Post Carbon Institute

Post Carbon Institute is an Initiative and operating unit of MetaFoundation, a non-profit organization chartered in Portland, Oregon, United States. 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 and chemical feedstocks. We have operations in Vancouver Canada and Northern California, and are working with community groups (http://www.postcarbon.org/groups) in North America.