Community resilience in an era of upheaval
PCI Director of Education and Publications, Daniel Lerch, presents on limits to energy resources, and building community resilience.
The Community Resilience Reader interview – Go Green Radio
Virtually every American city and town has an insurmountable backlog of infrastructure maintenance and replacement. In addition, cities from coast to coast are grappling with the worsening effects of climate change, such as stronger storms and greater temperature...
Webinar: Community Resilience and Education
The Community Resilience Reader editor Daniel Lerch (Post Carbon Institute) and contributor Bill Throop (Green Mountain College) discuss what community resilience really means in this time of multiple sustainability crises, and how the education system –both formal and informal–...
Webinar: Community Resilience in an Era of Upheaval
On February 27, 2018, Island Press hosted a well-attended webinar on our 2017 book, The Community Resilience Reader: Essential Resources for an Era of Upheaval. Editor Daniel Lerch and contributors Richard Heinberg (Post Carbon Institute) and Rebecca Wodder presented...
Vermont has Developed America’s Most Comprehensive Food Plan
Everything Is at Stake, Including Steak
The Community Resilience Reader: Radio Ecoshock interview
NOTE: Daniel’s interview begins at 4:12 mins “Resilience” is a key word for a spectrum starting with collapseniks all the way to big city Mayors and regional planners. But what is it? Has anybody thought this through? Enter The...
Introduction to The Community Resilience Reader
We’re pleased to announce the publication of our latest book, The Community Resilience Reader: Essential Resources for an Era of Upheaval, edited by Daniel Lerch and published with Island Press. Here is the Introduction chapter, which explains why we’ve...
The Community Resilience Reader: Essential Resources for an Era of Upheaval
Asher Miller Chuck Collins Daniel Lerch Joshua Farley Richard Heinberg Stephanie Mills William Rees
The Community Resilience Reader combines a fresh look at the challenges humanity faces in the 21st century, the essential tools of resilience science, and the wisdom of activists, scholars, and analysts working with community issues on the ground.
Lerch quoted on resilience in Forum PA Italia
Post Carbon Publications Director Daniel Lerch’s contribution to the recently released Italian pf translation of Enabling City: Enhancing creative community resilience was quoted on at the Forum PA Italia. From the article : Daniel Lerch, the Publications...
In Conversation: Communities and Infrastructure in a 100% Renewable World
Daniel Lerch Hillary Brown Warren Karlenzig
Transportation accounts for over 40% of U.S. energy end use, and over 95% of that transportation runs on oil. Lighting, heating and cooling buildings also consumes an enormous amount of energy, much (but not all) of it powered by...