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Our Fellows, Advisors, Board and staff weigh in on the top issues of the day.
In his article in the New York Times September 24, “Oil Industry Sets a Brisk Pace of New Discoveries”, staff reporter Jad Mouawad cites oil discoveries totaling ten billion barrels … >>
Songdo International Business District, South Korea On the eve of G-20 meetings this week in the heart of the United States, the momentum of climate change leadership is ironically taking shape … >>
[Excerpt] Judging from the UN speech, I am starting to doubt it. For those of us who care desperately about the climate, President Obama’s speech on Tuesday—the first to the world body … >>
[Excerpt] Here's a question whose answer might surprise you: what American songwriter penned the most-listened-to piece of environmental protest music of all time? Somebody with an acoustic … >>
[Excerpt] A few years ago my writers' group, which happened to consist of six non-mothers (we dubbed it the Child-free Ladies’ Mind Workers Union Local #1), got into a discussion of our … >>
The peak oil thesis holds that the cessation of further growth in world oil production will be accompanied by wild price swings as the world attempts to adjust to the new state of affairs. Now … >>
"No phosphorus, no thought." - Frederick Soddy Books, blogs, and articles about local foods have been popping up with high frequency recently. I am not going to get into … >>
Teaser: In my previous post, I highlighted how growing Asian urbanization is expected to contribute more than half of the world's growth in greenhouse gases over the next 20 years... … >>
This is a presentation, complete with speakers notes, which I gave recently. The presentation sets out Transition Towns as a response to the converging crises in the economy, energy and the … >>
The economic news has been relatively quiet in recent weeks. The wild plunges in the various indexes that were happening last winter have subsided. The financial writers and cable networks are … >>
In Rebuilding the Foodshed Philip Ackerman-Leist refocuses the local-food lens on the broad issue of rebuilding regional food systems that can replace the destructive aspects of industrial agriculture, meet food demands affordably and sustainably, and be resilient enough to endure potentially rough times ahead.
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what is pci?Founded in 2003, Post Carbon Institute is leading the transition to a more resilient, equitable, and sustainable world. The Institute has gathered 29 of the world's leading experts on a wide range of interdependent social and scientific issues.
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