Events
Post Carbon Institute Events
Post Carbon Institute Speakers Schedule
Post Carbon Cities Program Manager Daniel Lerch will be presenting the Annual
Isadore Candeub Memorial Lecture in Planning at the Edward Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University in New Jersey.Start: Oct 16 2008 - 7:30pm
End: Oct 16 2008 - 9:00pmLocation: Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Post Carbon Cities Program Manager Daniel Lerch will present via webcast to the Municipal Planners and Leaders Seminar on Friday, Oct 17, 2008, an invited audience of planners and elected officials.
Post Carbon Institute Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg will present via webcast on Saturday, October 18, 2008 to the general audience at the Kootenay Energy Conference, presented by Selkirk College and Kootenay Association for Science and Technology.
Start: Oct 17 2008 - 9:00am
End: Oct 18 2008 - 6:00pmLocation: Selkirk College, Castlegar, British ColumbiaRichard Heinberg, Post Carbon Institute Senior Fellow will participate on two panels at Bioneers. The first panel is on Friday, October 17 from 4:30pm-6:00pm is "Food and the Triple Global Crisis: Climate Change, Peak Oil, Resource Depletion". On the panel with Richard will be Debi Barker, co-director of IFG and Andrew Kimbrell, executive director, Center for Food Safety.
The second panel on Sunday, October 19, 2008 from 2:45-4:15pm is Sustainable MBA Programs: Changing Business for Good with Gifford Pinchot III,Steven Swig, JD, president of Presidio World College; John Stayton, Green MBA program director, Dominican University of California; and students from the programs. president and co-founder of Bainbridge Graduate Institute;
Start: Oct 17 2008 - 4:30pm
End: Oct 17 2008 - 6:00pmLocation: San Rafael, CA
Post Carbon Institute Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg will keyote at AERO’s 34th Annual Meeting on Nov 1, 2008 in Flathead Lake, Montana. Richard will speak on Building Resilient Communities.
AERO (Alternative Energy Resource Organization), headquared in Helena, MT, is a grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to solutions that
promote resource conservation and local economic vitality.Start: Nov 1 2008 - 10:00am
End: Nov 1 2008 - 11:30amLocation: Flathead Lake, MontanaAmerican Planning Association, Fall Conference
November 7, 2008-Salt Lake City, UT
Daniel Lerch, Post Carbon Cities Program Manager will present at the Utah Chapter of the American Planning Association, Fall Conference. The meeting will be held at University of Utah.
Start: Nov 7 2008 - 12:00am
End: Nov 7 2008 - 12:00amLocation: Salt Lake City, UT
The Conference on Michigan's Future
Energy, Economy & Environment
Crystal Mountain Resort, Thompsonville, MIFriday, Nov. 14 - Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008
The Conference on Michigan's Future: Energy, Economy and Environment looks at how rising oil and energy costs are crippling Michigan's economy and proposes solutions to prepare Michigan for the economy of tomorrow.
Confirmed speakers include:
Richard Heinberg - Post Carbon Institute Senior Fellow
Paul Murray, Director of Envir. Health & Safety - Herman Miller
Tony Earley, Chairman/CEO - DTE Energy -- Nuclear
Jerry Norcia, President - Michcon - President - Natural Gas
Jim MacInnes, President - Crystal Mountain Resort
Albert Bates - Ecovillage Network -- Ecovillages
Start: Nov 14 2008 - 6:00pm
End: Nov 16 2008 - 6:00pmLocation: Crystal Mountain Resort, Thompsonville, MI
3rd Biennial Organic Connections Conference
November 16 to 18, 2008
Grand Salon, TCU Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Featured Speakers
Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute
Joel Salatin, “Everything I Want to do is Illegal”, and “You Can Farm”
Xingji Xia, the first organic inspector in China
Martin Ent, University of Manitoba
Start: Nov 16 2008 - 8:00am
End: Nov 16 2008 - 8:00amLocation: Grand Salon, TCU Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Illinois Humanity Council
Water shortages in the western and southern states; the rising cost of gasoline; the backlash against bottled water - these are just some of the myriad ways in which oil and water have become resources under stress. Concerns about scarcity, availability, access, control, and cost are common to both oil and water, but are manifest in very different ways. Shortage of oil means something very different to a middle class family in the Midwest than shortage of water to a village in India. Conflict over water emerges differently in the Great Lakes region than conflict over oil in Iraq. H2Oil: Mixing Oil and Water will raise the key questions we should be asking about these essential resources at the global, regional, and individual level.
This opening program will feature Richard Heinberg, author and Senior Fellow at the Post Carbon Institute, in conversation with Steve Edwards of Chicago Public Radio.
Steve Edwards is currently the Acting Program Director of Chicago Public Radio and the former host of Eight Forty-Eight, Chicago Public Radio's award-winning weekday morning newsmagazine.This program will also feature images from Fresh by artist Tiffany Holmes, a series of pieces that examine bottled water consumption.
This event is free and open to the public. Reservations are required and can be made online, by e-mail at events@prairie.org, or by calling 312.422.5580.http://www.prairie.org/events/19249/h2oil-mixing-oil-and-water
Start: Nov 18 2008 - 6:30pm
End: Nov 18 2008 - 6:30pmLocation: Chicago, IL
Featured Events
October 31 – November 2, 2008
Rochester, MichiganAt this groundbreaking conference participants will explore strategies for reducing energy use in the areas of housing, food and transportation, including both theory and practice. We will examine the long energy decline of the 21st century, the psychological barriers to rapid change, and the challenge of persuading our communities to embrace local, low-energy living.
Attendees will learn survival strategies for growing food, creating local food security in their communities, retrofitting their homes to reduce reliance on fossil fuels, and educating their communities to prepare for the difficult times ahead.The conference will also feature in-depth workshops and panels, Connection Café roundtables with area experts, an eco-tour slide show, screenings of award-winning films, entertainment, tours of local sustainably-designed buildings, and healthy, shared meals.
Schedule of Presentations and Workshops:
• Keynoter John Michael Greer, author of the forthcoming The Long Descent: A User's Guide to the End of the Industrial Age
• Keynoter Dmitry Orlov, author of Reinventing Collapse: Soviet Example and American Prospects
• Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute, author of The Party’s Over and Powerdown (via webcast)
• Katrin Klingenberg, director of the Passive House Institute US
• Peter Bane, editor of Permaculture Activist
• Christopher Bedford, President of the Center for Economic Security and the Sweetwater Local Foods Market
• John Richter, co-founder of the Institute for Sustainable Energy Education
• Pat Murphy, author of Plan C: Community Survival Strategies for Peak Oil and Climate Change• Megan Quinn Bachman, Outreach Director of Community Solutions; co-producer of The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
Start: Oct 31 2008 - 5:00pm
End: Nov 2 2008 - 4:00amLocation: Rochester, Michigan2nd Annual Climate All Stars Conference
Bay Area Leaders Present:
Real Solutions for Speed and ScaleThursday, November 6th. 8am - 4pm
Saint Mary's Cathedral, San Francisco, CA
Don't miss this one day conference where Bay Area Leaders present Real Solutions for Speed and Scale to achieve bold green house gas reductions regionally.
Featuring Keynote Speakers:
Adam Kahane, author of “Solving Tough Problems: An Open Way of Talking, Listening, and Creating New Realities.” Mr. Kahane is a internationally known facilitator of processes through which business, government, and civil society leaders together solve tough problems.
Andrew Revkin, award winning author and New York Times reporter, has written about the climate crisis for twenty years. Mr. Revkin will forecast the impact of the Nov. 4 election results on climate protection.
Fran Pavley, author of landmark legislation on global warming that is a model for other states and countries. She served three terms in California’s State Assembly and currently a candidate for State Senate
Start: Nov 6 2008 - 8:00am
End: Nov 6 2008 - 4:00pmLocation: Saint Mary's Cathedral, San Francisco, CA
Post Carbon Institute Events Contact
Interested in having Post Carbon sponsor, exhibit, or speak at your event? Contact Andrew Calvo.
