A Post-Carbon Future

Rob Dietz, Program Director, Post Carbon Institute

03-Jul-17 15:00

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What will happen once our fossil fuel inheritance is spent and are we doing enough to develope a replacement energy infrastructure? We discuss these scenarios with Rob Dietz, the Program Director at the Post Carbon Institute. Having built a career aimed at moving society in sustainable directions, Rob also discuss practical and concrete things we can do to support the transition to a sustainable economy, particularly in the current economic and political climate.

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Tags: The Bigger Picture, Earth Matters, Post-Carbon Institute, economics of enough, steady-state economics, sustainability, fossil fuel, post-carbon

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