The End of Growth – Auckland, New Zealand, September 2012
Post Carbon Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg took his challenging and compelling messages on resilience, sustainability and a healthy future to Auckland on September 30, 2012. He asked and answered some of the most challenging questions we face today.
Ethics Matter: A Conversation with Bill McKibben
Credit: Carnegie Council | Download ..what brings Bill McKibben to Carnegie Council today is not only the attention he has paid to global warming; it’s what he says is the solution. McKibben believes our best hope lies not in appealing to our...
Power Play: Creating Local, Sustainable Power Sources
Credit: Vermont Edition | Download Forget massive, centralized power production – writer Greg Pahl says communities can plan and finance their own local energy sources. Pahl is the author of the new book, Power From The People: How to Organize, Finance, and...
Why Growth Is Ending (the elevator pitch)
Diminishing Returns. Of the three phases of the industrial period (coal/steam/railroads, 1800-1930; oil/electrification/automobiles, 1930-1980; and computers/cell phones/Internet, 1980-present), the second yielded the lion’s share of growth. By the 1980s, electrification and car-buying had reached a point of diminishing returns in...
Paul Gilding: Curbing Consumption: Forging a New Economic Model
Paul Gilding: Curbing Consumption: Forging a New Economic Model from World Affairs Council on Vimeo. Post Carbon Fellow Paul Gilding and author of The Great Disruption is an independent writer, advisor and advocate for action on climate change and...
REVOLUTION EPISODE 4: Steamships, Spinoza & Canine Eugenicists
By now it’s clear that the creators of NBC’s Revolution have little interest in exploring the mechanics of a post-industrial world. A pity as the material is so rich and, I think, timely for Americans who are more...
The End of Economic Growth – Richard Heinberg in Adelaide
Richard Heinberg has dedicated his life to understanding the notion of ‘The End of Economic Growth’, why it is upon us and how humanity should best prepare and recalibrate itself for life in world beyond peak oil. Richard gave...
Australia, Meet the Post-Growth Economy
Australia is betting its future on resource extraction for a growing China, hoping its own economy will expand to support up to twice as many people by mid-century. The folly of this strategy is exposed as China’s manufacturing falters....
The emergence of regional Transition? A fascinating day in Lille
The question of what a top-down response to peak oil, climate change and economic contraction, and the regional rolling out of resilience, might look like, has been often discussed since the early days of the Transition movement. There was...
The Texas Observer Interviews Bill McKibben
Texas Observer reporter Forrest Wilder meets with author, educator and activist Bill McKibben to discuss politics and the environment.