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Post Carbon Cities: Planning for Energy and Climate Uncertainty

Media: Articles, interviews, video

  • ARTICLE: 7 May 2008, Solar Today
    Tools exist to defeat global warming
    Reporting from the Solar 2008 conference. "Local governments need to start planning for fuel-shortage emergencies, said Daniel Lerch... “It’s important to give your local officials the information on distributed generation and solar technologies so that they can make informed decisions,”
  • ARTICLE: 2 April 2008, The Kilkenny People
    Finding local solutions for the world's oil crisis
    From Daniel Lerch's presentation in Kilkenny, Ireland. "'Even if things aren't happening at a national level, you can still act on a local level,' Mr Lerch said. 'You know how much sun you get here, you know what your potential is for bio-fuels is, and they don't necessarily know that in Dublin.'"
  • INTERVIEW: 13 March 2008, Corporate Watchdog Radio
    Post Carbon Cities: Planning for the Convergence of Peak Oil and Climate Change
    Lerch discusses the overlap as well as the distinctions between peak oil and climate change. He also responds to the question of how the policy void at the federal government level in the US is driving action at the municipal and state level to address climate change and peak oil.
  • REVIEW: 1 March 2008, Permaculture Activist
    Peak Planning by Erica Etelson
    Book review of Post Carbon Cities. "If you’re worried about peak oil, you should be. But don’t waste your time ordering peak oil survival kits off the internet. Get this book, and share it with your local officials. We’ve all got a lot of work of to do."
  • PRESENTATION: 31 January 2008, Focus the Nation national teach-in (video)
    Daniel Lerch: Post Carbon Cities presentation
    Teach-in session at Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon.
  • ARTICLE: 23 January 2008, Post-Bulletin (Rochester, MN)
    Adjustments will be needed as oil supplies dwindle
    On the occasion of Lerch's presentations in Minnesota.
  • INTERVIEW: 22 January 2008, The Reality Report (radio, Mendocino, CA)
    Daniel Lerch on the Reality Report
    Lerch discusses the responsibilities and roles of local governments, systems thinking as it applies to planning for energy uncertainty, and what some localities are already doing.
  • ARTICLE: 18 January 2008, The Daily Kos (blog)
    Peak oil event in Minneapolis
    "After listening to Daniel, I highly recommend his blog. Furthermore, go and buy his book."
  • ARTICLE: 14 December 2007, The Hamilton Spectator
    Hamilton, Ontario: Energy City
    (Report on a recent presentation by Lerch in Hamilton)
  • REVIEW: 12 November 2007, Wild Green Yonder (blog)
    Post-Carbon Cities and the Future of Growth
    "Daniel Lerch, author of the recently released book Post Carbon Cities, might be the best messenger yet for the peak oil cause..."
  • INTERVIEW: 17 September 2007, Peak Moment TV (video)
    Post Carbon Cities - Planning for Energy and Climate Uncertainty
    Interview with author Daniel Lerch.
  • INTERVIEW: 22 August 2006, Post Carbon Institute (text)
    Interview with Post Carbon Cities Program Manager Daniel Lerch

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