Trump’s Second Act: Power, Resistance, and the Limits of Governance
Watch “Trump’s Second Act: Power, Resistance, and the Limits of Governance,” with Richard Heinberg and Ed Saltzberg of Security and Sustainability Forum.
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Overhauling the Food System
Caitlin Taylor, self-proclaimed foodie, has a cheerful obsession with our relationship to the apocalypse, aspires to be a grouchy local politician, and believes that deliciousness will save us.
Crazy Town 99. Eating the Future: The NY Times Goes Full Ecomodernist on Food and Farming
How will we feed people living in the megacities of the 21st century, especially while confronting climate chaos and the depletion of fossil fuels and fossil water? According to the mainstream media: ecomodernism!
Acceptance and Agency at the End of Modernity
The Great Unraveling of environmental and social systems calls into question the very basis of modernity. In this online event, Vanessa Andreotti and Dougald Hine held a rich and honest discussion of the implications of modernity’s decline, and how we – individually and collectively – can hospice what is dying and give care to what may emerge.
Where the Wild Things Were: Disappearance and Regeneration of Wild Nature
This online event on February 13, 2025 featuring Lesley Hughes (Macquarie University) and Doug Tallamy (University of Delaware) examines the disappearance of wild nature and explores how governments, scientists, activists, community groups, and individuals can address the crisis.
Tom Whipple (1938-2024)
We are sad to share the news that Tom Whipple, the longtime editor of The Energy Bulletin (previously Peak Oil News), passed away in November 2024.
Earthelujah! An Anti-Consumerist Conversation with Reverend Billy
Reverend Billy, the leader of the Church of Stop Shopping, is hellbent on spreading the gospel of the anti-consumerist life and the non-materialistic approach to finding meaning and joy. Environmental journalist Rachel Donald interviews the good reverend.
Human Nature Odyssey: Episode 11. Capitalism & Monopoly: Why The Best Board Games Make The Worst Reality
Sociologist Immanuel Wallerstein’s World-Systems Analysis is our instruction manual to colonization and exploitation. We explore how dominant countries rise and fall, the dance between capitalism and the state, and the unexpected truth about what real power looks like.
Beyond Growth: A Journey through the Landscape of Sustainable Economics
Richard Heinberg traces the intellectual throughline of post-growth concepts and the history of degrowth and related economic movements. He takes a systemic approach that touches on Indigenous economics, ecology, physics, archaeology, energy, cultural history, philosophy, and climate science.
Buy, Consume, Obey! A Cartoon Gallery to Lampoon the Overgrown Consumerist Economy
Enjoy this gallery of cartoons, graciously shared by Polyp and Andy Singer–two artists who are unafraid to unleash their wicked wit, creative talent, and good humor on the topics of capitalism, consumerism, and infantile fantasies of infinite economic growth.
A Dozen Years of Economic Thumb Twiddling
Post Carbon Institute colleagues Richard Heinberg and Rob Dietz discuss the history of economic growth, the rise of ecological economics, the aftermath of the economic turmoil of 2008, and how to go from obsessing over growth to embracing a right-sized economy.
To Grow or Not to Grow: That Isn’t the Question
Richard Heinberg reviews the growth-versus-degrowth debate, explores the wide range of degrowth objectives and strategies, and lays out why advocating for voluntary degrowth makes sense now, even if nature-imposed contraction will come first.
