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Last week, Hurricane Irene forced President Obama to cut short his vacation in New England. Returning to the White House, he passed a crowd of over 100 people risking arrest to protest the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. One can only wonder if the President himself made the connection between the pipeline, due to bring ruinous tar sands oil to the US, and the increased likelihood of extreme weather events like the hurricane which just devastated communities up and down the entire eastern seaboard.
Obama's decision to approve or reject the pipeline is its own perfect storm -- a salient moment that brings together the threads of extreme energy, climate change, and political leadership. Which is why, in this month's messenger, we're asking for folks to step up and be part of the conversation.
post carbon productions
In August we released 2 videos. One to tell people what they need to know about economic growth, the other to help us in supporting you in getting the message out there.
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WHO KILLED GROWTH?
Animation by Richard Heinberg, PCI, Monstro Design
Economists insist that recovery is at hand, yet unemployment remains high, real estate values continue to sink, and governments stagger under record deficits. Richard Heinberg proposes a startling diagnosis: humanity has reached a fundamental turning point in its economic history... Watch |
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Please Help Us Deliver a Straight Talk
Video by Tod Brilliant
This is a first for us at Post Carbon Institute/Energy Bulletin: an online 'creative' fundraising campaign. We want to create a presentation deck for all the HUNDREDS of people who have asked us over the years for our slides... Support the campaign |
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the end of growth
Richard Heinberg is out on the road spreading the message about his latest book The End of Growth, published by New Society Publishers. Catch some of Richard's recent interviews and latest releases from the book.
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KunstlerCast #170: The End of Growth - Part 1
In part one of this one-hour conversation, Richard Heinberg, joins James Howard Kunstler by phone to talk about peak oil, financial dysfunction, political convulsions and generational conflict... Listen |
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How to talk about the end of growth: Interview with Richard Heinberg
Just after the release of his newest book, The End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economic Reality, Lindsay Curren sat down with Richard to get his take on what needs to happen to shift the conversation on peak oil and peak debt... Read more |
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CHAPTER 6, PART 1: Managing Contraction, Redefining Progress
So far, we are on course for full-force collision. The fundamental problems with our monetary and financial systems have not been addressed, but only papered over... Watch |
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CHAPTER 6, PART 2: Haircuts for All . . . or Free Money?
To get past the wall of potential financial-monetary collapse, governments would have to resort to extraordinary emergency measures... Read more |
PREPARE FOR ACTION!
Over the past couple of years, we've fielded many requests by our supporters for an effective presentation they can deliver in their own communities. Well, we're on the case! Right now, we're developing a customizable presentation designed to start a dialogue with your friends, family, neighbors, associations, etc. about what the end of cheap and easy oil means for all of us.
We've all heard plenty of one-way preaching. Let's now engage in constructive, persuasive dialogues that lead people to act.
For this presentation to be effective, we'll need your help. We need presenters and we need the funds to help create a framework for training those presenters.
Learn more about the project here. Then, contact us to learn about our Presenter Program. |
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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Facing the New Reality
Post by Richard Heinberg • August 30, 2011
The Community Action Partnership, which is the umbrella organization of Community Action Agencies--which in turn administer the lion's share of anti-poverty programs in the US--has just come out with a report... Read more |
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New USGS Marcellus Shale anaylsis drastically cuts DOE estimates
Post by David Hughes • August 25, 2011
This week the USGS released a new assessment of gas resources in the Marcellus Shale, Appalachian Basin. The report is a reasonable effort by the USGS to sort out some of the wheat from the chaff... Read more |
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Low Carbon and Economic Growth: Are both compatible in developing economies?
Post by Nate Hagens • August 24, 2011
At the intersection of global energy depletion and concerns about human impact on the environment lie some serious and oft overlooked issues. Largely gone from our public discourse is the idea that oil is infinite... Read more |
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The supply of money in an energy-scarce world
Article by Richard Douthwaite • August 19, 2011
Money has no value unless it can be exchanged for goods and services but these cannot be supplied without the use of some form of energy. Consequently, if less energy is available in future... Read more |
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A short, befuddling visit to Perryland and Obamaville
Post by Asher Miller • August 17, 2011
You'd think by now the pathetic arguments of climate deniers would fail to get my goat, but I suppose Texas Governor Rick Perry deserves some kind of credit for taking blatant hypocrisy to a whole new level, and thus managing to raise my ire... Read more |
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What's an Ecocity and Why Should We Care?
Post by Warren Karlenzig • August 17, 2011
"Ecocity" is a popular designation for dozens of global urban centers. Indeed the 9th Ecocity World Summit next week in Montreal, Canada will be packed with city officials, planners, activists, educators, and corporations... Read more |
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David Orr: The Oberlin Project
Video presentation by David Orr • August 15, 2011
David Orr will talks about the US-based Oberlin Project and how it can inspire communities to work collaboratively with other groups to create a greener future... Watch |
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We are heading into a full-blown crisis
Interview with Chris Martenson • August 15, 2011
Jim welcomes Chris Martenson back on Financial Sense Newshour. Chris sees a crisis ahead, and explains why massive fiscal stimulus (QE3) is coming along with gold heading to even greater heights... Listen |
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Toward a Sustainable World Economy
Presentation by William Rees • August 12, 2011
Note that a steady-state is not to be confused with a static state. The economy needn't cease developing, it must merely stop growing. With luck and sound management it could hover indefinitely in the vicinity of its 'optimal scale'... Read more |
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The Peak Oil Crisis: Technology
Article by Tom Whipple • August 12, 2011
Let's face it! The whole fossil fuel thing - widespread use of coal, oil, and natural gas could not have happened without technological advances... Read more |
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Public Health and Medicine in an Age of Energy Scarcity
Article by Brian Schwartz & Cindy Parker • August 9, 2011
Post Carbon Institute's two Health Fellows, have partnered as co-editors on a Special Theme Issue on peak petroleum and health in the leading public health journal, the American Journal of Public Health... Read more |
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GDP IS DEAD: Will the world be happier without it?
Post by Richard Heinberg • August 8, 2011
Memo to politicians: Stop promising to grow GDP and start targeting social benefits you can actually deliver—or prepare to face angry mobs. Nothing grows forever on a finite planet... Read more |
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Stopping poverty through sustainability in the South Bronx: An interview with Majora Carter
Interview with Majora Carter • August 2, 2011
Your message has spread well beyond the South Bronx. What are you working on now?—I am putting all of the pieces together in order to launch... Read more |
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Nate Hagens: We're Not Facing A Shortage of Energy, But A Longage of Expectations
Interview with Nate Hagens • August 2, 2011
Chris Martenson interviews Nate Hagens on energy, its supply/demand dynamics, and the tremendous impact it has on our economic and social identity... 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.
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The twilight of meaning
by John Michael Greer, The Archdruid Report
This is not going to be an easy post to write, and I’m not at all sure it will be any easier to understand; I trust my readers will bear with me. I could begin it in any number of places...Read more |
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Panic on the streets of London
by Laurie Penny , Penny Red
I’m huddled in the front room with some shell-shocked friends, watching my city burn. The BBC is interchanging footage of blazing cars and running street battles in Hackney, of police horses lining up in Lewisham...Read more |
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Making a living for ourselves
by Dave Pollard, how to save the world
By now it should be pretty clear that our economic system is incapable of providing meaningful work for the majority of the population. Real unemployment rates (not the fabricated rates published by our governments) are in excess of 25%... Read more |
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Peak Moment 199: Peak oil blues - we're all bozos on this bus
by Yuba Gals Independent Media Peak Moment
"My own reaction seemed so crazy to me," says psychologist Kathy McMahon of her response to Peak Oil. Wondering if she was the only "wacko", she started the Peak Oil Blues blog to explore her own and readers' responses. ... Watch |
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When technology fails
The Extraenvironmentalist
We speak with engineer, author and speaker Mat Stein about his books, When Technology Fails and the upcoming, When Disaster Strikes. Mat explains how our illusion of abundance and order can be easily shattered... Listen |
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Permaculture Lawns: 15 minutes you don't want to miss
by Ethan Roland, Appleseed Permaculture
Wesleyan University’s Miles Bukiet paints a painful picture of lawns in the over-developed world, and interviews Ethan Roland of AppleSeed Permaculture for some green permaculture solutions... Watch |
transition US update
A monthly update from the US regional hub of the international Transition movement.
 Despite the news of storms and debt, we can't help but get excited about the harvest season. From garden gleaning to crop swaps and 100-mile potlucks, Transition Initiatives across the country are celebrating local food and the community that both creates it and is nurtured by it. Read recent stories from across the country.
Our calendar is filling up with 2-day Training for Transition (T4T) courses taking place this fall. And, over 200 people have registered so far for our next live conversation with Rob Hopkins on "Exploring the Ingredients of Transition". RSVP here.
We also welcome two new official initiatives - (#95) Jamaica Plain New Economy Transition in Massachussets and (#96) Transition Joshua Tree in California! |
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events
View our events calendar
 Mia Birk - Palmetto Joyride!
September 7, 2011, Charlston, SC
Post Carbon Adviser Mia Birk will speak at the Wachovia Center at the College of Charleston. Followed by a Panel Discussion. Bring your questions for the panel,...
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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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