1. Richard Heinberg is the author of 14 books, and presently serves as the senior fellow at the Post Carbon Institute.
14 Facts About Richard Heinberg
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Richard Heinberg's father, William Heinberg, was a chemist and high-school physics and chemistry teacher.
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At one point he lived at Colorado's Sunrise Ranch, headquarters of the "Emissaries of Divine Light" group, which Richard Heinberg referred to as "a sort of benign cult".
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Richard Heinberg published his first book in 1989, Memories and Visions of Paradise: Exploring the Universal Myth of a Lost Golden Age, which was the result of ten years of study of world mythology.
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Richard Heinberg began publishing his alternative newsletter, the MuseLetter, in 1992.
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In June 1995, speaking to the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations in Dayton, Ohio, Richard Heinberg provided "A Primitivist Critique of Civilization" and discussed the ways in which "we are, it would seem, killing the planet".
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In February 2007, Richard Heinberg addressed the Committee on International Trade of the European Parliament and served as an advisor to the National Petroleum Council in its report to the US Secretary of Energy on Peak Oil.
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In October 2007, the Green Party of Aotearoa organised a speaking tour of New Zealand for Richard Heinberg, which included a presentation in the Beehive theatrette within the New Zealand Parliament building.
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Richard Heinberg is the Senior Fellow of the Post Carbon Institute in Santa Rosa, California.
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Richard Heinberg has proposed an international protocol to peak oil management with the aim of reducing the impact of the arrival of the peak.
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Richard Heinberg is the editor of MuseLetter, which has been included in Utne Magazine's annual list of Best Alternative Newsletters.
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Richard Heinberg is one of the more moderate commentators on peak oil.
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Richard Heinberg remained a member of the Core Faculty until 2007, when the College closed its doors.
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In 2004, Richard Heinberg provided the closing address for the First US Conference on Peak Oil and Community Solutions.