Banks. We can’t live with them, we can’t live without them. Yet. Much has been written about the role of banks in creating austerity, and coercing whole nations to dismantle and sell off public services and national assets, while being...
By Chuck Collins, Sarah Byrnes This morning in Boston, seven people sat down in front of construction equipment, blocking construction of a fracked gas pipeline coming into the heart of the city. This evening, the Jamaica Plain Time Exchange...
Modern industrial-scale agriculture has proven incompatible with the structure and function of natural systems. To reverse the abusive practices that are undermining the long-term health of the land, humans, and non-human species, a new agricultural paradigm that mimics rather...
In October 2013, Peter Lipman and I travelled to the US, initially to be part of the Environmental Grantmakers’ Association annual retreat, but also to visit a number of Transition groups. I had, at the time, not flown for...
Economist Michael Shuman discusses “Pollinating” local business in Keene on WKBK radio.
My friend Lucy Neal sent me a photo of me the other day, taken at the Transition Network conference in 2012 at Battersea Arts Centre. On the final day of the event, we did a remarkable exercise, the Transition...
Post Carbon Fellow Michael Shuman tells how the local economy empower citizens. Michael Shuman on Resilient Local Economies Part 1 from Paul Bishop on Vimeo.
Post Carbon Fellow Janelle Orsi talks with Pamela Brown and Micky Metts on the Laura Flanders show. Note: The interview begins at 12:00 minutes.
In her framing editorial for our theme of burnout and balance, Sophy Banks asked: “What should leaders in our groups and our movement be modelling to show that well being and balance are more important than always doing? To...
Post Carbon Fellow Richard Heinberg discusses PCI’s work in an interview on the Vorwaarts! show of Dutch radio station Redactie Radio Centraal. Part 1 Download Part 2 Download