DO YOU FEEL IT? That wave of euphoria and relief that rolled out of Washington D.C. like a tsunami of smart leadership? No? Neither did we. We're not sure anyone did.
At best, the debt ceiling deal is the equivalent of hitting the snooze button on the alarm clock. At worst, this entire saga has shown us that our national political leadership is fundamentally incapable of, well, the leadership required to meet the fundamental challenges we face. The fact is there was no good plan -- on the table or off. There's no such thing as a 'return to normal' where the good old American economy will kick into gear and throw off centuries of debt through the increased consumption of non-renewable resources. Memo to Obama, Boehner and the rest of the greasy palms: It's time to stop reading Keynes or Milton Friedman and start reading, well, things like this: Debt Tantrum on a Sinking Ship and The End of Growth.
latest publications
Read, watch or listen to the latest content by our Fellows, Board, Advisers and Staff anytime on our website. Here are some selections from the last month:
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Debt Tantrum on a Sinking Ship
Post by Richard Heinberg • July 25, 2011
President Obama and House Speaker Boehner are both right, but they're both tragically wrong. And unless they can somehow wake up and see why they're wrong, we all lose—big time.... Read more |
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Conservation: There Is No Alternative
Article by Richard Heinberg • July 25, 2011
Energy conservation is our best strategy for pre-adapting to an inevitably energy-constrained future. And it may be our only significant option for averting economic, social, and environmental ruin...provides an analysis of two conflicting studies... Read more |
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A Conversation with Rob Hopkins (and hosted by Richard Heinberg)
Conversation with Rob Hopkins • July 19, 2011
Richard Heinberg hosts a conversation with Rob Hopkins on New Thinking in Transition... Listen |
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Will North America Be the New Middle East?
Article by Bill McKibben • July 15, 2011
The climate problem has moved from the abstract to the very real in the last 18 months. Instead of charts and graphs about what will happen someday, we've got real-time video: first Russia burning, then Texas and Arizona on fire. .. Watch |
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A Black Hole of Debt
Conversation with Richard Heinberg • July 15, 2011
KMO welcomes repeat guests Richard Heinberg and Dmitry Orlov back to the C-Realm Podcast to compare notes on the state of economic transition in which we find ourselves... Listen |
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Conservation in San Antonio is Saving More than Water
Article by Sandra Postel • July 15, 2011
Who would believe that a translucent sightless amphibian that dwells only in dark underground caves could force a big Texas city to not only slash its water use but make water waste illegal?... Read more |
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Petroleum Propaganda 101: Develop vs Deplete
Post by Richard Heinberg • July 10, 2011
The following POP QUIZ is brought to you in part by the American Petroleum Institute: Which sounds better?... Read more |
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The peak oil crisis: at mid-year
Article by Tom Whipple • July 6, 2011
The last six months have been a wild ride. The Arab awakening, the Japanese tsunami, the EU's continuing economic crises, rising temperatures, drought, floods, and another major surge in oil prices have combined to darken the outlook for the months ahead. .. Read more |
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fellows and advisers in the press
energy bulletin highlights
Below is a selection of recent articles and media appearing on Energy Bulletin.
energy bulletin featured articles
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Cut energy demand to meet shortage
by Ng Weng Hoong, Energy Bulletin
Between April last year and March this year, the world was struck by three Black Swan events that 'everyone' knew would happen, yet, strangely, seemed unprepared for when they did...Read more |
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Living at the edge of the world
by Sharon Blackie, Dark Mountain Project
Okay, so we all know it's going to hell in a handbasket. We just don't know when. And so the question becomes what we do in the meantime — how do we live now, clinging as we all are to the fraying edges of a 'civilisation' that is so cut off from anything real...Read more |
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Rich little poor girl
by Corbyn Hightower, Shareable
I am a happy poor person. There are many things I have had to give up and get adjusted to, going from a comfortably middle-class, corporate-suburban existence to living a lifestyle far below the poverty line... Read more |
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Peak Moment 197: Portable House, Simple Life
by Yuba Gals Independent Media Peak Moment
Embarrassed by her middle class affluence after a visit to Guatemala, Dee Williams grabbed her hammer, built a tiny house on wheels, downsized to less than 400 possessions, and parked her house in a friend's yard... Watch |
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The Wealth of Nature
by Carl Etnier, Equal Time Radio
What do you get when you cross Adam Smith's economic classic, The Wealth of Nations, with E.F. Schumacher's Small is Beautiful? Something like John Michael Greer's latest book... Listen |
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What a waste! Part 2
by Jill Cloutier, Sustainable World Radio
In Part 2 of an interview author Carol Steinfeld, we talk more in-depth about human waste as a resource... Listen |
transition US update
A monthly update from the US regional hub of the international Transition movement.
 A big thank you to Rob Hopkins and Richard Heinberg for graciously taking part in a live conversation with over 300 callers this month. It was both inspiring and heartwarming. We encourage anyone who missed it live to listen to the recording online. Every month, Transition US offers training sessions, tele-salons and talks with experts. Our next call with Rob will be on Monday, September 12th at 8:00 AM Pacific - save the date!
From Powerdown Week in Milwaukee (WI) to a Village Building Convergence in Vermont to the first planning meeting of Transition Hollywood, read the July Roundup of What's Happening in the World of Transition for more stories and find an initiative near you. |
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events
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 Richard Heinberg at the Community Action Partnership Annual Convention
August 23-26, 2011, San Francisco, CA
Post Carbon Fellow Richard Heinberg will a present on August 25th at the Community Action Partnership Annual Convention...
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 Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation's annual symposium
September 9, 2011, Eugene, OR
Post Carbon Board Member Jenny Kassan will be one of the keynote speakers at this event titled "The Local Revolution: How Relationships and Legal Policies are Helping Create Sustainable Communities Around the Country"...
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 The End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economic Reality
September 18, 2011, Bolinas, CA
Post Carbon Fellow Richard Heinberg presents his new book The End of Growth. The event is co-presented with the Post Carbon Institute, Point Reyes Books, the Regenerative Design Institute, Transition West Marin, and the Mainstreet Moms...
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 Prairie Festival 2011
September 22-25, 2011, Salina, KA
Post Carbon Fellows Richard Heinberg and Wes Jackson will be among the presenters at the Land Institute's annual Prairie Festival...
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 Richard Heinberg at Kansas City Association of Energy Engineers
September 23, 2011, Kansas City, KA
Post Carbon Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg will present at the Kansas City Association of Energy Engineers...
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 'Exporting Coal, Importing Climate Change', EGA Annual Retreat
September 25-28, 2011, Jackson, WY
Post Carbon Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg will be a presenter at the September 26th session on 'Exporting Coal, Importing Climate Change'...
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 Sustainability in Crisis
September 26-28, 2011, Cambridge, UK
Post Carbon Fellow Bill McKibben will be one of the keynote speakers at this event a three-day cross-disciplinary consultation aimed at thought-leaders, academics, campaigners and policy-makers, representing a variety of religious perspectives or none...
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 Vermont Renewable Energy Conference
October 11-12, 2011, Burlington, VT
Post Carbon Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg will present on October 12th at the 2011 Renewable Energy Vermont conference and EXPO...
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 Slow Money 2011 National Gathering
October 12-14, 2011, San Francisco, CA
Post Carbon Fellows Wes Jackson and David Orr will be among the speakers at this year's Slow Money gathering. Join the emerging network of investors, donors, entrepreneurs, farmers, and activists who are giving birth to the nurture capital industry....
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Image credit: Obama & Boehner — Associated Press
Image credit: Bike — Mikael Colville-Andersen/flickr
Image credit: Texas blind salamandar — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Image credit: Reskilling for Resilience display — Transition Charlotte, VT
Image credit: Black swan — kloniwotski/flickr |
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