Richard Heinberg at University of Albany
The End of Growth presented by Richard Heinberg of the Post Carbon Institute. Audio presentation recorded Mar. 27, 2012 at Page Hall, UAlbany as part of The Capital District Transition Network and Capital Region Energy Forum.
Will Modern Phoenix Outlast the Prehistorical Hohokam?
Darell Duppa, a late nineteenth century pioneer of the American Southwest, may barely warrant a historical footnote, but he left one memorable legacy: he named the capital city of the state of Arizona. With a classical education and five languages...
Census and Experts Confirm Death of Sprawl in US
Originally posted at Common Current. The United States has reached an historic moment. The exurban development explosion that defined national growth during the past two decades has come to a screeching halt, according to the latest US Census figures....
Talking Happiness
I’m writing this on a plane, on my way home from four conferences on the “new economy.” Clearly there is rapidly growing interest in this subject, due in no small degree to the ongoing disintegration, and worsening dysfunction,...
Richard Heinberg NPR (WYPR Baltimore)
Credit: WYPR | Download In this in-depth interview, Richard Heinberg discusses the roots of the global economic slowdown and the "new normal" we can expect moving forward. Midday is WYPR’s daily public affairs program heard from noon-2pm, Monday-Friday. Hosted by longtime Baltimore...
INVEST IN YOURSELF: Building Personal Economic Resilience & Community Strength
PCI Local Economies Fellow Michael Shuman joins PCI Economy & Preparedness Fellow Chris Martenson to discuss how you can prepare yourself, your family and your community to weather turbulent economic times. This is a recording of video chat recorded...
Dealing with energy shock in Japan
Credit: Radio Ecoshock | Download We have a new report from Warren Karlenzig, who just toured Japan with a United Nations group. As the founder of Common Current, Warren advises city and national governments on sustainability. He’s a Fellow of the Post...
A Century of Writing About Climate Change
Credit: KERA – Think | Download How is our accelerating use of the planet’s resources permanently altering the environment? Kris Boyd talks with acclaimed environmental writer Bill McKibben, editor of “The Global Warming Reader: A Century of Writing About Climate Change” (Penguin,...
Bill McKibben on Keystone, Congress, and Big-Oil Money
Author/activist Bill McKibben says environmentalists cannot ease up after their recent victory in the fight against the Keystone XL pipeline. In a conversation with Yale Environment 360 contributor Elizabeth Kolbert, he talks about what he’s learned about the power...
The Peak Oil Crisis: Our Natural Gas Glut
With global warming driving down the demand for natural gas as a home heating fuel and natural gas drillers producing record amounts, an oversupply situation has developed quickly. Stocks of natural gas are rising. As a result natural gas...