Esalen: Workshops and Other Programs

Workshops and Other Programs

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Weekend of September 24-26, 2010

Petroleum Free In One Year

This workshop has been CANCELLED

Doug Fine

Right now, today, you can get oil out of your life and keep your modern lifestyle. Learn how to convert your personal footprint using practical steps, and in the process discover how living more sustainably is a gateway to happiness and health. You’ll be shown how to wean yourself from petroleum in three areas: your home (rural, suburban or a city apartment), vehicle, and food. We’ll walk through these crucial steps so you can live the rest of your life as part of the solution to pollution and climate change.

Workshop activities include:

• Slide show and interactive talk about how I got petroleum out of my life

• How to create a petroleum-free home, including a discussion of the ins and outs (and costs) of solar and other renewable power

• Meeting the transportation challenge. How to get fossil fuels out of our vehicles, including a tour of my vegetable oil-powered truck

• Food awareness and Esalen garden tour, including principles of carbon miles in food and how to buy or grow your food locally

• Your personal game plan. Combining personal instructor attention (everyone’s sustainability needs and goals are unique), group input, and your own inspiration, you'll sketch out a game plan for getting fossil fuels out of your life

You will end the weekend armed with the potential to be carbon neutral within one year, without giving up your Digital Age American lifestyle.

Recommended reading: Fine, Farewell, My Subaru; Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma.

Reservations Information (Accommodations & Pricing)

Recommended Reading

The following books are recommended by the workshop facilitator(s). Through association with Amazon.com Esalen is able to offer the title for sale.

If you would like to buy a book or just find out more about the book just click on its title. Your browser will then open a new window and take you to the book listing at Amazon.com. Here you will be able to read more about the book, find out about similar titles and purchase the book. The Esalen website will remain in the back for you to return to once you are finished with your purchase.

Farewell My Subaru	Doug Fine
Omnivore's Dilemma, The	Michael Pollan

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