PUBLIC LECTURE: PEAK OIL PRODUCTION: RICHARD HEINBERG AND DAVID HOLMGREN LECTURE

With the peak of global oil production happening or imminent, the issue is breaking into mainstream economic and political discussion and there is a widening of public awareness through coverage in the mass media. A public speaking tour of Australian capital cities in August by two leading thinkers on the issue presents an excellent opportunity to inform a larger number of people about both the issues and, most importantly, the creative solutions that people can implement in a context where government has almost completely failed.

Richard Heinberg, university teacher at New College in California is author of The Party's Over and Powerdown. He is one of the best known of the many peak oil publicists and is constantly in demand as a public speaker in the USA and around the world. His presentations are featured in the 2003 documentary film about peak oil called The End of Suburbia.

David Holmgren is best known as the co-originator with Bill Mollison of the permaculture concept (1978). His book Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability provides deeper insights into the principles behind permaculture strategies and techniques for living within nature's limits. In 2005 Holmgren and Heinberg shared a platform at two peak oil conferences in Ireland and the seed was sown for this Australian tour.

064259 Thu 7-9.30pm Aug 24 Standard $25 Concession $20

Bookings on 6488 2433 or online http://www.extension.uwa.edu.au