20/20 Vision is organizing a series of conferences this year to highlight the dangers of oil dependence and explore alternatives. Portland’s event is this Saturday at PSU.

The cover story for this week’s issue of Willamette Week is about a Peak Oil activist.

By way of News for Neighbors, we learned that Richard Heinberg will be speaking in Portland on January 20th. Richard is author of Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World. Details can be found at Living Earth.