Peak Oil Speakers' Training

• Introduction (meeting 2009-Nov-9)
• Richard Heinberg's Address at ASPO 2009
  http://www.postcarbon.org/article/40373-address-to-the-aspo-international-conference
• Pat Murphy's presentation at ASPO 2009

  http://www.aspousa.org/2009presentationfiles/Pat_Murphy_Oct_11_2009.pdf
• ASPO6 Session 4 (Rob Hopkins)

  http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8801004418657131671&ei=iLvnSurJCYeYqAOklsXpDg&q=rob+hopkins&hl=en&view=2#
• A Safe Operating Space for Humanity (Nature, September 2009)

  http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v461/n7263/full/461472a.html
• Peak Oil (meeting 2009-Dec-07)
  Summarize the key points of each article using no more than one page of notes.
• Arithmetic, Population, and Energy (Dr. Albert Bartlett)
  http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4364780292633368976#
• Peak Oil Primer (Energy Bulletin)
  http://www.energybulletin.net/primer#primer
• The End of The First Half of the Age of Oil (Dr. Colin Campbell)
  http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-596805984521272213#
• 91-86-90 (Steve Crower)
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDIYgG0gSiY
• Alternative Energy (meeting 2009-Dec-14)
  Summarize the key points of each article using no more than one page of notes.
• Nine Critical Questions to Ask About Alternative Energy (From the Wilderness)
  http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/052703_9_questions.html
• World Energy to 2050: Forty Years of Decline (Paul Chefurka) http://www.paulchefurka.ca/WEAP2/WEAP2.html 
• Joules, BTUs, Quads--Let's Call the Whole Thing Off (IEEE Spectrum; be sure to see the linked image!) http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/fossil-fuels/joules-btus-quadslets-call-the-whole-thing-off
• An Interview with David Pimentel
  http://www.grist.org/article/philpott2
• OPTIONAL EXTRA CREDIT (just read or browse; no notes necessary):
• Alternative Energy Sources (Dr. Walter Youngquist) http://www.hubbertpeak.com/youngquist/altenergy.htm
• Peak Soil: Why cellulosic ethanol, biofuels are unsustainable and a threat to America (Alice Friedemann)
  http://www.culturechange.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=107&Itemid=1
• The Myths of Biofuels (Dr. David Fridley; 90 minute video)
  http://www.archive.org/details/Myths_of_Biofuels
• Overshoot (meeting 2010-Jan-11)
  Summarize the key points of each article using no more than one page of notes.
• Eating Fossil Fuels (Dale Allen Pfeiffer, From the Wilderness)
  http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/100303_eating_oil.html
• 'Peak metal' problem looms, warns scientist (The National; August 2008)
  http://www.thenational.ae/article/20080807/FOREIGN/629722880/1013/ART&Profile=1013
• Limits to Growth - The 30-year Update: A Synopsis (2004)
  http://www.mnforsustain.org/meadows_limits_to_growth_30_year_update_2004.htm
• Revisiting the Limits to Growth After Peak Oil (Charles Hall and John Day; May 2009)
  http://www.esf.edu/efb/hall/2009-05Hall0327.pdf
• Tipping Towards the Unknown (Stockholm Resilience Centre; 2009)
  
• Read the article; See video one with Johan Rockström and video three with Jonathan Foley.
  No notes necessary.
  http://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/researchnews/tippingtowardstheunknown.5.7cf9c5aa121e17bab42800021543.html
• The nine planetary boundaries
  No notes necessary.
  http://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/researchnews/tippingtowardstheunknown/thenineplanetaryboundaries.4.1fe8f33123572b59ab80007039.html
• The scientific approach behind the boundaries (See video with Åsa Persson)
  Take notes on this one. Video is longer than it needs to be; stick with it for contrast with limits to growth and possible social impacts.
  http://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/researchnews/tippingtowardstheunknown/planetaryboundariesthescientificapproach.4.1fe8f33123572b59ab80004287.html
• OPTIONAL EXTRA CREDIT (just read or browse; no notes necessary)
• Worst Environmental Problem? Overpopulation, Experts Say (Science Daily; April 2009)
  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090418075752.htm
• The Limits to Growth - Abstract (Eduard Pestel; 1974)
  http://www.clubofrome.org/docs/limits.rtf
• Economics and Limits to Growth: What’s Sustainable? (Dennis Meadows; October 2009)
  http://www.populationinstitute.org/external/files/Meadows_PP_presentation1.ppt
• A Comparison of the Limits to Growth with Thirty Years of Reality (Graham Turner; June 2008)
  http://www.csiro.au/files/files/plje.pdf
• Concern as China clamps down on rare earth exports
  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/concern-as-china-clamps-down-on-rare-earth-exports-1855387.html
• Global Change and the Earth System: A Planet Under Pressure (International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme)
  http://www.igbp.net/documents/IGBP_ExecSummary.pdf
• Overpopulation and Overconsumption (meeting 2010-Jan-18)
  Complete the reading materials from previous meeting, especially articles and videos from "Tipping Towards the Unknown". Bring your notes/comments. No additional notes required for the new reading posted below.
• Watch for this error (John Feeney) http://growthmadness.org/2008/01/30/watch-for-this-error/
• Overpopulation and Overconsumption: Where Should We Focus? (Michael G. Hanauer)
http://www.npg.org/forum_series/OverPopulationOverConsump009.pdf

• World Population (video by Population Connection)
  http://www.populationconnection.org/site/PageServer?pagename=issues_main
• Iran's Birth Rate Plummeting at Record Pace: Success Provides a Model for Other Developing Countries (Janet Larsen)
  http://www.mnforsustain.org/iran_model_of_reducing_fertility.htm
• Family planning in Iran (Wikipedia)
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_planning_in_Iran
• Jane Goodall - Overpopulation in the Developing World http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6JLvIxdbjQ
• Earth's Natural Wealth: An Audit (New Scientist)
  http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19426051.200-earths-natural-wealth-an-audit.html
• In an average lifetime, every American will consume:
  http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/mg19426051.200/mg19426051.200-2_600.jpg
• Where the minerals are:
  http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/archive/2605/26051201.jpg
• How long will it last?
  http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/archive/2605/26051202.jpg
• Proactive Change; Inspiring Leaders (meeting 2010-Feb-8)
  Rather than summarizing each article, simply make notes on your key observations from the readings.
• Address to the Nation on Energy (Jimmy Carter, April 1977)
  http://millercenter.org/scripps/archive/speeches/detail/3398
• Perpetual Economic Growth:
• Prosperity without Growth (book review)
  http://www.theoildrum.com/node/5382
• Genuine Progress Indicator (Redefining Progress)
  http://www.rprogress.org/sustainability_indicators/genuine_progress_indicator.htm
• Genuine Progress Indicator (Wikipedia)
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genuine_progress_indicator
• Relocalization:
• BALLE: Mission, Vision, and Principles
  http://www.livingeconomies.org/aboutus/mission-and-principles
• Making a Profit and a Difference (New York Times, October 2006)
  http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/05/business/05sbiz.html?_r=1
• Localize It (Bay Guardian, January 2007)
  http://www.sfbg.com/printable_entry.php?entry_id=2494
• A Look at Peak Oil Preparation Plans from Around the World (Rob Hopkins)
  http://transitionculture.org/2009/06/23/a-look-at-peak-oil-preparation-plans-from-around-the-world/
• Running on empty (peak oil in San Francisco)
  http://postcarboncities.net/node/2361
• The Corporate Ecosystem Services Review: Guidelines for Identifying Business Risks & Opportunities Arising from Ecosystem Change
  http://www.wri.org/publication/corporate-ecosystem-services-review
• OPTIONAL EXTRA CREDIT (just read or browse; no notes necessary)
• John Howe: The End of Fossil Energy and a Plan for Sustainability (2005)
  http://www.mofga.org/Publications/MaineOrganicFarmerGardener/Summer2005/JohnHowe/tabid/1161/Default.aspx
• The Oil Depletion Protocol (Colin Campbell, 2003)
  http://www.oildepletionprotocol.org/theprotocol