Economy

The 10,000-Mile Cod and Insane Global Trade (Episode 16 of Crazy Town)

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

March 26, 2020

global trade

 

 

Teaser photo credit: Anya Steuer

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: building resilient economies, Crazy Town, free trade, globalization, supply chains

outdoor heat pump in cold conditions

How heat pumps became a Nordic success story

By Jan Rosenow, Carbon Brief

Policymakers in countries where heat pumps are still in their infancy do not have to start from scratch, but can learn from – and build on – the heat-pump success story in Norway, Finland and Sweden.

October 3, 2023

Sonoran Desert

Been Drivin’ for Months Out Here

By Terry McNeely, Resilience.org

I need this desert, more than it needs me

its sound vibrating through me

the water churning

rushing down the river bed

but it was only a momentary occurrence

where did it go?

October 3, 2023

Pruned olive trees in Italy

The Anthropocene? No. We’re Actually Entering the Ecocene!

By David Bollier, David Bollier blog

If humanity is to survive, it will have to learn how to get in sync with natural systems, culturally and economically, and actively contribute to the flourishing of earthly and human systems in tandem.

October 3, 2023