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

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

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

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

The Future is Rural challenges the conventional wisdom about the future of food in...

Oil, Power, and War: A Dark History

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

Shale Reality Check

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

Tackling Inequality, One Pair of Lederhosen at a Time (Episode 10 of Crazy Town)

Chuck Collins joins Asher, Rob, and Jason in Crazy Town to describe his startling journey from undercover trust fund kid to tireless campaigner for economic equality. Together they examine why Richie Rich, Donald Trump, Scrooge McDuck, and Jeff...

Miller talk at climate event in the Corvallis Gazette Times

Post Carbon Institute Executive Director Asher Miller’s talk at a Corvallis High School event focused on climate change actions, was reported in the Corvallis Gazette Times. From the article: Miller, whose voice broke with emotion at a couple of junctures, focused on the urgency, criticizing himself for not doing enough. “We were working the shallow […]