Author │ Peak Oil Educator │ JournalistRichard Heinberg is the author of eight books including
The Party’s Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies (New Society, 2003, 2005),
Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World (New Society, 2004), T
he Oil Depletion Protocol (New Society, 2006), and
Peak Everything (New Society, 2007). He is a Senior Fellow of the Post Carbon Institute and is
widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost Peak Oil educators. He writes a regular column for The Ecologist, and has also authored scores of essays and articles that have appeared in such journals as The American Prospect, Public Policy Research, Quarterly Review, Z Magazine, Resurgence, The Futurist, European Business Review, Earth Island Journal, Alternative Press Review, and The Sun; and on web sites such as Alternet.org, EnergyBulletin.net, GlobalPublicMedia.com, ProjectCensored.com, and Counterpunch.com. He has appeared in numerous video documentaries, including Leonardo DiCaprio's 11th Hour.
Selected Lecture Topics:- Peak Oil and Oil Depletion
- US Energy Policy
- Energy Alternatives
- The Energy Transition
- Coal and Climate Change
- Culture and Ecology
- Sustainability
Selected Writings:- Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines (2007)
- The Oil Depletion Protocol: A Plan to Avert Oil Wars, Terrorism, and Economic Collapse (2006)
- Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World (2004)
- The Party’s Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies (2003)
- Cloning the Buddha: The Moral Impact of Biotechnology (1999)
- A New Covenant with Nature: Notes on the End of Civilization and the Renewal of Culture (1996)
- Celebrate the Solstice: Honoring the Earth’s Seasonal Rhythms through Festival and Ceremony (1993)
- Memories and Visions of Paradise: Exploring the Universal Myth of a Lost Golden Age (1989; revised edition)
For more information about Richard Heinberg and his work, please go to www.richardheinberg.com and the website for The Post Carbon Institute, www.postcarbon.org.
Powerdown is a fearless, no-holds-barred view of our prospects in the post fossil fuel world. Courageous, clear...essential reading.
David Orr, author of Earth in Mind, The Nature of Design, and The Last Refuge ▪
At last – a reality check. Are we ready for the coming decline in oil production? No. Can we prepare for it? Yes. That is what The Oil Depletion Protocol is all about. This is another cutting-edge work from Richard Heinberg. My congratulations.
Lester R. Brown, President, Earth Policy Institute
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More than anyone, Richard Heinberg (in The Party's Over and PowerDown) has awakened us to the terrifying implications of global peak oil and the resulting world economic meltdown. Now, in his latest book, he offers a practical, humane strategy for averting this catastrophe. This book should be read by everyone who believes in the potential for human cooperation and ingenuity to overcome the darkest perils we face.
Michael Klare, Professor of Peace & World Security Studies, Hampshire College; author of Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Dependency on Imported Petroleum
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Richard Heinberg has distilled complex facts, histories, and events into a readable overview of the energy systems that keep today's mass society running. The result is jarring. The Party's Over is the book we need to reorient ourselves for a realistic future.
Chellis Glendinning, PhD, author of Off the Map: An Expedition Deep into Empire and the Global Economy