A FREE Public Presentation
6:30 p.m., Friday,
September 17, 2010
Oleson Center at
Northwestern Michigan College

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 offers a vision for a truly sustainable future.

Senior Fellow-in-Residence at the Post Carbon Institute, Richard is best known as a leading educator on the limits of oil production and how increasing oil costs will impact our economic, food, and transportation systems. But his expertise is far ranging, covering critical issues including the current economic crisis, food and agriculture, community resilience, and global climate change.

Richard is a much sought-after speaker and has presented in dozens of countries and across the United States. He's featured in many documentaries, including Earth2100 (ABC television, 2009); A Farm for the Future (BBC, 2009); Blind Spot (2008); and 11th Hour (produced and narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, 2007). He lives in northern California with his wife and is an avid violin player.