A speech from the Lifeboat Conference, wherein Room defines the issue of societal changes coming up and some inspiring and creative ideas for how we can make the most of these changes.
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Dave Room is the Director of North American Operations, Post Carbon Institute http://postcarbon.org. He is a social entrepreneur and post carbon activist with a strong interests and experience in environmental affairs and the use of technology for communications and collaboration. He manages Post Carbon Institute's US operation, organizes events, write policy, conducts local outreach and speaks at numerous events. He is also editor and interviewer for Global Public Media http://www.globalpublicmedia.com/, the umbrella foundation for Post Carbon Institute. He is co-authoring a new book (with Julian Darley and Celine Rich of Post Carbon Institute)-- Relocalize Now! Getting Ready for Climate Change and the End of Cheap Oil. He has a Masters Degree in Engineering Economic Systems from Stanford University. This show is a speech Room made at the Lifeboat Conference put on by the Titanic Lifeboat Academy in Astoria Oregon http://lifeboat.postcarbon.org/. He defines the issue of societal changes coming up and some inspiring and creative ideas for how we can make the most of these changes by starting to think and plan about work, businesses, etc. which will be satisfying and make sense to fill our needs in those/these times.