The first date to mark on your calendar: October 10. Working with our friends at the 10:10 campaign, we're going to make the tenth day of the tenth month of the millennium's tenth year a real starting point for concrete action.
We desperately need to start telling ourselves a new story, one that at least fits the known data, and we need to be far more urgent in our preparations for a future that is now upon us. This is not a US or a UK story, but one that applies equally to us all, no matter where we live. It is a global story.
With all the efforts going into urban climate action plans and carbon reduction, will many cities and suburbs be caught unprepared for other sustainability crises, such as acute water or energy shortages?
It's an uncomfortable idea, but one that cannot be ignored: The "normal" late-20th century economy of seemingly endless growth actually emerged from an aberrant set of conditions that cannot be perpetuated...
The campaign against climate science has been enormously clever, and enormously effective. It’s worth trying to understand how they’ve done it. The best analogy, I think, is to the O.J. Simpson trial...
One of foundational challenges of any social movement is “changing the conversation.” That is, transforming an existing paradigm (say, some people are less … >>
Dear Friends, Well, no one said it was going to be easy. Last year, thanks to many of you, we built up enormous momentum for climate solutions. The global day of … >>
Now that I have returned from my UK trip, where I had the opportunity to present the main story of the Crash Course at the Parliament, at the London School of Economics, … >>
Last post I covered some guiding principles for urban resilience planning in the face of climate change and diminishing resources (especially fresh water and oil). … >>
[Excerpt] When Michael Wood-Lewis and his wife, Valerie, moved from Washington, D.C., to the south end of Burlington, Vermont, in 1998, "we'd landed in what we … >>
Last week the stock markets soared when it was announced that the U.S. had lost only 36,000 jobs in February - less than Wall Street economists were predicting. In the … >>
Post Carbon Fellows Rob Hopkins and Bill McKibben are both … >>
Post Carbon Fellow was at the recent launch of New York … >>
Post Carbon Fellow Michael Shuman was quoted in this piece … >>
Post Carbon Fellow Chris Martenson, presented to the All … >>
Post carbon Fellow Erika Allen, Chicago Projects Manager … >>
Are current corporate-dominated international institutions … >>
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