Joshua Farley at the Transition to a New Economy Conference
Post Carbon Fellow Joshua Farley speaking at the Transition to a New Economy Conference 2012.
Local Dollars, Local Sense with Michael Shuman
Credit: Writer’s Voices – KRUU | Download Post Carbon Fellow Michael Shuman joins the show to talk about his latest book Local Dollars, Local Sense.
The Fight of the Century
As economies contract, a global popular uprising confronts power elites over access to the essentials of human existence. What are the underlying dynamics of the conflict, and how is it likely to play out? 1. Prologue As...
Forever Planting (for Peak Oil & Climate Change)
Credit: Radio Ecoshock | Download We depend utterly on fossil fuels, especially to grow our food. From natural gas comes the millions of tons of fertilizers. Oil provides herbicides and pesticides. All is planted and harvested with oil power, driven, shipped or...
Please Explain: How to Save the World—The Global Water Supply
Credit: The Leonard Lopate Show| Download We’re kicking off a series of Please Explains on how to save the world—ways to approach complex global problems such as climate change, food supply, garbage disposal, population control, and violence. Today’s topic is how...
Organics and Sustainability: Reflections on my New York Times Misquote
The phone rang as I was tying up loose ends for my last day in the office before Christmas. New York Times reporter Elisabeth Rosenthal wanted my thoughts on the sustainability of organic agriculture… a subject that I think...
Outside In with Michael Shuman and Stephanie Mills
Michael Shuman Stephanie Mills
Outside In with Michael Shuman and Stephanie Mills from Robert Russell on Vimeo. Stephanie Mills returns with another of her colleagues from the Post Carbon Institute, Michael Shuman. Shuman is author of a number of books on developing local...
The Legal Landscape of Social Enterprise and the Sharing Economy
Janelle Orsi and Jenny Kassan of the Sustainable Economies Law Center present.
Neuroscience, Happiness, and Balancing Self v. Social Interest
Peter Whybrow – PopTech 2008 from PopTech on Vimeo. Leading neuropsychiatrist Peter Whybrow is the author of American Mania: When More Is Not Enough, a neurobiological look at the instinctual and social behaviors that balance a market economy. He...
Economy Sandwich
Explore the new economy with the Sustainable Economies Law Center! How are people putting the lively back in livelihood? Sharing, cooperation, DIY, and the local economy are all wonderful, but they operate in some interesting legal grey areas. Learn...