A symbolic solar road trip to reignite a climate movement
Bill McKibben Sep 7, 2010
An activist caravan to bring one of Jimmy Carter’s solar panels back to the White House symbolizes not only the time the U.S. has lost in developing new energy … >>
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FOOD: Growing Community Food Systems
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Can Goldilocks stop this runaway train?
By the time enough of us realize that we're about to run out of track on the fossil-fueled, growth-based economy we've created, will we be able to slam on the brakes enough to avoid hitting the proverbial wall?
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POPULATION: The Multiplier of Everything Else
When it comes to controversial issues, population is in a class by itself.
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9 Challenges of Alternative Energy (Free PDF)
Unlike conventional fossil fuels, where nature provided energy over millions of years to convert biomass into energy-dense solids, liquids, and gases--requiring only extraction and transportation technolgy for us to mobilize them--alternative energy depends heavily on...
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We’re hot as hell and we’re not going to take it any more
So now we know what we didn’t before: making nice doesn’t work. It was worth a try, and I’m completely serious when I say I’m grateful they made the effort, but it didn’t even come close to working. So we better try something else.
latest publications
Reflections From Alongside The Threshing Machine
Rob Hopkins Sep 7, 2010
Last weekend I was at Embercombe, about 20 minutes drive from Totnes, for the West Country Storytelling Festival. Embercombe is a fascinating evolving project, describing … >>
The Peak Oil Crisis: Prospects for China
Tom Whipple Sep 1, 2010
Headlines were made recently when it was announced that in July China's GDP surpassed that of Japan to become the world's second largest economy. This was immediately … >>
FOOD: Growing Community Food Systems
Erika Allen Sep 1, 2010
Food systems can be a very powerful tool for resilience. In a revolutionary way, you can completely transform things without people realizing what's happening. >>
Five Years After Katrina, An Important Lesson Goes Unlearned
Sandra Postel Aug 30, 2010
[Excerpt] It's getting harder and harder to blame Mother Nature for the disasters that befall humanity. While hurricanes, floods, droughts and storm surges are … >>
Veils, Boomerangs, and Goldilocks
Asher Miller Aug 28, 2010 4 comments
There's a lot to digest in Michael Lewis' The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine but I was particularly struck by a passage at the very end of the book, which I … >>
in the news
Shuman in Cleveland local press
Michael Shuman Sep 5, 2010
Post Carbon Fellow Michael Shuman's involvement in … >>
McKibben on David Letterman
Bill McKibben Sep 1, 2010
Post Carbon Fellow guested on the David Letterman show. … >>
Ryerson and PMC on Mother Nature Network
William Ryerson Sep 1, 2010
Post Carbon Fellow Bill Ryerson's "entertainment … >>
media
Bill McKibben on David Letterman
11:35 Sep 1, 2010
Bill lays out the case for the need to get back to 350 … >>
POST CARBON EXCHANGE #3: Richard Gilbert & David Bragdon
18:00 Sep 1, 2010
(((PLAY FULL SCREEN))) RICHARD GILBERT and … >>
Time To Get Tough, Environmentalists Say (audio)
23:34 Sep 3, 2010
With no climate change legislation coming out of the … >>
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