Orr lecture reported at the Daily Texan
Post Carbon Fellow David Orr’s presentation to the University of Texas ‘Black Swans and the U.S. future’ was reported here. From the article: Dr. David Orr, an award-winning environmental philosopher, questioned how society could prepare for the unpredictable and...
Carter on Bronx start-ups in Fast Company
Post Carbon Fellow Majora Carter’s Startup Box: South Bronx was picked up by Fast Company magazine. From the article: Majora Carter, founder of the not-for-profit Sustainable South Bronx and one of 2010’s 100 Most Creative People in Business, continues to innovate north of...
McKibben interviewed at oilprice.com
Post Carbon Fellow Bill McKibben was interviewed about his work at Oilprice.com. From the interview: Oilprice.com: You have said that climate change is the biggest threat humanity has ever faced. Why do you think so little action is being...
Chris Hedges reviews Heinberg’s End of Growth
Post Carbon Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg’s book The End of Growth was reviewed in article by Chris Hedges at Truthdig. From the article: “More complex societies are costlier to maintain than simpler ones and require higher support levels per...
Power from the People reviewed at Forewood Books
Power from the People by Greg Pahl, the second in PCI’s series of Community Resilience Guides was reviewed at ForeWord Books. From the review: Community energy has multiple facets, and this book covers them in a logical way. Part...
Orr featured in Sierra Club Magazine
Post Carbon Fellow David Orr’s work at Oberlin College was featured in this extensive article in Sierra Club Magazine’s ‘Cool Schools’ edition. From the article: Orr’s view of hope during an age when the parts per billion of carbon...
McKibben on Greenland’s melting ice at Rolling Stone
Post Carbon Fellow Bill McKibben’s latest alarm call, on the rapid melting of Greenland’s glaciers was published at Rolling Stone. From the article: There’s no place on Earth that’s changing faster – and no place where that change matters...
Carter London talk inspiring
Post Carbon Fellow Majora Carter’s recent inpirational talk at Lambeth Academy, London was written up at Our Planet. From the post: Majora has inspired me personally to make a change within my own community and school. My peers and...
McKibben and Carter in Forbes on Local Economies
Post Carbon Fellow Bill McKibben and Majora Carter both feature in this Forbes article on 5 steps for revitalizing local economies. From the article: Although communities want to solve systemic social problems head-on, solving the problem while looking at...
Rees opposition to Enbridge pipeline at Straight.com
Post Carbon Fellow Bill Rees’s opposition to the Enbridge pipeline was the subject of this article at Straight.com. The Vancouver-based creator of “ecological footprint analysis” believes approving pipelines such as Enbridge’s Northern Gateway one cements Canada’s reputation as “an...