This page details the initiatives of the Post Carbon Institute.
Post Carbon Institute is both a think, action and education tank. Therefore we develop and proceed with both ideas and initiatives.
The following initiatives are past the development stage and are evolving into movements that are garnering a lot of public interest and engagement.
The following initiatives are still in the development stage, but have moved beyond being ideas into being projects.
GlobalPublicMedia is an internet broadcasting station that streams long format audio and video interviews. It was established in 2001 by Julian Darley, founder and director of Post Carbon Institute. Darley created the media service to cover complex issues, such as environmental degradation, that are largely disregarded by conventional news media. GlobalPublicMedia was also created in response to the trend of mainstream news media to focus primarily on making a profit, increasing ratings and developing news as entertainment.
This media service offers news and analysis provided by world experts from a wide variety of different fields. These in-depth, informed and dissenting viewpoints cover a diverse range of complex issues including
GlobalPublicMedia correspondents provide thorough and introspective interviews, as a result of their wide variety of different educational and experiential backgrounds. The interviews and feature stories are available in audio, video and transcribed versions. Portions of the interviews are available by request for documentary and educational films.
If you would like to volunteer to transcribe for Global Public Media please contact: transcribe@postcarbon.org
Local money is a key aspect of the Relocalization strategy, but also one of the most difficult ones to grasp. Post Carbon Institute is currently researching different successes and failures experienced with the implementation of local currency, to best understand how local currencies can augment and indeed play a central role in developing greater levels of community self-reliance and self-sufficiency.
Post Carbon Institute is also researching the benefits and different characteristics of an energy backed currency. This type of currency would be backed by the production of local renewable reliable energy, in a backing-method similar to the American dollar, when it was backed by gold. In this way, the currency system which is linked to local energy production, would have the effect of confining or restraining the level of economic growth, working to protect local businesses and eco-systems within the community.
For more information about local currency and energy backed currency, please see Post Carbon Institute's new book RELOCALIZE NOW! GETTING READY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE END OF CHEAP OIL (Julian Darley, Celine Rich, David Room, Richard Heinberg) forthcoming summer 2006, New Society.
Also stay tuned for updates on local currency projects, initiated by Local Post Carbon Groups in the Relocalization Network. ...
Train the Speakers, an initiative of Post Carbon Institute, is a program for local leaders, community organizers and interested citizens to learn how to speak on and educate others about global over-reliance on cheap energy. This program will help the participants engage the public, organize concerned community members and faciliate public meetings, events and organizations focused on Relocalization strategies. Please visit this page again in the near future to learn about the next Train the Speakers event in your area.
This message was posted on March 13, 2006.