From Warning to Navigation - 20 Years Past and Future - Livestream

Those of us who care about the fate of younger generations and the more-than-human world know that the warnings of the last few decades have largely fallen on deaf ears. Post Carbon Institute turns 20 this year, a milestone that has prompted us to reflect on what’s transpired since our founding in 2003. Some events surprised us (the way cheap credit and fracking postponed Peak Oil). Some rattled us (the pandemic). And some were sadly predictable (the inability of our institutions to transition away from fossil fueled-growth). While the world has experienced tremendous change and destabilization in the last two decades, it looks certain that the next 20 years will be marked by even greater environmental and societal (poly)crisis  - what the great environmental philosopher Joanna Macy calls the “Great Unraveling.” 

Join PCI’s Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg and Rachel Donald, journalist, educator, and host of the Planet: Critical podcast, for this anniversary webinar. Richard will lead a discussion about what we’ve learned from the last 20 years and Rachel will shine a light on what the next 20 years could hold.