BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4670368:Event:107726 DTSTAMP:20260428T012202Z SUMMARY:*Richard Heinberg Returns to Vancouver! Snake Oil: How Frackin g's False Promise of Plenty Imperils Our Future DESCRIPTION:Village Vancouver and UBC Sustainability are pleased to sponsor a talk by Richard Heinberg:\nSnake Oil: How Fracking's False P romise of Plenty Imperils Our Future\nThe rapid spread of hydraulic fr acturing (\"fracking\") has temporarily boosted US natural gas and oi l production...and sparked a massive environmental backlash in commun ities across the country. The fossil fuel industry is trying to sell f racking as the biggest energy development of the century, with slick p romises of American energy independence and benefits to local economie s. SNAKE OIL casts a critical eye on the oil-industry hype that has hijacked America's energy conversation. This is the first book to loo k at fracking from both economic and environmental perspectives, infor med by the most thorough analysis of shale gas and oil drilling data ever undertaken. Is fracking the miracle cure-all to our energy ills, or a costly distraction from the necessary work of reducing our fossi l fuel dependence?\nBy donation.\nRSVP here or to heinbergUBC@villagev ancouver.ca or register on Eventbrite.\n****\nRichard Heinberg is one of the world’s most effective exponents of the urgent need to move a way from fossil fuels and towards a post-growth economy. Author of 11 books, including 2010′s The End of Growth, and 2013's Snake Oil: How Fracking's False Promise  of Plenty Imperils Our Future, his wry, un flinching approach addresses challenges such as climate change, peak o il, economic instability, and food insecurity. He exposes the tenuousn ess of our current way of life, while exploring governmental responses and promising grassroots models in community resilience, including th e Transition Town Movement. Heinberg offers a radical vision for a tru ly sustainable future.\nUBC Reads Sustainability is a speaker series t hat brings well-known sustainability authors to UBC to engage students in interdisciplinary discussions on pressing issues of our time. Past speakers: link.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nFor more information visi t http://villagevancouver.org/events/richard-heinberg-returns-to-vanco uver DTSTART:20140226T023000Z DTEND:20140226T043000Z CATEGORIES:ubc, lecture LOCATION:CIRS Main Lecture Hall, UBC WEBSITE: URL: CONTACT:RSVP here or to heinbergUBC@villagevancouver.ca or on Eventbri te ORGANIZER:Ross Moster, Village Vancouver and UBC Sustainability ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/ file/get/2051091160?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Manuel M ateo Rodenas":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/ManuelMateoRodenas ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Ferenc De Dalnoky":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/FerencDeDalnoky ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Gaik Ben g Khoo":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/GaikBengKhoo ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Ran Guin ":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/RanGuin ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Shannon Lambie":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/ShannonLambie ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Julie Va n de Valk":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/JulieVandeValk ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="David Be attie":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/DavidBeattie ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Randy Ch atterjee":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/RandyChatterjee ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Clare Cu llen":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/ClareCullen ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Cindy Se rre":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/CindySerre ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Stephen Bohus":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/StephenBohus ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Emmanuel Prinet":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/EmmanuelPrinet ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Maria A. 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