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Preface | |
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Selling Our Future | |
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Food: The 'Weak Link | |
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The Emerging Politics of Food Scarcity | |
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Our Global Ponzi Economy | |
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Mounting Stresses, failing States | |
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Plan B-A Plan to Save Civilization | |
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The Challenges | |
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Population Pressure: Land and Water | |
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Civilization's Foundation Eroding | |
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Water Tables Palling | |
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Farmers Losing Water to Cities | |
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Land and Water Conflicts | |
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Cars and People Compete for Grain | |
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The Rising Tide of Environmental Refugees | |
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Climate Change and the Energy Transition | |
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Rising Temperature and Its Effects | |
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Melting Ice, Rising Seas | |
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Melting Glaciers, Shrinking Harvests | |
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Rising Temperatures, Falling Yields | |
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The Decline of Oil and Coal | |
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A Challenge Without Precedent | |
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The Response | |
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Stabilizing Climate: An Energy Efficiency Revolution | |
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A Revolution in Lighting Technology | |
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Energy-Efficient Appliances | |
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Zero-Carbon Buildings | |
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Electrifying the Trans-port System | |
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A New Materials Economy | |
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Smarter Grids, Appliances, and Consumers | |
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The Energy Savings Potential | |
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Stabilizing Climate: Shifting to Renewable Energy | |
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Turning to the Wind | |
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Solar Cells and Thermal Collectors | |
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Energy from the Earth | |
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Plant-Based Sources of Energy | |
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Hydropower: Rivers, Tides, and Waves | |
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The World Energy Economy of 2020 | |
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Designing Cities for People | |
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The Ecology of Cities | |
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Redesigning Urban Transport | |
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The Return of Bicycles | |
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Reducing Urban Water Use | |
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Farming in the City | |
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Upgrading Squatter Settlements | |
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Cities for People | |
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Eradicating Poverty and Stabilizing Population | |
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Educating Everyone | |
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Toward a Healthy Future | |
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Stabilizing Population | |
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Rescuing Failing States | |
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A Poverty Eradication Agenda and Budget | |
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Restoring the Earth | |
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Protecting and Restoring Forests | |
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Planting Trees to Sequester Carbon | |
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Conserving and Rebuilding Soils | |
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Regenerating Fisheries | |
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Protecting Plant and Animal Diversity | |
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The Earth Restoration Budget | |
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Feeding Eight Billion People Well | |
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Raising Land Productivity | |
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Raising Water Productivity | |
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Producing Protein More Efficiently | |
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The Localization of Agriculture | |
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Strategic Reductions in Demand | |
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Action on Many Fronts | |
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The Great Mobilization | |
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Can We Mobilize Fast Enough? | |
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Shifting Taxes and Subsidies | |
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Coal: The Beginning of the End | |
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Stabilizing Climate | |
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Three Models of Social Change | |
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A Wartime Mobilization | |
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Mobilizing to Save Civilization | |
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What You and I Can Do | |
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Notes | |
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Index | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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About the Author | |