U.S. Peak Oil expert Richard Heinberg is visiting New Zealand, discussing life after oil.

Auckland - Richard Heinberg public talk

Co-Hosted by the Green Party and Engineers for Social Responsibility

Lecture theatre B28

(Under University Library)

Auckland University

5 Alfred St

Wednesday 10 October

Time: 6:30pm

Wellington - Richard Heinberg public talk

Hosted by the Green Party of Aotearoa/New Zealand

Lecture Theatre 1.

Rutherford House

Victoria University Pipitea Campus

Bunny St

Thursday 11 October 7pm

Richard Heinberg is one of the world's foremost Peak Oil (oil depletion) educators and is a Research Fellow of Post Carbon Institute. He is the author of eight books including The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies (2003), Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World (2004), and The Oil Depletion Protocol (2006).

He is a journalist, educator, editor, lecturer, and a Core Faculty member of New College of California where he teaches a program on 'Culture, Ecology and Sustainable Community'. Since 2002, he has given over three hundred lectures on Peak Oil to a wide variety of audiences from insurance executives to peace activists, from local and national elected officials to Jesuit volunteers.

Richard Heinberg appears prominently in the film The End of Suburbia (2003), which has been widely screened in NZ, as well as more recent documentaries such as 11th Hour (produced and narrated by Leonardo diCaprio, 2007); and Oil, Smoke & Mirrors (2006).

Richard will be in New Zealand for a week giving talks in Auckland, Wellington and at the Eco Show in Taupo.

Richard's website is www.richardheinberg.com

For Auckland contact details please contact Kim Mazur Ph. 09-302-0166 greenmps.auckland@greens.org.nz

For Wellington contact details please contact Paul Bruce (04) 972-8699 or cell 021-0271-9370 Paul.Bruce@greens.org.nz