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The Way Forward: Survival 2100

William Rees Jun 22, 2012   

It’s not as if we’re unaware of the problem. Symptoms were already so persistent two decades ago that a proclamation by many of the world’s top scientists warned that “a great change in our stewardship of the earth and the life on it is required ... >>

Bill Rees' Last Lecture

William Rees Feb 02, 2012   

By Justin Richie, The Tyee Last December, after more than 40 years teaching at the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) at the University of British Columbia, Bill Rees gave his … >>

Toward a Sustainable World Economy

William Rees Aug 12, 2011   

This excerpt comes from a presentation by Post Carbon Fellow Bill Rees to the Institute for New Economic Thinking Annual Conference, 'Crisis and Renewal: International Political Economy at the … >>

Is Canada Criminally Negligent on Climate Policy?

William Rees Dec 04, 2009   

[Excerpt] In the lead-up to Copenhagen, the Canadian government's (non)policy on global warming borders on the criminally negligent. This may seem to be an outrageous assertion, particularly to … >>

Plan for Lower Consumption - Or Blunder Through Disasters

William Rees Oct 30, 2009   

Post Carbon Fellow Bill Rees recently deliver the keynote address at the Resilient Cities Conference in Vancouver. This esisode of Radio Ecoshcok features Bill's full speech. It is followed by a … >>

What If...

William Rees Jul 10, 2009   2 comments

Let's face it – the really inconvenient truth is that the age of unconstrained exuberance is over. Techno-industrial society has broken faith with Gaia and is now wrestling its twin demons … >>

On Climate Denial and Market Hypocrisy

William Rees May 08, 2009   

Teaser:  Fellow William Rees: "there can be no solution to the sustainability conundrum" until we face our essential flaws. Fellow William Rees writes in The Mark: … >>