The Long Emergency/J. H. Kunstler at Gelston House

The Long Emergency and What it Means for Your Community. Join James Howard Kunstler at a lively event on Saturday, March 6, 2010, from 4-8 PM at the Gelston House at 8 Main Street in East Haddam. Mr. Kunstler, author of The Long Emergency - Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the 21st Century will discuss the implications of peak oil and the suburban predicament. He urges the reframing of expectations and the reorganization of our economic activities in the face of unfolding environmental and social calamities. The Long Emergency tells us what to expect after we pass the tipping point of global peak oil production and the end of the honeymoon of affordable energy, preparing us for economic, political, and social changes of an unimaginable scale... The book asks the important question, "what will happen when our current plagues of global warming, epidemic disease, and overpopulation collide to exacerbate the end of the oil age?" The event is sponsored by the Earth Charter Community of the Lower Valley (ECCoLoV). After the lecture there will be free hors d'oeurves and a cash bar, followed by a panel discussion about steps local governments and individuals can take to prepare for the future. Admission is $20 if tickets are purchased by February 14, or $25 at the door.

Tickets are available online at www.earthcharterct.org or mail a check payable to "ECCoLoV" to ECCoLoV, PO Box 32, Moodus, CT. 06469, include your phone# or email address for confirmation. Please call 860-873-8989 for more information.