ACT Peak Oil, Nature and Society Forum and Sustainable Population Australia

invite you to

Dinner with Nicole Foss

acclaimed international expert on energy and the economy

7pm Wednesday 10 April 2013

Brassey Hotel

Belmore Gardens, Barton

$55 per ticket for two course meal. Drinks available at the bar. Nicole will answer questions for half an hour. Money must be received by 12pm, Monday 8 April.

See flyer for further details.

Richard Heinberg spoke at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas at the Opera House. The video is available here

We seem to be hurtling down the path towards an out-sized Australia

In June 2010, Prime Minister Julia Gillard famously said: “Australia should not hurtle down the track towards a big population.”

She was distancing herself from her  predecessor Kevin Rudd, who had famously said on ABC TV's 7.30 Report that he believed in a “Big Australia”, of 36 million by 2050.

While in Australia Richard Heinberg has featured in the media recently:

Lateline Business

ABC Classic FM with Margaret Throsby

With Ian Henschke on 891 Adelaide

Summary of speech published in The Canberra Times

No going back for Arctic

When Arctic sea-ice levels finally hit the anticipated record low this week, I felt a mixture of fear and panic (Arctic sea-ice levels on the verge of record low, GW, 31 August). Trend lines on graphs of sea-ice extent show the Arctic could be ice-free as early as September 2015 and almost certainly by 2020. With more exposed ocean absorbing more radiation and less ice to reflect it, a positive feedback mechanism has been set in train.

Community radio station 2XX has made available Richard Heinberg's talk from September 21:

http://fuzzylogicon2xx.podbean.com/2012/09/23/the-end-of-growth/

ACT Peak Oil is pleased to announce acclaimed author and Peak Oil expert Richard Heinberg will be in Canberra to speak at a local event on Friday September 21 at ANU Manning Clark Theatre 1, 7pm
Richard Heinberg is touring Australia as a guest of Sustainable Population Australia and sustainable population activist Dick Smith. The Canberra leg of his tour is cosponsored by ACT Peak Oil, The Australia Institute, Nature and Society Forum and See-Change.
UPDATE: Tour itinerary available

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