Donate for Heinberg / new Post Carbon Salt Lake website!

[Jean Arnold]

Dear Post Carbon friends,

Richard Heinberg’s visit is this Tuesday (27th) & Wednesday (28th).  Details of the free lectures are below.  There will be pizza at the Wednesday lunchtime lecture, but there may not be enough to go around (you may want to bring some lunch).

We are very fortunate to have Richard Heinberg coming to speak, and the Post Carbon Institute (where Richard is Senior Fellow) has not asked for a speaker’s fee.  What they have asked is that we cover his travel expenses (flight back to California, food, lodging).  We are requesting donations, on behalf of the Post Carbon Institute, to help cover costs. All donations will go to the Post Carbon Institute.  PCI is an excellent resource for articles, audios, videos.  EnergyBulletin.net is a part of Post Carbon.  Please help if you are able.  You can make a donation to help cover expenses via PayPal here:
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You can listen to a one-hour KRCL RadioActive interview with Richard:  http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/krcl/news.newsmain/article/1/0/1848030/RadioActive/RadioActive!.Sept.1.The.End.of.Growth

Books will be sold at the lectures, and you can also download free excerpts from his new book “The End of Growth: Adapting to our New Economic Reality”:  http://www.postcarbon.org/end-of-growth-chapters/

We are also excited to announce the launch of Post Carbon Salt Lake’s website, as a resource for our community!  http://www.trunity.net/postcarbon-saltlake/ Here you will find much up-to-date info on peak oil, peak coal, climate (coming soon) & many related / relevant issues.  If you want a good primer to explain peak oil to your brother-in-law, this is it!  You can also join as a member & contribute content—your own writing or blog, or add an article.  Click here to join:  http://www.trunity.net/postcarbon-saltlake/join/KEF6Yq0/


Thank you for your help,

Jean Arnold & Michael Mielke
Post Carbon Salt Lake




With the release of his new book, “The End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economic Reality,”
Richard Heinberg will give two lectures in Salt Lake City:


The End of Growth:  Peak Oil & the Economy of the Future
Tuesday, Sept. 27, 7:30 pm
Bill & Vieve Gore School of Business - Auditorium
Westminster College, 1840 S. 1300 E., SLC
   



Coal, Climate & the Last Energy Crisis
Wednesday, Sept 28, 12:15 pm
S.J. Quinney College of Law – Southerland Moot Courtroom
University of Utah, 332 S. 1400 E., SLC
Lunch provided.  1 hr CLE.




The End of Growth:  Peak Oil & the Economy of the Future:
We all take economic growth for granted – until it falters, as in 2008.  But what if the recent economic meltdown was not just an interruption in the story of continuous economic expansion, but the first sign of the end of growth as we know it?  Will the convergence of financial instability, the end of cheap oil, and climate change usher in an era of contraction? In other words, do we have to adapt to a “new normal”?
Traditional economic growth is not the best measure of human health and welfare.  How might we pursue improvements in education, the arts, health, well-being, freedom, and happiness without depending upon ever-expanding consumption?  What does a transition to a new economy look like that doesn’t depend on a model of growth based on cheap energy, reckless consumption and financial speculation?

Coal, Climate & the Last Energy Crisis:
America’s energy pundits seem to agree that the country has a nearly endless supply of cheap coal. This assumption shapes environmental as well as energy policy. But recent studies call it into serious doubt, and suggest instead that coal is the Achilles heel of both American and Chinese energy planning. What would a post-coal energy economy look like?

RICHARD HEINBERG is a Senior Fellow of the Post Carbon Institute and is widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost Peak Oil educators.  He is the author of ten books, and has authored scores of essays and articles for many journals and websites.   Richard has spoken to hundreds of audiences in 14 countries, and has appeared in many film and television documentaries, including Leonardo DiCaprio’s 11th Hour, and is a recipient of the M. King Hubbert Award for Excellence in Energy Education.






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