The End of Growth? Connecting Economy, Energy & Environment

Mr. richard Heinberg will be introduced by May Boeve, US Campaign Director, 350.org. We all take economic growth for granted...until it falters. But what if the recent stutters are not just interruptions in the story of continuous economic expansion, but the first intimations of the end of growth as we know it? Will the convergence of financial disruption, resource depletion, and environmental impacts usher in an era of unprecedented contraction? Can we imagine a future where growth is not the only measure of human health and welfare? Can we look forward to a future where qualitative improvements in human welfare -- in education, arts, health, well-being, freedom, happiness -- allow us to decouple progress from ever-expanding consumption? Tickets available online.