CLIMATEAFTERGROWTH
ASHER MILLER
&
ROB HOPKINS
WHY ENVIRONMENTALISTS MUST EMBRACEPOST-GROWTH ECONOMICS AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
About the Authors
Asher Miller
is the Executive Director of Post Carbon Institute. Post Carbon Institute leads the transition to a moreresilient, equitable, and sustainable world by providing individuals and communities with the resources needed tounderstand and respond to the interrelated economic, energy, and ecological crises of the 21st century. Its thirtyFellows are among the most well-respected sustainability experts in the world.
Rob Hopkins
is one of the UK’s most influential environmentalists. He is co-founder of Transition Network andTransition Town Totnes, and a founder of the Transition movement, once described by the BBC as “the biggesturban brainwave of the century.” Transition Network was set up in 2007 to promote and respond to the rapidspread of Transition initiatives around the world, which number more than 1,400 in 44 countries.
Climate After Growth: Why Environmentalists Must Embrace Post-Growth Economics and Community Resilience
By Asher Miller and Rob HopkinsCopyright © 2013 by Post Carbon Institute and Transition Network. All rights reserved.Post Carbon InstituteSanta Rosa, California, USAwww.postcarbon.orgTransition NetworkTotnes, Devon, UKwww.transitionnetwork.org
Contents
Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................................................................... i
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 1
Our “New Normals” .......................................................................................................................................................................... 3
The New Energy Normal ........................................................................................................................................................... 4
The Oil Problem ...................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Impacts ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
The New Climate Normal ........................................................................................................................................................... 8
The New Economic Normal ..................................................................................................................................................... 10
The Case for Community Resilience ............................................................................................................................................ 13
What We Mean By Resilience ................................................................................................................................................... 14
Community Resilience in Action .............................................................................................................................................. 16
Energy ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Food .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Economy .................................................................................................................................................................................. 17
Community Resilience As Economic Development ............................................................................................................. 17
Taking it to Scale.............................................................................................................................................................................. 19
What’s Needed ........................................................................................................................................................................... 20
Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 22
Further Reading .............................................................................................................................................................................. 23
Photo Credits ................................................................................................................................................................................... 24
Endnotes ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 24
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