Richard Heinberg

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Richard Heinberg is an American journalist and educator who has written extensively on ecological issues, including Oil depletion. He is the author of eight books [ [http://www.museletter.com/books.html Purchase Richard Heinberg's Books | Richard Heinberg's website ] ] , including ' (2003), ' [http://www.museletter.com/Powerdown.html] , "The Oil Depletion Protocol: A Plan to Avert Oil Wars, Terrorism and Economic Collapse" (2006) [ [http://www.newsociety.com/bookid/3931 New Society Publishers - The Oil Depletion Protocol ] ] , and "Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines" (2007).

While being interviewed in late 2006, Heinberg declared that the Oil Depletion Protocol will be his main area of work for the next year. [ [http://transitionculture.org/2006/11/28/exclusive-to-transition-culture-an-interview-with-richard-heinberg-part-two-powerdown-and-transition-towns/ An Interview with Richard Heinberg - Part Two… Powerdown and Transition Towns.] 28 November 2006. Accessed on 18 July 2007.] Heinberg advocates a planned descent down the depletion curves of oil via the Oil Depletion Protocol.

Heinberg has a Master of Arts degree in Leadership. [ [http://www.newcollege.edu/profiles/profiledetails.cfm?profileID=53 New College of California ] ] [ [http://www.ecoshow.co.nz/Eco+Forum/Eco+forum+Programme/Speakers/Richard+Heinberg.html Ecoshow speaker Richard Heinberg Peak oil author Powerdown ] ] He lives in Santa Rosa, California and was a core faculty member of New College of California, until the college closed in March, 2008. He taught a course on Culture, Ecology and Sustainable Community. He is now a Senior Fellow of the Post Carbon Institute in Sebastopol, California. He is also an accomplished violinist, illustrator and book designer. He is married to Janet Barocco.

Heinberg is also the editor of [http://www.richardheinberg.com/museletter Museletter] and has appeared in the documentaries "The End of Suburbia", "The 11th Hour", "Crude Impact", " [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8677389869548020370 Oil, Smoke & Mirrors] ", " [http://www.chasinggod.net/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=11&Itemid=29 Chasing God] ", "", and " [http://www.powerofcommunity.org/ The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil] ".

ee also

*Petrodollar warfare

References

External links

* [http://tv.oneworld.net/article/view/152547 OneWorldTV video interview with Richard Heinberg]
* [http://www.financialsense.com/Experts/2006/Heinberg.html Interview: (October 21, 2006) "The Oil Depletion Protocol"]
* [http://www.thesunmagazine.org/367_Heinberg.pdf Interview, July 2006]
* [http://www.richardheinberg.com/ Heinberg's personal website]
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8677389869548020370 Oil, Smoke & Mirrors] Contains interviews with Heinberg discussing peak oil.
* [http://www.awok.org/critique_of_civilization/ Critique of Civilization] Paper presented at the 24th annual meeting of the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations, June 15, 1995.
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