Megan Quinn Bachman – Peak Oil, Community & The Future 1/4
May 122010
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Megan Quinn Bachman presents “Surviving Peak Oil, Thriving in Community” from the International Conference on Peak Oil and Climate Change: Paths to Sustainability.
Megan Quinn Bachman is the Outreach Director of Community Service and has been writing and speaking on peak oil since 2003. She serves as Master of Ceremonies for the U.S. Conferences on Peak Oil and Community Solutions in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Quinn Bachman’s articles on peak oil appeared in Communities, Permaculture Activist, WellBeing, Vermont Commons, Energy Bulletin and Global Public Media. She co-wrote and co-produced the documentary, The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil. Quinn Bachman earned a degree in Diplomacy and Foreign Affairs from Miami University and studied abroad at the University of Havana in Cuba.
The International Conference on Peak Oil and Climate Change: Paths to Sustainability explores the root cause of rising gas prices, global warming, biodiversity loss and other indicators of global unsustainability. Participants then focus on the concepts of sustainability and the associated value systems and cultural visions. A spectrum of breakout seminar presentations led by professionals and experts help businesses, governments, individuals and communities move towards a vision of local cultures of sustainability.
The International Conference on Peak Oil and Climate Change: Paths to Sustainability is hosted by Local Future, a nonprofit community education organization founded by educator Aaron Wissner.
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