Doria Robinson on scaling up community resilience in the shadow of Chevron
When I was in the US in October I met Doria Robinson, Executive Director of Urban Tilth. Urban Tilth is a non-profit urban agriculture organisation in Richmond, California, in the northern part of the San Francisco Bay Area. I was blown...
Putting Boundries on Selling Stuff
I was asked recently about my “theory of change” in the light of ever-increasing power of corporations that put profits ahead of sustainability of people and the planet. I agree that concentration of corporate power, combined with weakening civic...
Post Carbon Institute’s Top 10 Initiatives in Our First 10 Years
• The Energy Reality Campaign (2013) Nation-wide campaign to increase energy literacy by providing free educational resources to activists (including the book ENERGY: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth, free online essays,...
Taking Action in a Decade of Change
A lot has changed over the last ten years. On September 26, 2003 — the day that Post Carbon Institute was given its official tax-exempt status by the IRS — the Cushing WTI Spot Price for a barrel...
Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals Linked to Fracking Found in Colorado River
The Colorado River flows through the town of Rifle in Garfield County, Colorado. This week, more evidence came in that hydraulic fracturing (or fracking) poses potentially serious risks to drinking water quality and human health. A team of researchers...
Political Analysis – Energy: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth
Credit: Progressive Radio Network | Download Author, eco-activist and senior fellow at the Post Carbon Institute (PCI) Richard Heinberg joins Sandy LeonVest to talk about, among other things, PCI’s new book, “Energy: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth.” They discuss the folly...
Coming Home: E.F. Schumacher and the Reinvention of the Local Economy
Chris Bedfords new 37 minutes film tells the story of the E.F. Schumacher Societys remarkable work that includes founding of the nations first CSA, economic development based on Community Land Trusts, and the creation of the nations most successful...
Annie Leonard on stuff, “citizen muscle”, and what she’s giving this Christmas
What better way to close our month’s theme than to talk to Annie Leonard, creator of the ‘Story of Stuff’ series of videos, who has done more than anyone to popularise...
Scientists Plan for Grand Experiment in the Colorado River Delta
The dry Colorado River Delta against the Cucapá Mountains. Photo by Erik Rochner/National Geographic Once written off as dying of thirst and beyond revival, the delta of the Colorado River is slated to get a rejuvenating flood that for scientists...
SPECIAL BRIEFING: Attacking Fracking’s Achilles Heel — Economics
This is a recording of a special online briefing and conversation with Richard Heinberg and Deborah Rogers to explore how the anti-fracking community can turn the fracking industry’s biggest weapon into their greatest vulnerability. We’re being told that – thanks...