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Warren Karlenzig, President of Common Current, has developed sustainability strategy and metrics on a global basis with nations, the State of California, major cities, corporations, foundations and international non-governmental organizations. Clients have included the United Nations; US Department of State; the White House Office of Science and Technology; US EPA Futures Group; the Asian Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability; and The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. He is recognized as one of the world's top experts on urban sustainability strategy and metrics, and is the author of How Green is Your City? The SustainLane US City Rankings (New Society, 2007) and Blueprint for Greening Affordable Housing (Global Green USA, 1999).
Warren is on the board of directors for the Climate Change Center and the Korea Green Foundation, and has lectured in three continents, appearing in global media including The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, People's Daily (China), BBC, CNN and CNBC.
Sustainability consultant and Post Carbon Fellow Warren Karlenzig discusses his latest project: a UN-backed green manual for China's megacities.
Originally posted at Common Current. The United States has reached an historic moment. The exurban development explosion that defined national growth during the past two decades has come to a screeching halt, according to … >>
In an effort to broaden the conversation about the horrific Gulf Coast oil spill, nine Fellows of the Post Carbon Institute offer their perspectives on largely underreported aspects and outcomes of the disaster. ERIKA … >>
EXCERPT: In April 2009—just when people thought things couldn’t get worse in San Bernardino County, California—bulldozers demolished four perfectly good new houses and a dozen others still under … >>
How do population, water, energy, food, and climate issues impact one another? What can we do to address one problem without making the others worse? The Post Carbon Reader features essays by some of the world’s most … >>
Post Carbon Warren Karlenzig's recent UN tour of Japan's tsunami hit areas was reported in this piece in the Marin Independent Journal. From the article: Warren Karlenzig, a San Anselmo-based urban sustainability … >>
Richard Heinberg explains why we've hit the end of economic growth as we've known it, and what life can be like after growth.
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