Everyday Life in the Modern World
Post Carbon Fellow Stephanie Mills presents at the Techno-Utopianism & the Fate of the Earth Teach In hosted by the International Forum on Globalization.
Bridging the Chasm: The Intergenerational Challenge of Climate Destabilization
Post Carbon Fellow David Orr and his son, the Reverend Daniel Orr presented and conversed at the 2014 Earthkeeping Summit, an event hosted by Ohio Interfaith Power and Light and The Ohio State University School of Environment and Natural...
Living and Breathing in a ‘Black Swan’ World
A Marine Corps friend of mine defines resilience as the ability to take a gut punch and come back swinging. More formally, it is said to be the capacity to maintain core functions and values in the face of...
Limits to Growth: Where We Are and What to Do About It
In this talk, Nate Hagens synthesizes the current landscape of global energy, environment and financial risks while offering suggestions on what to do as a hominid living on a full planet. He raises the question of whether it is...
What the Disappearing Aral Sea Tells Us about the Value of Water
The satellite image of the Aral Sea recently released by NASA just about knocked my socks off. It wasn’t that the sea was shrinking; that’s been true for decades. It was how fast it was disappearing. Once the world’s...
Paul Krugman and the Limits of Hubris
Economist Paul Krugman evidently feels irked and irritated by the notion that there might be limits to economic expansion: he has followed up his New York Times op-ed of September 18 (“Errors and Emissions,” to which I replied here)...
Rivers Need a Thorough Health Exam
Rivers are the blue arteries of the Earth. Their flows deliver sediment and nutrients to floodplains, deltas and coastal zones, some of the most biologically productive ecosystems on the planet. They connect and sustain the web of life. So...
Heinberg on KCPW The Rundown
Post Carbon Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg was interviewed on The Rundown on Our New Economic Reality. Segment begins at 6 minutes.
Groundwater Depletion in Colorado River Basin Poses Big Risk to Water Security
Let’s step back for a minute and consider the implications of the study released last week on the depletion of groundwater in the Colorado River Basin. For anyone concerned about the future of the American West, the findings of this study...
Recent Loss of Freshwater Wetlands Worldwide Valued at $2.7 Trillion per Year
The question of whether to drain a wetland to make way for a shopping mall or a cornfield, or to instead leave the wetland intact, often seems like a no-brainer: the “development” options have a clear dollar value, but...