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introducing post-growth economics for environmentalists...           contents    new pci report    latest publications    resilience picks    events     A new report Climate After Growth: Why Environmentalists Must Embrace Post-Growth Economics & Community Resilience from Post Carbon Institute Executive Director Asher Miller and Transition Network founder Rob Hopkins calls on environmental organizations and policy makers to recognize that we live in an era of "new normals" which force us to adopt a new approach to the challenges which we face. The latest IPCC report has drawn global attention back to the overwhelming evidence that it is human activity which is causing climate change and that inaction is not an option. Despite this, the nearly ubiquitous belief of our elected officials is that addressing the climate crisis must come second to ensuring economic growth. This is wrongheaded—both because it underestimates the severity of the climate crisis, and because it presupposes that the old economic "normal" of robust growth can be revived. It can't. Responding to each of these new energy, climate, and economic "normals" will require one common strategy: building community resilience. By making community resilience a top priority, environmentalists can offer an alternative to the "growth at all costs" story, one in which taking control of our basic needs locally has multiple benefits. Community resilience-building can create new enterprises and meaningful work, and increase well-being even as GDP inevitably falters. It can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on fossil fuels, while addressing social and economic inequities. And it can strengthen the social cohesion necessary to withstand periods of crisis. Rob Hopkins will be on tour in the US in October— if you can, take the chance to catch him at a venue near you.   READ A LONGER VERSION OF THIS NEWSLETTER ONLINE     Catch Transition Founder Rob Hopkins live in: New Orleans - 1 October Boston - 3 October Portland ME - 4 October Houston - 8 October Austin - 9 October Oakland - 10 October Hopland CA - 12 October Los Angeles - 13 October Pasadena - 14 October Milwaukee - 15 & 16 October LINK TO EVENT INFO climate after growth report Climate After Growth: Why Environmentalists Must Embrace Post-Growth Economics & Community Resilience Report by Asher Miller & Rob Hopkins The nearly ubiquitous belief of our elected officials is that addressing the climate crisis must come second to ensuring economic growth. This is wrongheaded—both because it underestimates the severity of the climate crisis, and because it presupposes that the old economic "normal" of robust growth can be revived. It can't.. Read full report Back to top latest publications Read, watch or listen to the latest content by our Fellows, Board, Authors, Advisers and Staff anytime on our website. Here are some selections from the last month: Powering California: Is hydraulic fracturing California's energy future? Discussion with Debbie Cook • September 27, 2013 Is hydraulic fracturing California's energy future? It's being hailed as a modern day gold rush by some, by others, an environmental disaster... Watch     The Sharing Economy Just Got Real Article featuring Janelle Orsi • September 16, 2013 The legal problems of the sharing economy just got real. The latest lawsuits against "ride-sharing" companies Lyft and Ü ber could be game changers. The plaintiffs are drivers who give rides to strangers for money, paying a portion... Read more     Business vs. Business : The Real Climate Battle Begins Post by Paul Gilding • September 6, 2013 This is where it gets really interesting. Since I first engaged in the climate debate in the late 1980's it's all been fairly slow and predictable. Environmentalists argued for action, big business resisted and government acted as the referee... Read more       more recent publications from our staff & fellows Back to top resilience picks Resilience.org supports you in building community resilience by bringing you the latest news, thinking, tools, best practice and connections. Keep an eye on our ARTICLES, RESOURCES, and GROUPS sections. See below for some recent highlights. news and ideas SNAKE OIL: Chapter 1—This is What Peak Oil Looks Like by Richard Heinberg, Resilience.org This article is an excerpt from Richard Heinberg's new book SNAKE OIL: How Fracking's False Promise of Plenty Imperils Our Future. Given the urgency and importance of the issues we will be serializing the book here at Resilience.org over the coming months... Read more     "This land is everything to us": A story of fracking in Alberta by Hans Asfeldt, AlbertaVoices The westerly wind is not a welcome presence at the Hawkwoods' cattle ranch just north of Cochrane in Lochend, Alberta. It often carries the flaring emissions from many of the 70 some hydraulically fractured wells in the "sweet spot" of the Cardium play upwind of property owned by the family for 40 years... Read more practical resources WEBINAR: COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CHATS: Power from the People - community clean power By Post Carbon Institute, Transition US, and Chelsea Green Publishing In this webinar two community clean power visionaries, Lynn Benander of Co-op Power, and Lyle Estill, founder of Piedmont Biofuels... Watch     POLICY REPORT: Policies for Shareable Cities: A Sharing Economy Policy Primer for Urban Leaders By Shareable/Sustainable Economies Law Centre This report details 32 specific policy steps that local leaders can take to benefit from the growing sharing economy and support innovations such as carsharing, ridesharing, cohousing, cooperatives... Read more       more from resilience.org Back to top events View our events calendar A Conversation with Rob Hopkins and Gopal Dayaneni October 7-9, 2013, Austin, TX Join Transition Movement founder and PCI Fellow Rob Hopkins and activist Gopal Dayaneni of Movement Generation for a conversation on what it will take to rebuild our communities to be just, sustainable, and resilient... Get tickets Back to top Cycle traffic image via shutterstock. 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