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Aaron Wissner - Money, Energy and Sustainability

Aaron Wissner is an American philosopher and leader. He founded and directs Local Future, a non-profit organization which educates people how to live environmentally sustainable and restorative lives. Wissner taught and consulted for twenty years in public schools, in fields including mathematics, science, computers, film making, and leadership. He graduated from the University of Michigan, with emphasis on mathematics, science, and education.

Steve Keen - Debunking Economics

Why didn't economists see the financial crisis coming? Why can't they even explain what happened? Because their model of the economy is wrong.

So who got it right? According to the Real World Economics Review, the answer is Dr. Steve Keen, professor at the University of Western Sydney in Australia.

Dr. Keen is the author of the book, Debunking Economics - Revised and Expanded Edition: The Naked Emperor Dethroned? (2011)

The following playlist currently features over seven hours of exclusive content with Dr. Keen from events with Local Future non-profit, as directed by founder Aaron Wissner.

In 2010, Keen provided several talks, and served on panels at the Local Future conference.

In 2011, Keen delivered two talks,two rounds with the Delphi Method, one panel discussion, one chart paper talk, and a final Q & A about money and economics.

In 2012, Wissner traveled to interview Keen in Toronto, where Keen was working with mathematicians to improve the rigor of his mathematical economics.

In November 2012, Keen will return to North America to the Local Future conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Note: While this playlist is structured in chronological order, viewers may prefer to start with interviews, and the exclusive chart paper talk, before viewing Dr. Keen's lectures.

Local Future is a non-profit educational organization, founded by mathematician and educator Aaron Wissner.

http://localfuture.org

Dr. Keen maintains an ongoing blog which documents his research into accurate economic understanding:

http://www.debtdeflation.com/blogs/

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Nicole Foss - Stoneleigh - The Automatic Earth

Richard Douthwaite - Money Supply in an Energy Scarce World

Scientist Richard Douthwaite explains how and why the energy supply and peak oil determine what happens with the economy, unemployment, recession and depression. Douthwaite presented this exclusive talk to Local Future's 2011 conference: The International Conference on the Sustainability: Energy, Economy, Environment. The conference was organized and directed by Aaron Wissner, president and founder of Local Future, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit educational organization.

Joseph Tainter - The Collapse of Complex Societies

The collapse of complex societies of the past can inform the present on the risks of collapse. Dr. Joseph Tainter, author of the book The Collapse of Complex societies, and featured in Leonardo Dicaprio's film The Eleventh Hour, details the factors that led to the collapse of past civilizations including the Roman Empire.

This keynote talk (followed by question and answer) was delivered to the 2010 International Conference on Sustainability: Energy, Economy, and Environment organized by Local Future nonprofit and directed by Aaron Wissner.

Albert Bates - Models of Resilience and Regeneration

Is your life a co-creative abundant adventure or an unfair struggle?

A fully featured human settlement, with independent sources of initiative, in which human activities are integrated into the natural environment in a way that is sustainable into the indefinite future.

Ecovillages are engaged in the transformation of values in four ways that may make the transition to sustainability easier and more graceful: delinking growth from well-being, reconnecting people with the places where they live, affirming indigenous patterns and practices, and offering a holistic and experiential vessel for social experiments, educational methodologies, and transition paths.

Peter Bane - Permaculture

Peter Bane is a permaculture teacher and site designer who has published and edited Permaculture Activist magazine for over 20 years. He helped create Earthaven Ecovillage in North Carolina, and is now pioneering suburban farming in Bloomington, Indiana. Bane is author of The Permaculture Handbook: Garden Farming for Home and Country (2012).

Daniel Quinn - Ishmael, The Story of B, Beyond Civilization

Daniel Quinn is a writer, often described as an environmentalist, and best known for his novel Ishmael, which sold over 1,000,000 copies.

In 1991, Ishmael was one of 25,000 entries in the Turner Tomorrow Fellowship, and won the grand prize of $500,000, the largest award ever granted for a novel. The prize was created by Ted Turner for an unpublished work of fiction offering creative and positive solutions to global problems.

Quinn wrote sequels to Ishmael including The Story of B, Providence, My Ishmael, Beyond Civilization, and The Man Who Grew Young.

Ellen Brown - Web of Debt

Debt, foreclosure, bankruptcy, underwater: this is the web of debt that traps millions. Attorney Ellen Hodgeson Brown, author of the book Web of Debt explains the shocking truth about our money system and how to break free.

Richard Heinberg - Peak Oil & The Party's Over

Richard Heinberg addresses peak oil and how this energy transition is impacting our economy and our lives. Richard Heinberg is a professional peak oil educator and senior fellow at the Post Carbon Institute. This playlist contains all five parts of a 50 minute presentation. It was recorded at the Conference on Michigan's Future: Energy, Economy and Environment held at Crystal Mountain Resort and organized by Aaron Wissner, founder of Local Future nonprofit.

David Goodstein - The End of the Age of Oil

Dr. David Goodstein busts the myths of peak oil and climate change in his keynote presentation, "Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil". Dr. Goodstein is a professor of physics and former vice-provost at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

Pat Murphy - Surviving Peak Oil and Climate Change

Pat Murphy, author of "Plan C: Community Survival Strategies for Peak Oil and Climate Change", address shrinking fossil fuel supplies, increasing CO2 emissions, and rising global inequity we need to make immediate and drastic cuts to our energy use. Learn about viable curtailment strategies for food, housing, and transportation, why most "sustainable" and "green" techniques are inadequate, and how we can create cooperative low-energy communities to survive.

Megan Quinn Bachman

Megan Quinn Bachman -- Surviving Peak Oil, Thriving in Community

We, the peak oil aware, have a lot of work ahead of us. How can we move forward armed and inspired to implement the ideas generated this weekend? It's about more than weathering the coming global crises; it's about creating a truly sustainable, cooperative world on the other side.

Megan Quinn Bachman is the Outreach Director of The Community Solution in Yellow Springs, Ohio, a non-profit focused on local and personal peak oil responses. She was a co-writer and co-producer of the film, "The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil" (2006).