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Joyride: Pedaling Toward a Healthier Planet

Mia Birk   2010

Joyride: Pedaling Toward a Healthier Planet tells the dramatic and enlightening behind-the-scenes story of how a group of determined visionaries transformed Portland into a cycling …
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The Post Carbon Reader

Peter Whybrow Richard Gilbert Daniel Lerch Richard Heinberg Anthony Perl Bill McKibben Bill Sheehan Brian Schwartz Chris Martenson Cindy Parker David Fridley David Hughes David Orr Erika Allen Gloria Flora Hillary Brown John Kaufmann Joshua Farley Michael Bomford Michael Shuman Richard Douthwaite Rob Hopkins Sandra Postel Stephanie Mills Tom Whipple Warren Karlenzig Wes Jackson William Rees William Ryerson Zenobia Barlow Asher Miller   

How do population, water, energy, food, and climate issues impact one another? What can we do to address one problem without making the others worse? The Post Carbon Reader features …
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Peak Oil for Policymakers DVD

Richard Heinberg   2008

What's the future of oil? What does it mean for policymakers?

Despite the recent drop in oil prices, fossil fuel depletion remains a very real and imminent threat to the global economy. …
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Post Carbon Cities

Daniel Lerch   2007

Post Carbon Cities: Planning for Energy and Climate Uncertainty is the first major guidebook on peak oil and global warming for people who work with and for local governments in the …
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The Oil Depletion Protocol

Richard Heinberg   2006

Since oil is the primary fuel of global industrial civilization, its imminent depletion is a problem that will have profound impact on every aspect of modern life. Without international …
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The Last Refuge

David Orr   2004

Updated and revised following the 2004 elections, The Last Refuge describes the current state of American politics against the backdrop of mounting ecological and social problems, the corrosive …
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The Politics of Improving Urban Air Quality

Anthony Perl   1999

The authors argue that designing and implementing successful policies is not just a matter of deciding on the most appropriate technological solutions. A process of institution building has to …
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Studying Public Policy

Anthony Perl   1995

Studying Public Policy examines three dimensions of efforts to engage and resolve public problems: policy actors, institutions, and ideas. Using this focus, the book overviews past efforts to …
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