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Foreword | |
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Preface | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Foundation Concepts | |
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Beyond the Limits to Growth | |
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What Is Sustainability? | |
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Defining Social Sustainability | |
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Thinking "Resilience" | |
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Climate | |
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A New World | |
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The International Response to Climate Change | |
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Cap and Dividend in the United States | |
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The Ecological Deficit: Creating a New Political Framework | |
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Water | |
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Water: Adapting to a New Normal | |
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Biodiversity | |
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Peak Nature? | |
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Food | |
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Getting Fossil Fuels Off the Plate | |
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Tackling the Oldest Environmental Problem: Agriculture and Its Impact on Soil | |
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Growing Community Food Systems | |
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Population | |
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Population: The Multiplier of Everything Else | |
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Culture and Behavior | |
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Dangerously Addictive: Why we Are Biologically I11-Suited to the Riches of Modern America | |
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Remapping Relationships: Humans in Nature | |
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The Human Nature of Unsustainability | |
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Energy | |
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Making Sense of Peak Oil and Energy Uncertainty | |
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Hydrocarbons in North America | |
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Nine Challenges of Alternative Energy | |
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Peak Oil and the Great Recession | |
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Economy | |
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Ecological Economics | |
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Money and Energy | |
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The Competitiveness of Local Living Economies | |
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Cities, Towns, and Suburbs | |
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The Death of Sprawl: Designing Urban Resilience for the Twenty-First-Century Resource and Climate Crises | |
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Smart Decline in Post-Carbon Cities: The Buffalo Commons Meets Buffalo, New York | |
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Toward Zero-Carbon Buildings | |
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Local Government in a Time of Peak Oil and Climate Change | |
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Transportation | |
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Transportation in the Post-Carbon World | |
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Waste | |
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Climate Change, Peak Oil, and the End of Waste | |
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Health | |
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Human Health and Well-Being in an Era of Energy Scarcity and Climate Change | |
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Climate Change and Dengue Fever | |
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Education | |
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Smart by Nature: Schooling for Sustainability | |
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Community Colleges: A Vital Resource for Education in the Post-Carbon Era | |
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Building Resilience | |
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Personal Preparation | |
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What Can Communities Do? | |
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Call to Action | |
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What Now? The Path Forward Begins with One Step | |
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Notes | |
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Index | |