The Peak Oil Crisis: Prospects for China
Tom Whipple Sep 1, 2010
Headlines were made recently when it was announced that in July China's GDP surpassed that of Japan to become the world's second largest economy. This was immediately … >>
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FOOD: Growing Community Food Systems
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Can Goldilocks stop this runaway train?
By the time enough of us realize that we're about to run out of track on the fossil-fueled, growth-based economy we've created, will we be able to slam on the brakes enough to avoid hitting the proverbial wall?
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POPULATION: The Multiplier of Everything Else
When it comes to controversial issues, population is in a class by itself.
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9 Challenges of Alternative Energy (Free PDF)
Unlike conventional fossil fuels, where nature provided energy over millions of years to convert biomass into energy-dense solids, liquids, and gases--requiring only extraction and transportation technolgy for us to mobilize them--alternative energy depends heavily on...
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We’re hot as hell and we’re not going to take it any more
So now we know what we didn’t before: making nice doesn’t work. It was worth a try, and I’m completely serious when I say I’m grateful they made the effort, but it didn’t even come close to working. So we better try something else.
latest publications
FOOD: Growing Community Food Systems
Erika Allen Sep 1, 2010
Food systems can be a very powerful tool for resilience. In a revolutionary way, you can completely transform things without people realizing what's happening. >>
Five Years After Katrina, An Important Lesson Goes Unlearned
Sandra Postel Aug 30, 2010
[Excerpt] It's getting harder and harder to blame Mother Nature for the disasters that befall humanity. While hurricanes, floods, droughts and storm surges are … >>
Veils, Boomerangs, and Goldilocks
Asher Miller Aug 28, 2010 3 comments
There's a lot to digest in Michael Lewis' The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine but I was particularly struck by a passage at the very end of the book, which I … >>
Beyond Oil: Activism and Politics
Bill McKibben Aug 26, 2010
[Excerpt] On May 6, a little more than two weeks after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, the first oil washed ashore. It was found on the beaches … >>
Save it for the combine
Jason Bradford Aug 24, 2010
I have been visiting A2R Farms outside of Corvallis Oregon all year. They are a former conventional grass seed farm transitioning to organic seed crops, primarily for … >>
in the news
McKibben on David Letterman
Bill McKibben Sep 1, 2010
Post Carbon Fellow guested on the David Letterman show. … >>
Ryerson and PMC on Mother Nature Network
William Ryerson Sep 1, 2010
Post Carbon Fellow Bill Ryerson's "entertainment … >>
Hopkins in the Montreal Gazette
Rob Hopkins Aug 27, 2010
Post Carbon Fellow Rob Hopkins and the Transition movement … >>
media
Bill McKibben on David Letterman
11:35 Sep 1, 2010
Bill lays out the case for the need to get back to 350 … >>
POST CARBON EXCHANGE #3: Richard Gilbert & David Bragdon
18:00 Sep 1, 2010
(((PLAY FULL SCREEN))) RICHARD GILBERT and … >>
Michael Shuman - TEDxUVM
15:53 Aug 5, 2010
In this talk, Post Carbon Fellow Michael Shuman presents … >>
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