POST OIL SOLUTIONS. A Community Organizing Initiative.

 

What POS is All About: Sustainability and Community Building

 

Our Philosophy:

Re-localization basically involves two, interconnected approaches, sustainability and community building. As we enter the era of peak oil, global warming, and the potentially catastrophic consequences these events portend, it is essential that we begin developing the social and economic infrastructure we will require to survive in a post petroleum world now. This necessity also presents us with an unprecedented opportunity to realize the kind of peaceful, democratic society we’ve always wanted, as well. That is because these two goals—our physical survival, and living in a world worth living in—require the same approach: re-localization. This is the essence of what Post Oil Solutions is all about.

 

Sustainability is a process whereby people become increasingly self-reliant in meeting their basic needs, less dependent on the exports of a petroleum-based global economy. Essential systems, such as food, energy, transportation, money, culture, governance and the media become localized.  We learn to produce the goods and services we require to maintain our existence. However, communities achieve this greater sustainability, not through a practice of rugged individualism, or a go-it-alone, survivalist mentality, but rather through group solidarity.  

That is why community building, with its emphasis upon inclusion, cooperation, equity, collaboration, neighborliness, and mutual aid is equally important to POS.  It allows our transition into a post oil world to be an existence with heart. As you explore our links, you will discover the several projects we are involved with that are designed to make us a more sustainable community, especially in the areas of food, energy, and transportation.