Peak Oil, many have argued, is just one symptom of an unsustainable culture. In this presentation, Toby Hemenway will describe how our civilization has become unsustainable, and will show how permaculture can guide us back to a way of life that can preserve both our species and the others we share the Earth with.

Bio: TOBY HEMENWAY is the author of "Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture," Scholar-in-Residence at Pacific University, and adjunct professor at Portland State University. He is Director of the Center for Pattern Literacy, and Field Director for the Permaculture Institute (USA). Toby is the former editor of Permaculture Activist magazine, and his articles have appeared in "Fine Gardening, Natural Home, Whole Earth Review", and other national periodicals.