Local Dollars, Local Sense – Boulder Bookstore presentation
Michael Shuman talks about his book Local Dollars, Local Sense. Recorded at the Boulder Bookstore on February 22, 2012.
Debbie Cook Debunks Energy Shill
An interview with PCI Board Member and energy consultant Debbie Cook, and energy company executive Buck Johns.
The Endangered Waters Beneath Our Feet
Fish-shaped Long Island, New York, is underlain by aquifers that are its sole source of drinking water. Photo courtesy of NASA/Wikimedia Commons. Last week, the conservation organization American Rivers released its annual list of the nation’s most-endangered rivers. I...
Rethinking Economic Growth
PCI Fellow Josh Farley explains the concepts and implcations of money as debt, GDP as a measure of the economy, and economic degrowth. Recorded at the 2012 Montreal Degrowth conference for The Extraenvironmentalist.
Equality and Inequality in a Shrinking Economy–Strategies and Consequences – Video Chat
Browser does not support iframes! Political economist, activist and writer Gar Alperovitz and Post Carbon Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg discuss ‘Equality and Inequality in a Shrinking Economy–Strategies and Consequences’. This is a recording of video chat recorded May 22,...
The Little Grocery That Could
What happens next in the economy – the nation’s, the state’s, and Seattle’s – no longer lies in the hands of Capitol Hill politicians, the Federal Reserve, or even the boards of companies like Microsoft and Starbucks. It depends on...
Michael Pollan and Majora Carter on America’s Waste Problem
Michael Pollan, author of "The Omnivore’s Dilemma," and Majora Carter talk about America’s waste problem with Dan Esty, Commissioner of CT’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and John Dankosky, host of WNPR’s "Where We Live." The panelists participated...
Our Nation’s River: A System on the Edge
Post Carbon Water Fellow Sandra Postel is one of the experts included in this short film featuring the Potomac river as an example of he threats to the US river system. The film was top of the list in...
On construction, cake, and local economic regeneration: why we should start with the materials
What might we learn from the construction, between 1438 and 1448 of the Hospital of St. John in Sherborne (see above) that might shape the way we think about construction in the 21st century? While the bulk of the...
Richard Heinberg – International Permaculture Day 2012
Mike Grenville of Transition Forest Row, interviews Richard Heinberg on Permaculture and it’s relationship with The End of Growth.