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Community Resilience

Providing information to help people and their communities weather the environmental, economic, and energy storms of the 21st century.

The Energy Transition

Bringing evidence and systems thinking to the debate over fossil fuel production, the renewable energy transition, and the role of energy in modern life.

Limits to Growth

Highlighting the impossibility of infinite economic growth on our finite planet, and offering ideas for "better" instead of bigger.

Resumen Ejecutivo: ¿Cuánto durará la revolución de las lutitas?

Este informe pretende cuantificar el impacto de los avances tecnológicos recientes en la producción...

How Long Will the Shale Revolution Last?: Technology versus Geology and the Lifecycle of Shale Plays

This report provides a realistic assessment of future production in the the top ten...

The Future is Rural: Food System Adaptations to the Great Simplification

Available for order in hard-copy format! The Future is Rural challenges the conventional wisdom...

Oil, Power, and War: A Dark History

by Matthieu Auzanneau Foreword by Richard Heinberg The story of oil is one of...

The Human Predicament

We face a “perfect storm” of interacting global stressors. Is resilience a possible response? This is Nate Hagens' keynote address discussing the issues from The Resilience Gathering 2019.

Allen talks farming for social change on ABC News

Post Carbon Fellow Erika Allen was interviewed about her work with the Urban Growers Collective in Chicago. From the article: At sites throughout the city, the women-owned farms of Urban Growers Collective are providing a vehicle for social justice and food security through urban farming and gardening. “We farm and use farming as a way […]