Act: Inspiration

Helicopter Money and a Game of Kick the Can (Episode 12 of Crazy Town)

By Asher Miller, Rob Dietz, Jason Bradford, Nate Hagens, originally published by Resilience.org

May 28, 2019

CT episode 12

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.

Tags: Crazy Town, ecological economics, new economy

Crazy Town Episode 85

Crazy Town 85. Escaping Globalism: Rebuilding the Local Economy One Pig Thyroid at a Time

By Asher Miller, Rob Dietz, Jason Bradford, Resilience.org

From the top of a skyscraper in Dubai, Jason, Rob, and Asher chug margaritas made from the purest Greenland glacier ice as they cover the “merits” of globalism. International trade brings so many things, like murder hornets and deadly supply chain disruptions. The opposite of globalism is localism — learn how to build a secure local economy that can keep Asher alive, hopefully at least through the end of the season.

April 24, 2024

Kumi Naidoo interview

Kumi Naidoo: Origins and Self-Care in the Journey for Justice

By Post Carbon Institute, Resilience.org

For more than 40 years, Kumi Naidoo has been a voice for social, economic and environmental justice. To get a glimpse into Kumi’s story and what he will talk about in our May 14th event, watch this interview with Post Carbon Institute’s Asher Miller.

April 23, 2024

butterlly emerging from chrysalis

A ‘Transcender Manifesto’ for a world beyond capitalism. A seed.

By Dil Green, Lowimpact.org

We seek not to destroy capitalism, nor to reform it, but to transcend it – to consciously and rapidly evolve past it.

April 18, 2024