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UPDATE: April 29th: We received an email from one of the students organzing the protest with the following news: We won. Students who wish to avoid Tillerson's speach will be allowed to do so, … >>
A new PCI report by Post Carbon Fellow David Hughes was featured in today's New York Times. From the article by Tom Zeller Jr. [Excerpt] David Hughes, a geoscientist and … >>
We have received a number of requests to make available the slidedeck to Richard's End of Growth: Preparing for a new normal presentation. The slideshow can be viewed below or by following the … >>
Leave it to the bombing campaign in Libya to remind us that the ongoing horror in Japan isn't the only thing to lose sleep over. Japan and the North Africa/Middle East region are each about five … >>
With instability in the Middle East driving oil prices higher, huge cracks are widening in the global economy. In an effort to broaden the conversation about Middle East unrest and its … >>
As oil prices reach $100 a barrel for the first time since 2008, many people are wondering whether 2011 will see a replay of crashing car sales, nose-diving airlines, and fuel-starved farmers. … >>
It has taken two months for the contagion that began with the immolation of a fruit seller in Tunisia to reach the first significant oil producing nation. As oil production in Libya grinds to a … >>
Hardly a day goes by now without reports of new demonstrations against the established order in some corner of the world. What started in Tunisia, spread to Egypt, has now metastasized in many … >>
One day, a fruit and vegetable seller was arrested in Tunisia, sparking social unrest, and a few weeks later the government of Egypt was set to topple. Such is the nature of complex, … >>
Twenty six (26) units of fossil fuel energy goes into producing one (1) unit of food energy in the form of beef. While fossil fuels provide us with tremendous labor efficiency, we can no longer say we have an energy efficient way to make food since food production is now an energy sink. ... >>
In Rebuilding the Foodshed Philip Ackerman-Leist refocuses the local-food lens on the broad issue of rebuilding regional food systems that can replace the destructive aspects of industrial agriculture, meet food demands affordably and sustainably, and be resilient enough to endure potentially rough times ahead.
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what is pci?Founded in 2003, Post Carbon Institute is leading the transition to a more resilient, equitable, and sustainable world. The Institute has gathered 29 of the world's leading experts on a wide range of interdependent social and scientific issues.
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