Chemical emergency. Dam Failure. Earthquake. Fire. Flood. Hazardous Material emergency. Heat emergency. Hurricane. Landslide. Nuclear emergency. Terrorism. Thunderstorm. Tornado. Tsunami. Volcano. Wildfire. Winter Storm. A scary list, but it's too late for Halloween, so what is it?

Many of us are familiar with residential solar energy systems and utility green power programs. But as community members look for a collective approach to solar energy, what can be done? This seminar will examine community approaches for increasing accessibility, economies of scale, and benefits of solar energy use. Special attention will be paid to financing models and approaches to meeting unique community needs. Find out how to help those in your community overcome many of the barriers that have prevented them from investing in solar energy on their own homes and businesses. Community organizers, government officials, utilities, and solar energy advocates are all encouraged to attend.

A research paper produced for the Municipal Association of Victoria, Australia explores the energy uncertainty adaptation strategy of relocalization through case studies. The report also touches on ways in which local governments can encourage these efforts.

A movement that started in the U.K. spreads to U.S. shores as communities pull together to create resilience. A community approach to peak oil preparation can take many different forms, depending on the community and the people who become involved.

This paper is part of an ongoing process to develop an Oil Vulnerability Mitigation Strategy and Action Plan for Queensland, anticipated to be finalized by mid next year. The paper is an information document that is not government policy. This paper is the first step in developing policy options for inclusion in the Oil Vulnerability Mitigation Strategy and Action Plan.

The fifth annual conference on peak oil and community solutions, put on by the organization Community Solutions. Features a number of excellent speakers, including scholar Richard Heinberg and Pat Murphy, author of the book that gives the conference its name, Plan C – Community Solutions to Peak Oil and Climate Change.

Students of all ages are heading back to school this month. Post Carbon Cities Program Manager Daniel Lerch looks at what energy and climate uncertainty means for schools -- and what schools can do for the communities they serve.

In Montpelier, Vermont, city leaders are enlisting the help of residents to keep their neighbors safe during the winter, when many are expected to be at risk due to the cost of heating fuel. The volunteers will be helping to share information and assembling a bit of a social safety net.

An array of news stories related to energy and climate uncertainty from the British Isles - and a few other isles.

A Southeast Portland (Ore.) proposed district heating system could be a proof of concept for retrofitting neighborhoods with more efficient locally generated heat and power systems. It just needs some help from the city to move forward.