Heinberg on Radio New Zeland, Saturday Morning
Credit: Radio New Zealand | Download Richard Heinberg talks about the urgent need to transition away from fossil fuels, and The End of Growth.
The Peak Oil Crisis: Oil & the Arctic Meltdown
Last week brought the news that this summer the Arctic icecap shrank to an all-time low of roughly half the size it was in 1980. While this is the lowest ever seen since satellite monitoring began 33 years ago,...
Revolution Episode 2: Step on a Nail and Die, Already
Every week, PCI’s Tod Brilliant will be offering an assessment of NBC’s new J.J. Abrams sci-fi drama, REVOLUTION. Why the TV talk at PCI? Two reasons: 1. PCI Population Fellow William Ryerson has spent decades advocating, with great success,...
Day three at the Degrowth conference in Venice: “We don’t just need more jobs, we need useful jobs”
This is one of a series of posts from Rob Hopkins’ blog Transition Culture. The theme for today was work. The first plenary session featured four speakers. The first, Gilbert Rist from Institut Universitaire de Hautes Etudes in Geneva,...
The End of Growth
Credit: Fuzzy Logic Science | Download Richard Heinberg presents on The End of Growth. Recorded in Canberra, 21 Sept.
The Peak Oil Crisis: A New Malaise
It has now been more than 33 years since Jimmy Carter’s famous "malaise’ speech given in July 1979. As this speech is often cited as the beginning of the end for the Carter Presidency, no politician in the intervening...
Local Dollars, Local Sense on ABC Brisbane
Credit: ABC Brisbane | Download If you’ve got a mortgage, then you’re probably hoping that the Reserve Bank will cut interest rates again before Christmas. But for those of you who are self-funded retirees, any interest rate cut means a drop in...
Revolution: J.J. Abrams tells the Inconvenient Truth
Every week, PCI’s Tod Brilliant will be offering an assessment of NBC’s new J.J. Abrams sci-fi drama, REVOLUTION. Why the TV talk at PCI? Two reasons: 1. PCI Population Fellow William Ryerson has spent decades advocating, with great...
Interview with Ms Majora Carter
Interview with Ms. Majora Carter at The Hill School (9/13/12) from The Hill School on Vimeo. Majora Carter talks about what inspires her work.
Bill Ryerson Population Travel Notes: 2, Burundi
Greetings from Kigali, Rwanda. I am just finishing a week of meetings in Burundi and Rwanda regarding new projects Population Media Center is planning. I was accompanied on the visit to Burundi by Theo Nzeyimana, PMC’s Rwandese producer. ...