• Learn about successful eco-municipalities.
• Brainstorm priorities in a small group.
• Help establish action groups.

In A Year Without "Made in China" : One Family's True Life Adventure in the Global Economy, Bongiorni describes her family's attempts to avoid buying Chinese exports.

"What the year-long experiment did achieve was to switch on Bongiorni as a consumer and make her alive to the complexities and shifting power of the international economy." -Financial Times

"a wry look at the ingenuity it takes to shun the planet's fastest-growing economy." -Bloomberg News

• Douglas Irwin, Robert E. Maxwell Professor of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, Dartmouth College
• Matthew J. Slaughter, Associate Dean for the MBA Program; Professor of International Economics, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College

These issues will be addressed by Professor Irwin discussing why trade is unpopular with the public because it is tied in public mind to job loss and why the talk of "failed trade policies of the past" is wrong. Primary focus of his discussion will be on the trade deficit and it underlying determinants (savings and investment, here and China) and how they will be affected by the current economic crisis. Professor Slaughter will discuss the current condition of the U.S. and global economies, and the policy options the United States could pursue regarding international trade, investment, and immigration.

Biofuels (fuels produced from plant matter) are potentially renewable, involve near-zero greenhouse gas emissions, and address energy security and rural economic development concerns. Yet there are also deep reservations about biofuels stemming from potential competition with food production and habitat loss.

Dartmouth Professor Lee Lynd will share perspectives on these issues based on his three decades of active research in the biomass field. Professor Lynd will also describe briefly the biofuels technology, barriers to cost-effective production, and land use issues plus suggestions as to how these might be resolved.

Lee R. Lynd is a Professor of Engineering at Dartmouth College's Thayer School of Engineering; he is also the co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Mascoma Corporation

Come share in the discussion and some fine refreshments.

5 to 6 PM - Pot Luck (Last names A-M: Bring a salad or main dish; Last names N-Z: Bring dessert)

Colin High is the Chairman and co-founder of Resource Systems Group Inc., an energy, environment, and transportation consulting company. He is currently evaluating the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions of new energy technologies for the US Department of Energy.

In less than a year the US government has moved from denial to supporting an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Colin High will talk about the strategies of achieving this: cap and trade programs, allowance auctions, carbon taxes, renewable portfolio standards, mandatory controls, lifecycle emissions analysis, and carbon product labeling.

Colin will also discuss whether an 80% reduction is enough versus targeting 350 parts per million; the benefits of green jobs; energy security; plus the upcoming meetings in Copenhagen and the cap and trade bill moving through Congress.

Dr. Michael Dorsey, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Dartmouth College and Dr. Jerome Whitington, Post-Doctoral Fellow with the Climate Justice Research Project and the Dickey Center for International Understanding will provide the historical context and prospects for progress at the up-coming UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.

Sponsored by the League of Women Voters and the Sierra Club

Next Monday that choice will be discussed as expert panelists, citizens, local legislators - and you - participate in a lively and informed forum on the future of Vermont Yankee.

Panelists:

• John Dreyfuss - Vermont Yankee Director of Nuclear Safety Assurance
• Arnie Gundersen ­Chief Engineer, VT Legislature's Vermont Yankee Oversight Panel
• Dave Lamont - Director of Regulated Utility Planning, Vermont Department of Public Service
• James Moore - Clean Energy Organizer for the Vermont Public Interest Research Group

Refreshments Provided.