The End of Growth

ON SALE NOW! Richard Heinberg’s latest landmark work goes to the heart of the ongoing financial crisis, explaining how and why it occurred, and what we must do to avert the worst potential outcomes. Written in an engaging, highly readable style, The End of Growth describes what policymakers, communities, and families can do to build [...]

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The End of Growth – exclusive supplemental materials

Extras to Chapter 7: Personal Advice on Adjusting to the End of Growth Setting Priorities   As someone who has for several years been speaking and writing about the consequences of impending energy scarcity, I’m often asked for personal advice. “Where should I live in order to avoid the worst impacts from Peak Oil?” “What [...]

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More on The End of Growth

Richard Heinberg’s new book The End of Growth will shortly be hitting the shelves. To find out more about this essential new release, read chapters from the book and watch videos of Richard speaking about The End of Growth. Buy the Book Watch videos and read chapters

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author. educator. speaker.

Author of ten books, including the forthcoming The End of Growth, Richard Heinberg is widely regarded as one of the world’s most effective communicators of the urgent need to transition away from fossil fuels. With a wry, unflinching approach based on facts and realism, Richard exposes the tenuousness of our current way of life and [...]

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Museletter #240: Top 11 FAQs

MuseLetter #240 / May 2012 by Richard Heinberg Download printable PDF version here (PDF, 119 KB) This month’s newsletter comes in 2 parts. The first part is what I hope you will find a useful and timely FAQ on current issues. It is the culmination of my experience from Q&A sessions during recent lecture tours. [...]

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Museletter #239: Talking Happiness

MuseLetter #239 / April 2012 by Richard Heinberg Download printable PDF version here (PDF, 112 KB) This month’s Museletter comprises 3 short essays. The first is my impressions from the recent UN “High Level Meeting on Wellbeing and Happiness; in the second I respond to an essay on the fracking industry by Randy Udall; the [...]

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#238: Coal, Pipeline Politics, and $5 Gas

MuseLetter #238 / March 2012 by Richard Heinberg Download printable PDF version here (PDF, 123 KB) This month’s Museletter comprises three short pieces on the topic of energy. First is an update on China’s devastating coal consumption; the following two concentrate on the current headline energy issues in the US – Keystone XL, and gas [...]

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$5 Gas = Long, Hot, Crazy Summer

Here in northern California gasoline is now retailing for $4.20 a gallon. Prices haven’t been this high since mid-2008. Forecasts for $5 per gallon gas in the US this summer are now commonplace. What’s driving prices up? Most analysts focus mostly on two factors: worries about Iran and increased demand from a perceived global economic [...]

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