaying a poster and printing and handing out some flyers
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Film
The End of the Line
Monday 8th June 7pm
Vue Cinema Plymouth
The world’s first major documentary about the devastating effect of overfishing premiered at Sundance Film Festival
Imagine an ocean without fish.
Imagine your meals without seafood. Imagine the global consequences. This is the future if we do not stop, think and act.
Plymouth - Christian Ecology Link
Talk - Bob Hodgson - Plantlife - Fascinating Plants of Local Interest.
Thursday 18th June 2009 - 7.30pm
Interesting talk with slides / power point presentations.
Followed by refreshments. Everyone welcome.
Bethany Evangelical Church,
Budshead Road,
Whitleigh,
Plymouth,
PL5 4DT
For further details contact Linda Squires - 01752 366951
World Animal Day 2009
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