Richard Heinberg will be speaking on Monday, hosted by Post Carbon Toronto.

Richard Heinberg: Life after Growth
Monday, 2010 March 22, 6 pm
Trinity St Paul’s United Church
427 Bloor St West, west of Spadina
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Made from a film by Albert Bartlett, this video is 10 years old.  The story begins in Boulder, Colorado, is a little tedious at the outset, and takes 80 minutes broken into 8 ten-minute segments.  The content will be valuable for another 50 years. 

It’s a clear explanation of exponential growth and its consequences.  I recommend it.

I just attended the opening of the Green Party of Canada Economic Summit taking place this weekend at Ryerson University.  Peter Victor, who I greatly admire, gave an updated version of his talk about an economy not focused on growth.  As always, I left inspired.

An economic model that respects resource limits recognizes that once we have provided the fundamentals required to live comfortably, we should stop striving for more and more things and start putting our efforts into building relationships, and spending time with our families and friends.     Read more »

Once a year, at Christmas, it’s nice to settle down to watch Charlie Brown’s special.  So, perhaps for International Buy Nothing Day, you would enjoy The Story of Stuff:

It was my friend William who first pointed it out to me.  The eligible voters who are declaring their intention not to vote in this election are coming from a most unlikely group.  We expect a good percentage of newly eligible voters to declare a lack of interest in politics.  But there are huge numbers of seniors now saying they are so confused or disgusted with politics that they don’t know how to vote and intend not to.  I’m hearing this more and more.  And seniors are generally regarded as the most reliable voter group by age.     Read more »