Asher Miller
Asher became the Executive Director of Post Carbon Institute in October 2008, after having served as the manager of our former Relocalization Network program. He's worked in the nonprofit sector since 1996 in various capacities. Prior to joining Post Carbon Institute, Asher founded Climate Changers, an organization that inspires people to reduce their impact on the climate by focusing on simple and achievable actions anyone can take.Asher has served as a consultant to a number of other nonprofit organizations. He currently serves on the board of Transition United States and the Executive Committee of the New Economy Network. Asher was born in the Netherlands, and has lived in Israel, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Connecticut, Colorado, and California. He currently lives in Santa Rosa, California with his wife and two children. Asher received his B.A. in Creative Writing from The Colorado College.
Society |
Mar 13, 2013
A New Dream Built on Resilience
If you’re a lazy pessimist, times are good. After all, you don’t have to look far to see evidence that things are tough and poised to get tougher.
Energy |
Feb 19, 2013
A New Era of Energy Abundance?
Are we really entering a new era of energy abundance? Written by geoscientist and PCI Fellow David Hughes, "Drill, Baby, Drill" takes a far-ranging and painstakingly researched look at the prospects for US energy abundance in the 21st Century.
Energy |
Nov 16, 2012
Some serious fracking exuberance in gay Paris
Good news, folks. According to our friends at the International Energy Agency (IEA), the United States will once again be the world's top oil producing nation by 2020. In your face Russia and Saudi Arabia!
Economy |
Nov 15, 2012
Don't just divest, re-invest
What we really need is to invest our capital (both financial and sweat) in community-owned, distributed, and small-scale renewable energy. Why? Because we must fundamentally remake the energy economy as if nature, people, and the future actually mattered.
Economy |
Feb 28, 2012
Presenting the Community Resilience Guides
We’re excited to announce the publication of our first Community Resilience Guide: Local Dollars, Local Sense: How to Shift Your Money from Wall Street to Main Street and Achieve Real Prosperity by PCI Fellow Michael Shuman. This book series will be part of a larger new effort we have launched—the Community Resilience Initiative.
Energy |
Feb 1, 2012
Enemies of the State
As long as we allow proponents of unconventional oil and gas to claim a false choice between energy and economic security and the environment, and as long as we allow them to vilify opponents as being somehow unpatriotic or radical, we run the very real risk of losing a battle where the future of our planet and species is at stake. Ok, so maybe I am being a little bombastic. But am I wrong?
Energy |
Dec 21, 2011
YOU ARE HERE: The Oil Journey Presentation
Thanks to your support, we have just completed "You Are Here: The Oil Journey." This is a customizable presentation *you* can use to tell your own journey and to invite new people to join the larger conversation. This animated slide show delivers PCI's core message honestly, but in a compassionate way that...well, just watch it and see for yourself.
Economy |
Dec 16, 2011
Making 2012 the year resilience built
It's all too easy to feel that hope is lost. But with your help, we're determined to make 2012 the year that resilience built. 2011 has been another turbulent year ... looming behind it all — increasingly acknowledged, but still not often addressed — resource, environmental, economic, and social constraints. For Post Carbon Institute, the question has not been, “What to do?” but rather, “What …
Economy |
Nov 10, 2011
A funny thing happened on the way to the occupation
Like so many others, we at Post Carbon Institute have watched the growth of the #Occupy movement with a mix of hope and curiosity. As you know, we sent Ben Zolno, an enterprising young filmmaker, to Occupy Wall Street a few weeks ago with copies of The End of Growth and a bunch of questions... Last week we sent him back, this time with a few recommendations...
Energy |
Aug 23, 2011
Sneak Peak: Oil Age Presentation Script
Nearly everyone would agree that we live in uncertain, challenging times. It seems that so much is happening so fast that it’s almost impossible to make sense of it all. We're clearly on some kind of trajectory, but a trajectory toward what?MORE ARTICLES +
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