EPIBuilding a Sustainable Future
Book Bytes

Highlights and adaptations from Earth Policy Institute's books and research.

February 12, 2014
U.S.-India: Dealing With Monsoon Failure
February 07, 2013
New Era of Food Scarcity Echoes Collapsed Civilizations
July 31, 2012
We Can Reforest the Earth
July 12, 2012
Throwaway Economy Headed for Junk Heap of History
June 27, 2012
Two Views of Our Future
May 31, 2012
Redefining Security for the 21st Century
April 11, 2012
Getting the Market to Tell the Truth
March 21, 2012
How Much Will it Cost to Save Our Economy’s Foundation?
August 23, 2011
Expanding Deserts, Falling Water Tables, and Toxic Pollutants Driving People from Their Homes
August 15, 2011
Raging Storms and Rising Seas Swelling the Ranks of Climate Refugees
July 20, 2011
Growing Water Deficit Threatening Grain Harvests
July 06, 2011
Rising Temperatures Melting Away Global Food Security
June 28, 2011
The Good News About Coal
June 09, 2011
Turning Toward the Sun for Energy
April 19, 2011
Let No Man Say It Cannot Be Done
April 12, 2011
Smart Planning for the Global Family
March 15, 2011
Wind: The Center of the Plan B Economy
February 09, 2011
Environmental and Demographic Forces Threaten State Failure
February 02, 2011
Restoring Food Security for All Takes Action on Many Fronts
December 01, 2010
Future at Risk on a Hotter Planet
November 09, 2010
Improving Food Security by Strategically Reducing Grain Demand
November 03, 2010
Reducing Urban Water Use
October 06, 2010
Conserving and Rebuilding Soils
September 28, 2010
Civilization's Foundation Eroding
September 15, 2010
The Limits and Potential of Plant-Based Energy
August 31, 2010
Geothermal: Getting Energy from the Earth
August 24, 2010
A Global Shift to Renewable Energy
July 29, 2010
Raising Appliance Efficiency: A Big Win for Consumers and the Climate
July 14, 2010
The Emerging Politics of Food Scarcity
July 06, 2010
The Return of the Bicycle
June 29, 2010
The Population-Poverty Connection
June 22, 2010
Raising Water Productivity to Increase Food Security
June 16, 2010
How Many Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs Does It Take to Close 705 Coal Plants?
June 01, 2010
Cars and People Compete for Grain
May 25, 2010
Parking Lots to Parks: Designing Livable Cities
May 19, 2010
Reclaiming the Streets
April 22, 2010
Saving Civilization is Not a Spectator Sport
April 20, 2010
Plan B - A Plan to Save Civilization
April 13, 2010
Taxpayer Dollars Subsidizing Destruction
April 07, 2010
Lowering Income Taxes While Raising Pollution Taxes Reaps Great Returns
March 17, 2010
Zero-Carbon Buildings
March 09, 2010
On Rooftops Worldwide, a Solar Water Heating Revolution
February 23, 2010
Coal-Fired Power On the Way Out?
February 17, 2010
Smarter Grids, Appliances, and Consumers
February 03, 2010
Rescuing Failing States
January 27, 2010
Mounting Stresses, Failing States
December 21, 2009
Stabilizing Climate: Beyond International Agreements
December 01, 2009
The Localization of Agriculture
November 03, 2009
Three Models of Social Change
October 22, 2009
The Rising Tide of Environmental Refugees
October 07, 2009
Our Global Ponzi Economy
August 20, 2009
Throwing Out the Throwaway Economy
August 12, 2009
A Civilizational Tipping Point
July 29, 2009
Learning from Past Civilizations
July 07, 2009
Rethinking Food Production for a World of Eight Billion
June 25, 2009
The Oil Intensity of Food
June 09, 2009
A Warming World Means More Destructive Storms
June 03, 2009
Melting Ice Could Lead to Massive Waves of Climate Refugees
May 07, 2009
Needed: A Copernican Shift
April 14, 2009
Protecting and Restoring Forests
April 07, 2009
Shrinking Forests: The Many Costs
March 17, 2009
Better Health for All
March 11, 2009
Health Challenges Growing
February 12, 2009
When Population Growth and Resource Availability Collide
February 03, 2009
Restructuring the U.S. Transport System: The Potential of High-Speed Rail
January 21, 2009
Moving to a Stable World Population
January 06, 2009
Plan B Efficiency and Conservation Measures Drop Energy Demand by 2020
December 30, 2008
Planting Trees and Managing Soils to Sequester Carbon
December 17, 2008
A Massive Market Failure
December 03, 2008
A Wartime Mobilization
November 13, 2008
Expanding Marine Protected Areas to Restore Fisheries
September 26, 2008
Mobilizing to Save Civilization: What You and I Can Do
September 10, 2008
Increasing Equality by Educating Every Child
August 27, 2008
Raising Water Productivity
August 05, 2008
Raising Energy Efficiency in a New Materials Economy - Part II
July 30, 2008
Raising Energy Efficiency in a New Materials Economy - Part I
July 09, 2008
Redesigning Urban Transport
June 04, 2008
Falling Water Tables, Falling Harvests
January 03, 2008
Plan B 3.0 – A Plan of Hope
November 27, 2007
Building New Industries and Creating New Jobs in a Plan B Economy
November 05, 2007
Ecolabeling: Voting with Our Wallets
October 02, 2007
The Nature of the New World
September 19, 2007
Learning from the Past
August 02, 2007
Farewell to "Flush and Forget"
July 24, 2007
Water Tables Falling and Rivers Running Dry
July 10, 2007
Conserving and Rebuilding Soils
June 27, 2007
Losing Soil
May 01, 2007
Designing Cities for People
April 17, 2007
Plan B Budget for Saving Civilization
April 09, 2007
Plan B Budget for Restoring the Earth
April 03, 2007
Plan B Budget for Eradicating Poverty and Stabilizing Population
March 16, 2007
Farming in the City
February 01, 2007
Subsidizing Climate Change
January 23, 2007
The Environmental Revolution
December 05, 2006
A New Materials Economy
November 30, 2006
Throwaway Economy in Trouble
September 27, 2006
Water Scarcity Crossing National Borders
September 12, 2006
The Ecology of Cities
August 03, 2006
Countries Losing War with Advancing Deserts
July 19, 2006
Rescuing a Planet Under Stress