Richard Heinberg, Peak Oil and Sustainability

The City of Edmonton and its citizens took a strong step forward on a path to a greener future with City Council’s adoption of The Way We Green environmental strategic action plan.
On the City's website http://thewaywegreen/ are the links to many interesting papers and videos.  This is just the first video in a series which can be accessed through this site.

To better understand the true meaning of sustainability this video is worth the watch.  Councillor Wavrecan said  of Cranbrook Connected, that “it speaks to the direction council is going, that sustainability means growth, to sustain a community we have to grow.”  Maybe Councillor Wavrecan needs to listen to this video to gain a better understanding of 'sustainability'.

Part 2 can be watched by clicking on YouTube at the base of the video.


Richard Heinberg, the Senior Fellow-in-Residence of the Post Carbon Institute is widely regarded as one of the worlds foremost Peak Oil educators. Heinberg was in Edmonton on Feb. 11th, 2010 as part of the City of Edmonton’s ‘The Way We Green’ Distinguished Speaker Series. 'The Way We Green' is Edmonton's environmental strategic plan — a blueprint for being the nation’s leader in setting the highest standards of environmental preservation and sustainability. Heinberg spoke on the subject of Peak Oil and Economic Transition, asking how much Oil did you use today? Are We Running Out? What does this mean for the things we do, the food we eat, the places we go? Heinberg challenged the audience to think the unthinkable, exposing the tenuousness of our current way of life while offering a vision for a truly sustainable future.