Steven Woods Operations Fellow, The Center for Post Carbon Logistics. Andrew Willner Executive Director, The Center for Post Carbon Logistics, Abstract There are few, if any, reasonable arguments for continuing Manhattan’s Pier 6 operation as a primarily recreational and non-water dependent facility given the direct and indirect benefits of its conversion to a hub for …
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Wind and Water Could Usher in a New ‘Intermodal’ for Post-Carbon Freight
Originally published in Supply Chain Brain Helen Atkinson, Managing Editor Wind and Water Could Usher in a New ‘Intermodal’ for Post-Carbon Freight Schooner Apollonia in New York Harbor, Photo: Schooner Apollonia A greater adoption of waterborne freight, powered by low-carbon energy alternatives, could take the industry into a future where freight is no longer a sustainability …
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Andrus Sustainable Logistics Fellowship Update
Please support the Sustainable Logistics Fellow and the important work of the Center for Post Carbon Logistics with a contribution. Highlights from the Andrus Fellowship to date: June – November 2023 Captain Sam Merrett and “Supercargo” Brad Vogel aboard the Schooner Apollonia Inaugural Andrus Fellow Brad Vogel has spent six busy months working to both: …
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Introducing Brad Vogel, Erik Andrus Sustainable Logistics Fellow
You Made It Happen! The Center for Post Carbon Logistics Achieves Fundraising Goal Meet the Andrus Sustainable Logistics Fellow Apollonia Supercargo Brad Vogel. Brad has been at the forefront of developing an alternate green logistics framework in the NY region since 2019, and we are excited to see him going full time on the sustainable shipping …
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How to design a sailing ship for the 21st century?
Re-posted with permission from Kris De Decker and Low-tech Magazine Most images: Alan Villiers collection. Support Low-tech Magazine via Paypal or Patreon. Subscribe to the Low-tech Magazine newsletter. Buy the printed Low-tech Magazine website. It is surprisingly difficult to build a carbon neutral sailing ship. This is even more the case today, because our standards for safety, health, hygiene, …
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The Northeast Grain Race
A Blog Post by Derek Ellard The Hudson River Maritime Museum, in cooperation with the Center for Post Carbon Logistics and the Northeast Grainshed Alliance, will be conducting a Grain Race in May of 2022. Contestants in four capacity categories will vie for the highest score when moving cargoes of grain from growers to producers …
Towards A Food Movement Movement.
A Blog Post by Steven Woods. Mr. Woods earned his master’s degree in Resilient and Sustainable Communities at Prescott College in 2021, with an undergraduate degree in History from LeMoyne College. He has worked in museums for over 20 years and is making a career transition to the sustainability field after 6 years in the …
Sail Freight Revival
A Master’s Thesis by Steven Woods This article is a summary of the Steven Woods’ Master’s Thesis: “Sail Freight Revival: Methods of calculating fleet, cargo, and labor needs for supplying cities by sail.” Master’s Thesis. Prescott College, 2021. The full thesis can be read Here. Steven Woods earned his master’s degree in Resilient and Sustainable …
Wellbeing Farm, a “Slow Tech Living Laboratory” for the Hudson Valley Bioregion
Summary: Harvest the Past to Power the Future Wellbeing Farm will explore an array of innovative heritage and leading-edge technologies by which individuals, communities, and the Hudson Valley Bioregion can thrive in decades ahead – designing and realizing pragmatic, environmentally and economically sound tools for peacefully, equitably, and intelligently transitioning away from fossil fuels. Imagine …
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Building Lifeboats – Building Community
NAVIGATING UNCHARTED TERRITORY “Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.” ― Voltaire The sinking of the Titanic is horribly memorable for many reasons, but one stands out above all: that so many lives were needlessly lost due to “if only” or “what if.” The “unsinkable” vessel lacked sufficient lifeboats to …
