Transition L.A. is pleased to present internationally acclaimed energy and economic analyst Nicole Foss (&quot;Stoneleigh&quot;) .  <div><br></div><div>As you might be aware, the Transition Town originated in a Permaculture Design course in Ireland, which was led by Rob Hopkins.  Nicole Foss does a great job or explaining economic issues in lay terms, and includes an awareness of peak oil and environmental issues.   At these events, the message of Nicole Foss will be complimented with presentations from members of Local Transition Town groups and their positive vision and message of transitioning from fossil fuel dependency to local resilience.<div>
<br>Two showings, in two different locations.</div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="background-color:#fff"><div><div><div><p>
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Thursday, June 16th, 7pm<br>
Throop Church, 300 S. Los Robles Ave, Pasadena<br>
$5 suggested donation<br>
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Friday, June, 17th, 7pm<br>
Holy Nativity Church, 6700 W. 83rd, Westchester/LA 90045<br>
$5 suggested donation<br>
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Housing values.  Budget cuts.  High gas prices.  We&#39;re bound to bounce<br>
back soon and then things will be &quot;normal&quot; again.  Right?<br>
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Wrong, says internationally acclaimed energy and economic analyst<br>
Nicole Foss.  &quot;We will see a big shakeup of who has what.  The people<br>
who do well are not necessarily going to be the people who are wealthy<br>
now.&quot;<br>
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Foss views peak oil and the ongoing collapse of global finance as a<br>
&quot;perfect storm,&quot; which threatens to trigger wealth destruction, social<br>
discontent, and global conflict.<br>
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Writing under the pen name Stoneleigh, Foss is co-editor of the blog<br>
&quot;The Automatic Earth.&quot; She integrates finance, energy, environment,<br>
psychology, population, and real politik.  She is touring the U.S. and<br>
will be appearing in the Los Angeles area on two select evenings.<br>
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Come discuss both our predicament and the ways we can create locally<br>
to face these challenges together.<br>
<br>Hosted by Transition Los Angeles<br>
guiding our local communities from oil dependence to local resilience<br>
<a href="http://www.TransitionLA.org" target="_blank">www.TransitionLA.org</a><br><br></p><p>With support from North East Los Angeles Transtion<br><a href="http://nelatransition.org">http://nelatransition.org</a></p><p>And Converging Storms Action Network<br>
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