Summer may be upon us but — at least for the team at PCI — things are only going to get busier over the next few months. (Picture busy beavers building dams made from heavily marked-up EIA & IEA reports.)
Here's a quick run-down of some of the projects that are currently in our pipeline (pardon the pun):
In July, our new Resilience website will beta launch. This site will build upon the depth of daily information and insight found at energybulletin.net to provide visitors with concrete resources and connections to local groups that are doing the hard work of building food, energy, and economic resilience. In the coming weeks we'll reach out to ask YOU for the groups and projects that most inspire you.
In August, our second Community Resilience Guide —Power from the People — will be published. Written by Greg Pahl, with a foreword by Van Jones, Power from the People explores how homeowners, co-ops, nonprofit institutions, governments, and businesses are putting power in the hands of local communities through distributed energy programs and energy-efficiency measures.
In September, we'll publish "Drill, Baby, Drill?" — another landmark report by PCI Fellow David Hughes — that will take a critical look at all unconventional oil and gas resources, and the claims that the US is embarking on a new golden age of domestic energy security. The report will be accompanied by an animated video that pokes holes (and fun) at the fossil fuel industry's claims about the abundance and benefits of this extreme energy. Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg and team are currently working on a script idea that will remind Simpsons fans of Troy McClure.
In October, we'll launch our Energy Reality Campaign — a multi-prong initiative to increase energy literacy among environmental activists and the general public, and promote energy conservation as a primary strategy to respond to what Michael Klare calls "the Age of Extreme Energy". The centerpiece of the campaign will be a stunning photo & essay book PCI is publishing in partnership with the Foundation for Deep Ecology. The campaign will include a great many creative surprises and ways for you to get involved. So stay tuned.
Each of these projects is a labor of love, passion, and urgency. They also rely heavily on our great partners and supporters — including every one of you who sends us financial support, offers constructive criticism and positive feedback, takes action in your own community, and helps spread the word.
In solidarity,
Asher Miller
Executive Director
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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Debbie Cook Debunks Energy Shill
Interview with Debbie Cook • May 30, 2012
PCI Board President and energy consultant Debbie Cook takes on energy company executive Buck Johns... Watch |
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The Endangered Waters Beneath Our Feet
Post by Sandra Postel • May 28, 2012
Last week, the conservation organization American Rivers released its annual list of the nation's most-endangered rivers. I got to thinking, what if we had a sister list of most-endangered aquifers?... Read more |
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Rethinking Economic Growth
Interview with Joshua Farley • May 25, 2012
PCI Fellow Josh Farley explains the concepts and implcations of money as debt, GDP as a measure of the economy, and economic degrowth... Watch |
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The Little Grocery That Could
Post by Michael Shuman • May 22, 2012
What happens next in the economy — the nation's, the state's, and Seattle's — no longer lies in the hands of Capitol Hill politicians, the Federal Reserve, or even the boards of companies like Microsoft and Starbucks... Read more |
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Michael Pollan and Majora Carter on America's Waste Problem
Video with Majora Carter • May 18, 2012
Michael Pollan and Majora Carter talk about America's waste problem at The Connecticut Forum's "Our Fragile Earth" Forum... Watch |
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On Construction, Cake, and Local Economic Regeneration: Why we should start with the materials
Post by Rob Hopkins • May 16, 2012
What might we learn from the construction, between 1438 and 1448 of the Hospital of St. John in Sherborne that might shape the way we think... Read more |
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Our Nation's River: A System on the Edge
Video with Sandra Postel • May 17, 2012
Post Carbon Water Fellow Sandra Postel is one of the experts included in this short film featuring the Potomac river as an example of he threats to the US river system... Watch |
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Visualize Gasoline
Post by Richard Heinberg • May 10, 2012
Next time you find yourself in traffic, try this nifty thought exercise. Ignore the cars within your field of vision and imagine instead the contents of their fuel tanks. Visualize gasoline flowing up and down the highway... Read more |
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The Peak Oil Crisis: Perspective
Post by Tom Whipple • May 9, 2012
While waiting to see how the Iranian nuclear confrontation and the various Eurozone crises sort themselves out, there is time to step back and look at the interaction of the major forces that will shape our future... Read more |
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Crash Course
Discussion with Chris Martenson, • May 9, 2012
Financial market volatility and depleting natural resources together present a challenging outlook for investors. How can individuals and communities be more resilient amid growing political and fiscal turmoil... Listen |
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Too Hot Not to Notice?
Article by Bill McKibben • May 3, 2012
The Williams River was so languid and lovely last Saturday morning that it was almost impossible to imagine the violence with which it must have been running on August 28, 2011. And yet the evidence was all around... Read more |
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Rob Hopkins: My town in Transition
Video presentation by Rob Hopkins • May 2, 2012
Rob speaks for the first time in detail about Totnes as a case study, and what, after 6 years, we can draw from the experience of Transition Town Totnes.... Watch |
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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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Making visible the invisible: commodification is not the answer
by Marilyn Waring, OpenDemocracy
If you are invisible as a producer in the GDP, you are invisible in the distribution of benefits in the economic framework of the national budget...Read more |
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Peak cycling? Bikes are oil hungry beasts
by Andrew McKay, Transition Voice
Bicycles came to us with the Age of Oil. Can we keep them once the oil is gone? I am a keen cyclist. When I lived in Vancouver last year I would cycle the four miles to and from work six days a week during the warmer months...Read more |
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The impermanence of Eden
by Scott Carlson, The Chronicle of Higher Education
Many journalists go into their line of work wanting to tell stories that will help fix the world, make something broken whole again. I have been writing about the environment, agriculture, city planning, and sprawl... Read more |
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Food fundamentals
by Philip Adams, ABC Australia
Food is a source of joy and comfort but how we produce it is crucial to our collective survival. Lolo Houbein is a South Australian food security advocate and writer... Listen |
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Growing up in the first Great Depression
by Yuba Gals Independent Media, Peak Moment Television
Janaia's mother Rowena grew up in a blue collar family during the 1930s. The kids helped their mom in her own pie delivery business while their dad did construction odd jobs. In this cash-only society, they lived on what they could pay for. .. Watch |
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Before the Lights Go Out: Conquering the Energy Crisis Before It Conquers Us
by Maggie Koerth-Baker boingboing
Maggie writes "Back in April, I got to go on Minnesota Public Radio's "Bright Ideas" to talk about my book, Before the Lights Go Out. Now MPR has... Watch |
transition US update
A monthly update from the US national hub of the international Transition movement.
 Two new courses are launching this July: Train The Trainer (July 12-15 Chicago, IL) -- our second ever 4-day Train the Trainer course for those interested in being trained to facilitate the 2-day Transition Launch (formerly Training for Transition or T4T). We're also offering our first ever Transition Thrive training (July 18-19 Chicago, IL) -- In Transition THRIVE, participants will explore how to boost their Transition Initiative to the next level, sustain & gain momentum and learn new tools to deepen the Transition process. It will be led by two UK Transition Network trainers.
'In Transition 2.0' Film DVD orders are now being accepted! You'll hear about communities printing their own money, growing food everywhere, localizing their economies and setting up community power stations. The film features intiatives right here in the U.S. Consider buying a copy for your local library or school. Place your orders here and buy in bulk too for discounts from 30-40% off.
Catch up on what's happening in our May Roundup of What's Happening out in the World of Transition. |
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events
View our events calendar
 Slow Living Summit 2012
May 30 - June 1, 2012, Brattleboro, VT
An array of speakers and participants include Post Carbon Fellows David Orr, Oberlin College environmental professor and architect of the Obama administration's policy on global warming, Chris Martenson, author of The Crash Course, and PCI Adviser and author James Howard Kunstler.
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 Strategies for a New Economy 2012
June 8-10, 2012, Annandale-on-the-Hudson, NY
Post Carbon Fellows Richard Heinberg, Michael Shuman, Stephanie Mills, David Orr, and Board Member Jenny Kassan will be presenting at the New Economic Institute's Strategies for a New Economy 2012...
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 Spring of Sustainability 2012
March 26 - June 22, 2012, Webcasts
The Spring of Sustainability is bringing the biggest names in sustainability to the world through half-hour daily teleconference presentations, one-day teleconference summits, live events, and telecourses. Post Carbon Fellows Bill McKibben, Richard Heinberg and Rob Hopkins are presenting as part of the programme.
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 The Systems View of Life
June 20-22, 2012, Berkeley, CA
Post Carbon Fellow Richard Heinberg will be a guest speaker at this seminar hosted by the Center of Ecoliteracy. The seminar will feature daily lectures by Fritjof Capra...
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 Aspen Environment Forum 2012
June 22-25, 2012, Aspen, CO
Post Carbon Fellow Richard Heinberg will be a presenter at the 2012 Aspen Environment Forum. For the 5th year of the Forum, our theme will be Living in the New Normal...
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 2012 US Biochar Conference
July 29-Aug 1, 2012, Rohnert Park, CA
The 2012 US Biochar Conference is designed to advance our understanding of the economic, science and policy issues related to biochar as both an amendment for soils as well as an agent to sequester carbon. The conference is organised by United States Biochar Initiative (USBI). Post Carbon Fellow Gloria Flora is director of the USBI....
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 Cultivating Emotional, Social, and Ecological Intelligence
Aug 15-17, 2012, Berkeley, CA
The seminar is based on the Center for Ecoliteracy's forthcoming book, Ecoliterate: How Educators Are Cultivating Emotional, Social, and Ecological Intelligence, coauthored by Daniel Goleman, Lisa Bennett, and executive director Zenobia Barlow, with sections contributed by director of education programs Carolie Sly....
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