I was asked recently about my “theory of change” in the light of ever-increasing power of corporations that put profits ahead of sustainability of people and the planet. I agree that concentration of corporate power, combined with weakening civic...
A lot has changed over the last ten years. On September 26, 2003 — the day that Post Carbon Institute was given its official tax-exempt status by the IRS — the Cushing WTI Spot Price for a barrel of...
Chris Bedfords new 37 minutes film tells the story of the E.F. Schumacher Societys remarkable work that includes founding of the nations first CSA, economic development based on Community Land Trusts, and the creation of the nations most successful...
Seoul Skyline. Did you know that Seoul, South Korea is one of the world’s key sites for post-growth economic re-development? No? Neither did I, until I saw for myself. I was pleased to be invited to give the keynote...
While running the risk of sounding like a Hello! Magazine reporter, I must introduce this post by saying that while in the US recently, I joined Richard Heinberg and his wife Janet in their beautiful permaculture garden in Santa...
One of the most inspiring Transition initiatives I visited in the US recently was Jamaica Plain New Economy Transition in Boston. With our theme for this month focusing on austerity, JPNET (as they are known to their friends) have...
Majora Carter believes that it’s more productive to call for “Environmental Equality” rather than for the end of “Environmental Racism” in her fight to stop the practice of overburdening poor communities with a disproportionate number of polluting industries. What’s...
Post Carbon Fellow Rob Hopkins spoke about what communities can do to meet the challenges we face by “making the politically impossible politically inevitable”. This talk was given at Tufts University. Rob was one of 3 speakers. Rob’s talk...
Post Carbon Fellow and Transition Network founder Rob Hopkins tells the story of how Transition works.
In this era of climate change, we love talking about “resilience”: New Orleans rebounding from Hurricane Katrina in 2005; Central Europe braving freezing, then flooding, and then extreme heat in 2010; Australia making it through 17 years of drought....