The mission of Post Carbon Institute is to assist societies in their efforts to relocalize communities and adapt to an energy constrained world. We believe that production of oil and natural gas will peak soon, climate change is worsening, and the current global economic system is unstable and reinforces huge disparities. Our response is to promote drastically lower consumption, greater local self-reliance, and more cooperative and inclusive communities.



We support:



- An online news network called Global Public Media



- Access to a wealth of information and analysis on energy issues



- Actions, initiatives and education which build community, boost local

economies and reduce energy use



We work on a local and regional level with:



- Community groups



- Governments



- Business



- Other public and private organizations



Post Carbon Institute is an educational institution and think tank that explores in theory and practice what cultures, civilization, governance & economies might look like without the use of (non-renewable) hydrocarbons as energy sources. The development of this organization came out of a concern for the environmental, social, political and economic ramifications of relying on cheap hydrocarbon energy. Post Carbon Institute is an action tank, and works to research and offer solutions to the challenges we face as a result of our reliance on hydrocarbon energy. We have operations in Vancouver Canada, Northern California, and we are working with community groups in many countries all over the world through our Relocalization Network.

Post Carbon Eugene raises awareness of and promotes local, sustainable responses to the global crises of declining supplies of cheap, reliable energy; natural resource depletion; climate change and environmental degradation. We advance and support solutions including: reduced consumption and increased reliance on sustainable local assets, rather than finite global resources. We believe that by responding locally, quickly and effectively to these challenges, we have an opportunity to create communities, food supplies, transportation systems and a local economy that meets our true human needs.

Post Carbon Eugene formed from a December 2004 community meeting to discuss a lengthy bulletin on peak oil and economic collapse from investigative journalist Mike Ruppert. Since then we've been meeting to discuss and implement ways to lessen the predicted severe impacts past peak oil, including community group networking. Community gardening and urban conversion, neighborhood showings of peak oil DVD primer "The End of Suburbia", and tours of permacultural homes are just some of the events we've worked on, with more to come. Activities you may want to start locally include building a lending library for P.O. related books and videos, planning food growing workshops and work parties to create sustainable solutions to our predicament at each other’s homes (including 'regular' homes, to inspire folks about what they can do at their homes), such as rainwater catchments and solar hot water. There has also been talk of canvassing neighborhoods with a survey to explore awareness of and solutions to P.O., and organizing a “know your neighbor” project.

Eugene and W. Oregon are blessed with a temperate climate, and mild, rainy Winters. We have a longer growing season on very rich topsoil, suitable for re-localizing with in the emerging 're-localized' energy-constrained economy.

In 2009 localizing citizens will continue to work for a future of Abundance through Simplicity. Relocalization aims to rebuild societies based on the local production of food, energy and goods while enhancing governance and culture. It is the pro-active response to declining available(fossil fuel) energy resources and political, economic and environmental trends..