Daniel Lerch on The Reality Report: audio links (length 47 min 38 sec)

Jason Bradford interviews Daniel Lerch, author of “Post Carbon Cities: Planning for Energy and Climate Uncertainty,” the first major local government guidebook on peak oil and global warming. The interview opens with a discussion of the responsibilities and roles of local government. It examines how systems thinking can be used to understand the impacts that “energy uncertainty” will have on basic government services. And it covers what some local governments in the U.S. and Canada are already doing in response to peak oil. Daniel is a co-founder of The City Repair Project, an award-winning non-profit organization working on community public space issues.