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Thursday 24 April 2014

The Post Carbon Institute: "leading the transition"

As far as ideas such as 'relocalisation' are concerned
Futures Forum: Relocalisation
the Post Carbon Institute is central in explaining such matters in a clear and coherent way.

It conducts a lot of serious research itself:


Post Carbon Institute


latest publications

The Catalytic Effect of Community-led Action

Rob Hopkins  Post Carbon Fellow   Apr 14, 2014   

One of the most fascinating recent studies into the impact of Transition was Local Communities Leading the Way to a Low Carbon Society, a report published by AEIDL … >>

This World Water Day, Something Big to Celebrate

Sandra Postel  Post Carbon Fellow   Mar 24, 2014   

On Monday, March 24, I leave on a trip to witness an event I never thought I’d see: the Colorado River flowing through its delta toward the sea. >>





Post Carbon Institute | Leading the transition to a resilient world

There are some handy pieces of media.
For example, a podcast looking at local currencies and local economies:


Michael Shuman: The Benefits of Deploying Investment Capital Locally Vs Wall Street


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The Federal Reserve and other central planners have worked overtime to lead the world back to "recovery" from the depths of the 2008 financial crisis. Using one of their main signaling indicators, they've succeeded: stock market indices are hovering near all-time highs.

But, as has been often discussed here, are we really better off for it?

In this week's podcast, Chris talks with Michael Shuman, author of  Local Dollars Local Sense: How To Move Your Money From Wall Street to Main Street & Achieve Real Prosperity

Shuman has written eight books on community economics and believes that deploying your investment capital locally offers the best financial return prospects vs investing it in traditional stocks and bonds -- plus yields an additional valuable community resilience multiplier that Wall Street doesn't.

Full transcript
Michael Shuman: The Benefits of Deploying Investment Capital Locally Vs Wall Street

Here's a list of publications which is well worth exploring:

Since 2012, projects have focused on energy, economic growth, and "community resilience."

Post Carbon Institute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Plus a YouTube channel:
postcarboninstitute - YouTube
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