[MRSG] Richard Heinberg in Montpelier this Thursday

[Mad River Sustainability Group]

Thursday, April 24, 7:00 p.m., Montpelier High School Smilie Auditorium

Richard Heinberg presents "Energy Overview: Navigating the Transition from
Fossil Fuels to Renewables"

Heinberg will also lead a similar presentation and discussion that same
morning at 9:00 a.m., Room 11, State House, Montpelier - open to the
public - with introductory remarks by Peter Shumlin (President Pro Tem,
Vermont Senate) and Gaye Symington (Speaker, Vermont House).

Richard Heinberg is the author of eight books, including The Party’s Over:
Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies (New Society, 2003, 2005),
Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World (New Society,
2004), The Oil Depletion Protocol (New Society, 2006), and Peak Everything
(New Society, 2007). He is a Senior Fellow of the Post Carbon Institute
and is widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost peak oil educators.
He writes a regular column for The Ecologist and has authored scores of
essays and articles.

We strongly encourage people to walk, bicycle, use public transportation,
or car share to get to these events. For the 7 pm Montpelier event, the
University of Vermont Energy Group is arranging a bus that will be free
and open to the public ($8 donation suggested to cover their costs).
Please contact Jared Alvord <jalvord at uvm.edu> for information. Also,
Vermont Rideshare (http://www.vermontrideshare.org) is coordinating rides
to this event. Fill out the form at
http://www.vermontrideshare.org/vermontrideshareregistration.htm   and
their staff will contact you. (The staff have been alerted to expect many
requests for rideshares for this event; let’s not disappoint them!)

The sponsors for Richard Heinberg's Vermont tour are the Post Carbon
Sustainability Network, American Friends Service Committee, Elemental
Energy, Inc., New England Grassroots Environmental Fund, NRG Systems,
Inc., ReKnew Energy Systems, Renewable Energy Vermont, The Solar
Specialist, LLC, Solar Works, Inc., Sun Catcher, LLC, Vermont Earth
Institute, Vermont Peak Oil Network, Vermonters for a Sustainable
Population, and Washington Electric Coop.



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Dennis Derryberry
dennisd at madriver.com
496-7662