David Fridley Richard Heinberg
World energy policy is gripped by a fallacy — the idea that coal is destined to stay cheap for decades to come. This assumption supports investment in ‘clean-coal’ technology and trumps serious efforts to increase energy conservation and develop...
Peter Whybrow – PopTech 2008 from PopTech on Vimeo. Leading neuropsychiatrist Peter Whybrow is the author of American Mania: When More Is Not Enough, a neurobiological look at the instinctual and social behaviors that balance a market economy. He...
Explore the new economy with the Sustainable Economies Law Center! How are people putting the lively back in livelihood? Sharing, cooperation, DIY, and the local economy are all wonderful, but they operate in some interesting legal grey areas. Learn...
Fossil fuels have powered human growth and ingenuity for centuries. Now that we’re reaching the end of cheap and abundant oil and coal supplies, we’re in for an exciting ride. While there’s a real risk that we’ll fall off...
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One reason I like to host seminars at the Center for Ecoliteracy is that you never know who is going to show up. Last August, one of the 80 people who participated in our Short Course on Systems Thinking...