KOOTENAY ENERGY CONFERENCE

The Practice of Sustainability: Problem, Shift, Advantage

Friday October 17^th & Saturday October 18^th, 2008

$50 Full Wattage Weekend Package [includes Friday Keynote & Saturday Sessions and lunch]

Shuttle Service available from Nelson & Rossland [please reserve your spot via email to info@kast.com by Oct.16^th]

Information & Registration at www.kast.com or call 250.483.5052

Friday, October 17th (7 PM – door open at 6 PM)

Conference Keynote - Thomas Homer-Dixon

Brilliant Cultural Centre, Castlegar 7PM (doors open at 6PM) $15

Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon is a world renowned expert in the fields of energy issues, climate change and economics. His books are well known around the world and include The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization, which won the 2006 National Business Book Award. Sponsored by Columbia Basin Trust

Saturday, October 18th (8 AM – 4 PM)

Conference Presentations and Workshops;  8 AM Registration opens, Selkirk College, Castlegar $40 [Lunch Included] (Note: Combined full weekend/Full Wattage package $50.00)

End of Cheap Fossil Fuels: Presenter Richard Heinberg

Sustainability & Resource Depletion: Survival Challenge for the 21st Century (9 AM Live Webcast)

Richard Heinberg, from the Post Carbon Institute, is the award-winning author of many books including The Party’s Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies. The Post Carbon Institute conducts research, develops resources and organizes leaders to aid the smooth transition of local economies to a world no longer dependent on hydrocarbon fuels nor emitting climate-changing levels of carbon: the post-carbon world.

End of Cheap Electricity: Presenter Guy Dauncey

A Post Carbon World By 2030 - Practical Solutions to Global Warming

and Peak Oil (2:30 Live Webcast)

For years now, in his books, as a consultant and in his lectures, presenter Guy Dauncey has dedicated his life’s work to “encouraging greater sustainability and hope for our future.” He is founder and President of the BC Sustainable Energy Association and is a consultant specializing in green building, sustainable energy and sustainable community development. He is the author of After the Crash: The Emergence of the Rainbow Economy, which was an Observer Green Book of the Year.

30 Minute Workshops (all day, see program or www.kast.com)

Presenting tools for change to shift to a more energy efficient life. Workshop topics include Solar Power, Green Building Options, Greening your Business, Go on a Carbon Diet, Energy Efficient Lighting, LiveSmart BC, Geothermal Options, Green your Ride, Celgar’s Co-Generator Plant, Selkirk Power, Fossil Fuel Free Homes, and Community Ride Share.

Programs for your Community

Information from the Ministry of Energy, Mines & Petroleum Resources, SolarBC, & Community Energy Association.