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Industrial Evolution
Local Solutions for a Low Carbon Future
For many people, the word “industry” brings to mind images ofsprawling factories belching toxic emissions in a blighted natural landscape. “Industrial” has become synonymous with pollution, human rights abuse, and corporate greed. In …
related subjects: Environment & Economy
Humanizing the Economy
Co-operatives in the Age of Capital
At the close of the twentieth century, corporate capitalism extended its reach over the globe. While its defenders argue that globalization is the only way forward for modern, democratic societies, the spread of this system is failing to meet even …
related subjects: Environment & Economy , Conscientious Commerce
Dry Run
Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis
In the Age of Scarcity now upon us, fresh water shortages are an increasingly serious global problem. With water restrictions emerging in many developed countries and water diversions for industrial, urban and environmental reasons stirring up …
related subjects: Urban Issues , Environment & Economy
Transport Revolutions
Moving People and Freight without Oil
Modern societies now rely almost entirely on oil for moving people and freight. The impacts on transport of scarcer and more expensive oil pose major challenges to humanity. They require revolutions in our thinking about mobility, and consequent …
related subjects: Environment & Economy , Post Carbon Prep / Peak Oil
Thriving Beyond Sustainability
Pathways to a Resilient Society
Every 15 seconds on our Earth Island, a child dies from waterborne disease. Three times an hour, another species becomes extinct. Each day we consume 85 million barrels of oil and pump 23 million tons of carbon dioxide into an already warming …
related subjects: Environment & Economy
The Climate Challenge
101 Solutions to Global Warming
It is easy to feel overwhelmed by the urgency of global climate change. But when author Guy Dauncey assembles the world's best solutions in one place, as he does in The Climate Challenge, a vision emerges of a sustainable energy revolution. He opens …
related subjects: Sustainable Living , Environment & Economy
Life, Money and Illusion
Living on Earth as if we want to stay
In recent years, unchecked growth has brought us to the brink of economic and environmental collapse. Life, Money and Illusion was inspired by the dilemma of having an economic structure that has to grow to remain healthy, while facing the finite …
related subjects: Conscientious Commerce , Environment & Economy
Green Careers
Choosing Work for a Sustainable Future
People of all ages and backgrounds are seeking work in career fields that will help save the planet, yet many people are unaware of the variety of green careers available. This unique career guidance book, based on labor market research, covers …
related subjects: Environment & Economy
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