Modernity bites
James Howard Kunstler Nov 28, 2012
There is surely a correspondence between an exhausted culture and a populace devolved so far into mental dullness that it can't recognize its predicament. We don't seem to … >>
Highlights
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The Peak Oil Crisis: Alternative Futures
A paper published recently by the IMF gives us some insight into how oil prices and availability might affect the global economy in the next decade.
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You Can't Say That!
Yes, the most effective way to slow climate change is to shrink the economy. That statement is inconvenient as hell, but it’s true.
The real trade-off, the real choice we face, is not between climate protection on one hand and economic growth on the other.
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Don't Just Divest, Re-Invest
What we really need is to invest our capital (both financial and sweat) in community-owned, distributed, and small-scale renewable energy. Why? Because we must fundamentally remake the energy economy as if nature, people, and the future actually mattered.
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November is going to be big
You might have noticed we’ve been a bit quiet with emails of late, but off email our movement is anything but quiet -- and things are about to get a whole lot louder.
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Obama, Romney avoid hard truths about energy
One hard truth: The era of cheap oil is over. Even the recent glut of US oil and gas was driven by high prices, which gave industry the incentive to use expensive, risky drilling technology.
latest publications
The Peak Oil Crisis: Descent Into Chaos
Tom Whipple Nov 22, 2012
There is a growing disconnect between forecasts of prodigious amounts of oil coming out of the Middle East in coming decades and what is likely to happen in the region. … >>
A Historic Binational Agreement Gives New Life to the Colorado River Delta
Sandra Postel Nov 21, 2012
The Cienega de Santa Clara is an area of Delta wetlands sustained by agricultural drainage crossing into Mexico from the United States. The … >>
The Peak Oil Crisis: Alternative Futures
Tom Whipple Nov 19, 2012
A paper published recently by the IMF gives us some insight into how oil prices and availability might affect the global economy in the next decade. The paper, entitled … >>
You Can't Say That!
Richard Heinberg Nov 14, 2012
In his November 14 press conference president Obama made a few brief comments about global warming: “There’s no doubt that for us to take on climate change … >>
Some Serious Fracking Exuberance in Gay Paris
Asher Miller Nov 14, 2012
Good news, folks. According to our friends at the International Energy Agency (IEA), the United States will once again be the world's top oil producing nation by 2020. In … >>
in the news
Power From the People in The Nelson Daily
Greg Pahl Nov 26, 2012
PCI's Community Resilience Guide Power From the People was … >>
Orr included in article on Heroes of the Planet
David Orr Nov 21, 2012
Post Carbon Fellow David Orr was one of the Herores of the … >>
McKibben interviewed on 'Do the Math' tour
Bill McKibben Nov 19, 2012
Post Carbon Fellow Bill McKibben was interviewed about his … >>
media
Rob Hopkins: Sustainability and Community (audio)
15:00 Nov 18, 2012
The influential founder of the Transition Towns movement … >>
Rob Hopkins on The Green Interview
6:17 Oct 30, 2012
Silver Donald Cameron talks with Rob Hopkins about the … >>
Local Investment - Michael Shuman
1:15 Oct 30, 2012
Michael Shuman's Keynote on Local Investment was presented … >>
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