Table of Contents
Foreword Asher Miller xiii
Preface Daniel Lerch xix
Acknowledgments xxv
Part 1 Foundation Concepts
1 Beyond the Limits to Growth Richard Heinberg 3
2 What Is Sustainability? Richard Heinberg 13
Box 2.1. Defining Social Sustainability Jesse Dillard Veronica Dujon Mary King 21
3 Thinking "Resilience" William E. Rees 25
Part 2 Climate
4 A New World Bill McKibben 43
5 The International Response to Climate Change Richard Douthwaite 53
Box 5.1. Cap and Dividend in the United States Mike Sandler 60
6 The Ecological Deficit: Creating a New Political Framework David Orr 63
Part 3 Water
7 Water: Adapting to a New Normal Sandra Postel 77
Part 4 Biodiversity
8 Peak Nature? Stephanie Mills 97
Part 5 Food
9 Getting Fossil Fuels Off the Plate Michael Bomford 119
10 Tackling the Oldest Environmental Problem: Agriculture and Its Impact on Soil Wes Jackson 128
11 Growing Community Food Systems Erika Allen 140
Part 6 Population
12 Population: The Multiplier of Everything Else William N. Ryerson 153
Part 7 Culture and Behavior
13 Dangerously Addictive: Why we Are Biologically I11-Suited to the Riches of Modern America Peter C. Whybrow 177
14 Remapping Relationships: Humans in Nature Gloria Flora 184
15 The Human Nature of Unsustainability William E. Rees 194
Part 8 Energy
16 Making Sense of Peak Oil and Energy Uncertainty Daniel Lerch 207
17 Hydrocarbons in North America J. David Hughes 211
18 Nine Challenges of Alternative Energy David Fridley 229
19 Peak Oil and the Great Recession Tom Whipple 247
Part 9 Economy
20 Ecological Economics Joshua Farley 259
21 Money and Energy Richard Douthwaite 279
22 The Competitiveness of Local Living Economies Michael H. Shuman 283
Part 10 Cities, Towns, and Suburbs
23 The Death of Sprawl: Designing Urban Resilience for the Twenty-First-Century Resource and Climate Crises Warren Karlenzig 295
24 Smart Decline in Post-Carbon Cities: The Buffalo Commons Meets Buffalo, New York Deborah E. Popper Frank J. Popper 314
25 Toward Zero-Carbon Buildings Hillary Brown 322
26 Local Government in a Time of Peak Oil and Climate Change John Kaufmann 335
Part 11 Transportation
27 Transportation in the Post-Carbon World Richard Gilbert Anthony Perl 347
Part 12 Waste
28 Climate Change, Peak Oil, and the End of Waste Bill Sheehan Helen Spiegelman 363
Part 13 Health
29 Human Health and Well-Being in an Era of Energy Scarcity and Climate Change Cindy L. Parker Brian S. Schwartz 385
Box 29.2 Climate Change and Dengue Fever Bill McKibben 397
Part 14 Education
30 Smart by Nature: Schooling for Sustainability Michael K. Stone Zenobia Barlow 409
31 Community Colleges: A Vital Resource for Education in the Post-Carbon Era Nancy Lee Wood 419
Part 15 Building Resilience
32 Personal Preparation Chris Martenson 429
33 What Can Communities Do? Rob Hopkins 442
Part 16 Call to Action
34 What Now? The Path Forward Begins with One Step Asher Miller 455
Notes 459
Index 499