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Dr. Colin J. Campbell Colin J. Campbell is the founder of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas (ASPO), and is a Trustee of the Oil Depletion Analysis Centre (ODAC), a charitable organization in London that is dedicated to researching the date and impact of the peak and decline of world oil production, and raising awareness of the consequences. Educated at Oxford University, being awarded a Ph.D in 1957, Dr. Campbell joined the oil industry as an exploration geologist. He has served in executive positions with Shenandoah Oil, Amoco, Fina and was Chairman of the Nordic American Oil Company. He has also served as a consultant on oil for the Bulgarian government as well as for Statoil, Mobil, Amerada, Total, Shell, Esso and for the firm Petroconsultants in Geneva. Dr. Campbell is a member of The American Society of Petroleum Geologists, The Geological Society of London, and The Petroleum Institute of London. As a leading expert on oil depletion, Dr. Campbell has both lectured and published widely, writing five books on the subject, the latest being Oil Crisis (published in 2005 by Multi-Science.) |
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Richard Heinberg Richard Heinberg is the award-winning author of seven books including The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies; Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World; and The Oil Depletion Protocol: A Plan to Avert Oil Wars, Terrorism, and Economic Collapse. He is a journalist, educator, lecturer, and a Core Faculty member of New College of California, where he teaches a program on "Culture, Ecology and Sustainable Community." His monthly MuseLetter has been published since 1992 and his essays and articles have appeared widely and in many languages. He was featured prominently in the documentary film The End of Suburbia, he has been quoted in Time magazine, and his work has been discussed in articles syndicated by Reuters and the Associated Press. Since 2002, he has given over two hundred lectures on oil depletion to a wide variety of audiences -- from insurance executives to peace activists, from local and national elected officials to Jesuit volunteers. He and his wife Janet Barocco live in Santa Rosa, Calif., in an energy-efficient home. He is also an avid amateur violinist. Richard has written about the Oil Depletion Protocol in his monthly Museletter publication: How To Avoid Oil Wars, Terrorism and Economic Collapse |
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Edward Schreyer (Canada) Edward R. Schreyer was appointed Governor General of Canada by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in 1979 and retired from the position in 1984. He was later appointed Canadian High Commissioner to Australia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands, and as ambassador to Vanuatu. He held those positions until 1988. He served as national representative of Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit housing organization. He is also an Honorary Director of the Sierra Legal Defence Fund, and Honorary Advisor to the Canadian Foundation for the Preservation of Chinese Cultural and Historical Treasures, and a Founding Member of the Winnipeg Library Foundation. In 2006 Schreyer was the first former Governor General in Canadian history to run for election to the House of Commons, as the New Democratic Party's candidate in Selkirk—Interlake. |
