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Monadnock Institute for Community Advancement and Sustainability (MICAS) was founded in January of 2005 to support long-term planning for community and regional sustainability in the context of resource depletion and climate change. The purpose of MICAS is to network and build community coalitions to address a broad range of sustainability issues -- social, economic, environmental and energy-related. Our long-range plans include community asset mapping, a community internet portal, an educational network, and community planning forums.

MICAS exists to support our regional communities to become healthy and sustainable socially, economically, environmentally, and in energy use. We accomplish this through:

1. Sharing information, resources, opportunities and educational courses through existing social networks and the internet;
2. Supporting the development of community-based coalitions with strong citizen involvement;
3. Coordinating community-wide discussions, collaboratives, and planning sessions;
4. Developing programs to facilitate communication, dialogue, collaboration, planetary citizenship, and empowerment;
5. Building capacity for local community-building organizations and initiatives;
6. Involving youth in futures thinking, planning, and entrepreneurial projects;
7. Supporting the development of locally sustainable economic practices; and
8. Helping our community talk back to itself through video, audio, internet, art and print media creation and archiving.

Richard Heinberg to speak in Keene April 29, 2008

Richard Heinberg, a widely recognized authority on fossil fuel depletion and its effect on society, will be speaking at Keene State College's Mabel Brown Room in Young Student Center on Thursday, April 29 at 7pm. The title of his presentation will be: "Peak Everything: Creating Resilient Communities in a Time of Radical Change." Heinberg is the author of numerous books including The Party's Over: Oil, War, and the Fate of Industrial Societies; Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World, The Oil Depletion Protocol and Peak Everything. He is a Senior Fellow of the Post Carbon Institute and writes a regular column for The Ecologist. Heinberg has been traveling around New England to meet with state and local officials to help them develop plans to meet the looming crises stemming from resource depletion. Admission for the April 29 event is a $5 suggested donation; no one will be turned away for lack of funds. The event is being organized by Monadnock Institute for Community Advancement and Sustainability (MICAS) and sponsored by Keene State College President's Counceil for a Sustainabile Future. For more information, please call 357-5848 or download flyer here.