issues
support pci
Peak Everything
Governance in the Long Emergency
David Orr May 15, 2013
It is time to talk about important things. Why have we come so close to the brink of extinction so carelessly and casually? ... >>
Articles
Catch up on the latest expert post-carbon thinking with these articles by our Fellows and Advisors, published by Post Carbon Institute and other institutions.
Articles by David Orr
Can We Avoid the Perfect Storm?
David Orr Jun 26, 2012
Evolution equipped us to deal with threats from dependably loathsome enemies and fearsome creatures, but not with the opaque and cumulative long-term consequences of our own technological and demographic success. ... >>
Security by Design
David Orr Jan 19, 2012
It is commonly assumed that our national security depends only on our capacity to project military power beyond our borders and has little to do with how we organize the internal business of the … >>
Security, Resilience and Community
David Orr May 12, 2011
Local security — by which I mean safety and access to food, water, energy, shelter, health, and livelihood — was once assumed to be synonymous with our national capacity to project … >>
Down to the Wire - preface to the paperback edition
David Orr Apr 05, 2011
[Excerpt] I wrote Down to the Wire between 2007 and 2008 when many still believed that the United States was capable of making an effective national response to global climate … >>
Eyeing the difficult path to a sustainable future
David Orr May 26, 2010 6 comments
Environmentalist David Orr says the easy part of helping the United States live within its ecological limits may be passing laws, such as one that puts a price on carbon. The hard part, he … >>
Q&A with Oberlin sustainability expert and author David Orr
David Orr Oct 23, 2009
[Except] David Orr is in high demand -- and in typically high gear. He's professor of Environmental Studies and Politics and adviser to the president of Oberlin College, but also teaches at the … >>
Learning to Live With Climate Change Will Not Be Enough
David Orr Jun 01, 2009
[This is an EXCERPT: read the whole article here] The awareness that humans could alter the climate of Earth has dawned slowly on our consciousness. In 1896, Swedish chemist Svante Arrhenius … >>
meet our fellows
what is pci?
