Upon being a part of and attending the Green Earth, Home, and Garden show in Lane County, Oregon, I came across quite a variety of promising movements and green trends that indicate an overall shift to a greener awareness in the publics mind. As an exhibitor and a volunteer for the Oregon Toxics Alliance I was able to get a sense of the perception most people had towards the environmental movement. One most notable person I came across was Doug Black who is a part of a group that's trying to raise awareness on the issue over peak oil. If you are a local member of Lane County, please visit the Re-localize Eugene Group, and if you live anywhere else the parent site is at www.relocalize.net. The group is dedicated to re-localizing the economy in preparation for a peak oil crisis.
The development of Post Carbon Institute came out of concern for the environmental, social, political and economic ramifications of global over-reliance on cheap energy.
The Post Carbon Institute of Eugene "raises awareness of and promotes local, sustainable responses to the global crises of declining supplies of cheap, reliable energy; natural resource depletion; climate change and environmental degradation."
Some great sources for information on the peak oil issue can be found by watching the following documentaries:
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