In discussing climate change and all our other eco-social predicaments, how does one distinguish accurate information from statements intended to elicit either false hope or needless capitulation to immediate and utter doom? And, in cases where pessimistic outlooks do...
The immediate energy nightmare in Puerto Rico is gradually winding down, with electrical power now available to about 90 percent of households (some rural areas are still without power). But it’s clear to nearly everyone that a reversion to...
Post Carbon Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg will be featured prominently in Once You Know, an upcoming film about how to convert “toxic knowledge” about climate change and societal collapse into the will to take action. Both Heinberg and the...
A group of more than thirty residents of Davis, California, participated in a discussion group based on the online Think Resilience course that features Post Carbon Fellow Richard Heinberg. Group members explored the impacts of various environmental and social crises,...
The end of growth has been postponed as long as is humanly possible. It’s far past time to come to terms with ecological reality and make a deliberate transition to a post-growth regime.
If environmentalists hope to have any real success in the age of Trump, they will have to change strategies and tactics in response to a transformed political and social context.
“Where’s the world heading?” “How should we live?” “What work should we do?” “How can we resource ourselves and each other?” In December 2017, Sterling College hosted a two-day symposium sparked by the posthumous publication of Dr. David Fleming’s extraordinary books, Lean...
For the past 10 years, we’ve held our annual seminar on the east coast, in the wilds of rural Massachusetts. This year, however, due to popular demand to offer the experience on the west coast, we’re happy to...
Right now, we are on track for not a very happy energy future unless something changes. And of course that’s why we do our work to raise the alarm and help people to understand where we are.
In Part 1 of this essay we surveyed the historical, economic, and cultural context for the upset victory of Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election. I did not mention Russian interference in that election. That’s because it is a subject...