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The Peak Oil Crisis: A New Malaise

It has now been more than 33 years since Jimmy Carter’s famous "malaise’ speech given in July 1979. As this speech is often cited as the beginning of the end for the Carter Presidency, no politician in the intervening...

Local Dollars, Local Sense on ABC Brisbane

Credit: ABC Brisbane | Download If you’ve got a mortgage, then you’re probably hoping that the Reserve Bank will cut interest rates again before Christmas. But for those of you who are self-funded retirees, any interest rate cut means a drop in...

Bill Ryerson Population Travel Notes: 2, Burundi

Greetings from Kigali, Rwanda.  I am just finishing a week of meetings in Burundi and Rwanda regarding new projects Population Media Center is planning.  I was accompanied on the visit to Burundi by Theo Nzeyimana, PMC’s Rwandese producer.  ...

Richard Heinberg explains peak oil

Credit: Midday: ABC Classic FM | Download Margaret Throsby interviews Richard about his life and work, and invites him to select the music. Violin image via shutterstock

The Value of Innovative Think Tanks

A recent article highlights the vital role forward-looking think tanks are playing in these times of economic turmoil. Though written for a European audience, it’s directly relevant to the situation anywhere on the globe. The author cites Post Carbon...

A River in New Zealand Gets a Legal Voice

It speaks the language of riffles and babbles, not legal rights and codes, but the Whanganui River, New Zealand’s third largest, has received something no other river in the country – and possibly the world – yet has: a...

A Summer of Extremes Signifies the New Normal

This summer has seen record heat waves and wildfires in the U.S, the worst flooding in Beijing’s modern history, and droughts that devastated the U.S. corn crop and led India to set up “refugee camps” for livestock. These extreme...

My TEDx Talk: Collective Intelligence for Sustainable Cities

TEDx Mission recently invited me to speak at their San Francisco event on how cities are using collective intelligence approaches to address climate change and climate change adaptation. Crowdsourcing and savvy planning are producing healthier quality of life and more...

The Peak Oil Crisis: Summer’s End

As Labor Day nears, a quiet summer seems poised to turn into an autumn to remember. Our concern here, as it has been for many years now, is the price and availability of oil products vital to our civilization....