Post Carbon Institute

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.

Shale Reality Check

Drilling into The U.S. Government’s Rosy Projections for Shale Gas & Tight Oil Production...

The Community Resilience Reader: Essential Resources for an Era of Upheaval

Building resilience at the community level is not only crucial, but possible.

There’s No App for That

Can technology solve the climate crisis, biodiversity loss, and overpopulation?

2016 Tight Oil Reality Check

Putting to the test government forecasts for domestic tight oil production.

Human Predators, Human Prey – Part 3

Crime is always present in complex societies, just as all higher-order organisms are subject to parasites.

Allen quoted in article on Fresh Moves Mobile Market

Post Carbon Fellow Erika Allen was quoted in this article on Chicago Tonight marking the milestone of 10,000 customers served with fruit and vegetables by the Fresh Moves Mobile Market. From the article: On the bus, shoppers can select from an array of fresh fruits and vegetables, about 80 percent of which are grown on […]