Daniel Lerch

Daniel is Program Manager for Post Carbon Cities a program of Post Carbon Institute that provides resources and assistance to local governments on peak oil and climate change. He is the author of Post Carbon Cities: Planning for Energy and Climate Uncertainty, the first major local government guidebook on peak oil and global warming. Daniel has worked on urban planning and sustainability issues for over ten years in the public, private and non-profit sectors. He authored one of the first local government policy assessments of peak oil while a Policy Associate at Metro, the regional government of the Portland, Oregon area. Daniel has a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies from Rutgers University in New Jersey and a Master of Urban Studies from Portland State University in Oregon.