Why COP21 matters, and why I’m going.
On Monday we launch our new book ’21 Stories of Transition’ and today we begin our build up to COP21 in Paris which starts at the end of the month. Often our default setting as people who are motivated...
Imagine if Exxon had told the truth on climate change
Like all proper scandals, the #Exxonknew revelations have begun to spin off new dramas and lines of inquiry. Presidential candidates have begun to call for Department of Justice investigations, and company spokesmen have begun to dig themselves deeper into...
The Benefits of Localism
Interview of Michael Shuman by Steve Dubb, Director of Special Projects, The Democracy Collaborative. Originally published at community-wealth.org. Michael Shuman is an economist, attorney, and globally recognized expert on community economics. He is one of the architects of the...
Study: Fracking Industry Wells Associated With Premature Birth
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Press Release Expectant mothers who live near active natural gas wells operated by the fracking industry in Pennsylvania are at an increased risk of giving birth prematurely and for having high-risk pregnancies,...
Bakken Reality Check
The Bakken Play, located in North Dakota and Montana, is the birthplace of tight (shale) oil and in many ways the poster child of the so-called “shale revolution.” Between 2010 and 2014, oil production in North Dakota grew nearly...
USGS Downgrade of Recoverable Oil in the Monterey Shale of California
In 2011, the EIA published a report that stated the Monterey Shale in California had 15.4 billion barrels of recoverable oil, or two-thirds of the then estimated recoverable tight oil in the US. The EIA subsequently downgraded its estimate...
Richard Heinberg: After the Burn
Download After a two-century-long burning bender, the globe is in for a heck of a hangover. Our guest this week on Sea Change Radio is Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow at the Post-Carbon Institute, and author of a dozen...
Resilience Reflections with Rob Hopkins
Resilience Reflections is a series at Resilience.org which connects with contributors to the site to find out what it is that inspires their work, and what keeps them going. Read more Resilience Reflections here including Sandra Postel. Rob Hopkins...
Groundbreaking State Law Tested in Colorado Headwaters Stream
During low-flow conditions, a pilot project will leave more water in this reach of Willow Creek, a tributary of the Colorado River near Granby, Colorado, to benefit habitat and fish populations. Photo: Geoff Elliott/Grand Environmental Services. By Sandra Postel...
Wisdom: Re-Tuning for a Sustainable Future
Mankind achieved civilization by developing and learning to follow rules that often forbade to do what his instincts demanded…Man is not born wise, rational and good, but has to be taught to become so. Man became intelligent because there...