Your Community Spirit 2007-10-26

Happenings include Power Generation: Concert for Climate Change; student-led candlelight vigil and march for peace; critical mass; American Blackout showing at Big Muddy IMC; contra dancing; presentation by Nobel Peace Laureate; Veggie Thanksgiving next month; and Peace Coalition march for peace. News includes UK wrangling over air-freighted organic foods; sprawling homes susceptible to wildfires; White House waters down CDC climate testimony; ceiling fans help energy efficiency year round; fossil record study predicts climate change could fuel mass extinction; mining law reform bill pending; fewer hunters means less hunting for conservation; predictions argue Peak Oil has come and gone; and phasing out leaded gasoline may have reduced crime rate.