Move into Kimberton Village Green, and your heating and cooling costs are paid for -- for the lifetime of the house. Post Carbon Cities talks with Dan Orzech of Earth Rising Homes about the town of Kimberton, the future of building, distributed energy, and building the Prius of homes.

Post Carbon Institute Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg, on the psychological aspects of working to counteract the problems caused by peak oil and climate change. His "pep talk" reaches out to those working hard to make sure their families, their communities, and their planet are safe in a situation with many unknowns.

Smart municipalities are planning and preparing for energy vulnerability and climate change. Peak Moment TV interviews Daniel Lerch, author of newly-released "Post Carbon Cities: Planning for Energy and Climate Uncertainty," the first major guidebook for local governments on peak oil and climate change.

How will rising oil prices affect low- and middle-class lives? Sociologist and professor Rowan Wolf sees at-risk populations growing while government services and class divides are increasingly strained. A member of the Portland Peak Oil Task Force, she discusses relocalizing our economies to counter globalization based on an unsupportable grow-or-die economic model.

Global Public Media's Andi Hazelwood interviews two leaders in the new and quickly-growing international "Transition Towns" movement: Rob Hopkins of TransitionCulture.org in the UK and Sonya Wallace of Creating a Sustainable Sunshine Coast (CASSC) in Australia. Sonya and Rob discuss their work on creating town Energy Descent Action Plans (EDAP), and the benefits and challenges of working with citizens, businesses and local officials on energy depletion issues.

Christa Koehler (Clean Air Cool Planet) and Steve Whitman (Jeffrey H. Taylor and Associates) describe local government responses to climate change in the U.S. Northeast, and their Community Toolkit that helps cities reduce greenhouse gas emissions while saving money.

In this article for the relocalization issue of California magazine HopeDance, Post Carbon Cities' Daniel Lerch introduces why peak oil is an issue for local governments, and what local leaders can do in response.

This paper by Post Carbon Institute fellow Dr. Jason Bradford explores "relocalization," a community development strategy that promotes greater local security through redevelopment of local and regional economies more or less self-reliant in terms of energy, food and water systems.

As green building and alternative energy enjoy a new surge of interest and investment, planners have an important role to play in making sustainability possible in cities. Post Carbon Cities' Daniel Lerch looks at the new of prominence of global warming, energy efficiency and other sustainability issues evident at this year's American Planning Association conference.

James Howard Kunstler, author of The Geography of Nowhere and The Long Emergency, speaks to the Commonwealth Club of California about the American car culture and our illusions of maintaining it with alternative fuels.