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Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in TroubleLester R. Brown An expansion and update to Brown's best-selling Plan B. Here he outlines a plan, a budget, and a timetable for rescuing our twenty-first century civilization. The plan includes eradicating poverty and stabilizing population, protecting and restoring soils, forests, rangelands, and fisheries, and conserving the earth's biological diversity. |
Table of Contents:
Preface » (pdf)
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Entering a New World » (pdf)
Introduction »
The Nature of a New World »
Learning from China »
Learning from the Past »
The Emerging Politics of Scarcity »
Getting the Price Right »
Plan B—A Plan of Hope »PART I. A CIVILIZATION IN TROUBLE
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Beyond the Oil Peak » (pdf)
Introduction »
The Coming Decline of Oil »
The Oil Intensity of Food »
The Falling Wheat-Oil Exchange Rate »
Food and Fuel Compete for Land »
Cities and Suburbs after Peak Oil »
The World After Oil Peaks »
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Emerging Water Shortages » (pdf)
Introduction »
Falling Water Tables »
Rivers Running Dry »
Disappearing Lakes »
Farmers Losing to Cities »
Scarcity Crossing National Borders »
A Food Bubble Economy »
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Rising Temperatures and Rising Seas » (pdf)
Introduction »
Rising Temperature and its Effects »
The Crop Yield Effect »
Reservoirs in the Sky »
Melting Ice and Rising Seas »
More Destructive Stores »
Subsidizing Climate Change »
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Natural Systems Under Stress » (pdf)
Introduction »
Shrinking Forests: The Costs »
Losing Soil »
Deteriorating Rangelands »
Advancing Deserts »
Collapsing Fisheries »
Disappearing Plants and Animals »
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Early Signs of Decline » (pdf)
Introduction »
Our Socially Divided World »
Health Challenge Growing »
Throwaway Economy in Trouble »
Population and Resource Conflicts »
Environmental Refugees on the Rise »
Failed States and Terrorism »PART II. THE RESPONSE – PLAN B
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Eradicating Poverty, Stabilizing Population » (pdf)
Introduction »
Universal Basic Education »
Stabilizing Population »
Better Health for All »
Curbing the HIV Epidemic »
Reducing Farm Subsidies and Debt »
A Poverty-Eradication Budget »
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Restoring the Earth » (pdf)
Introduction »
Protecting and Restoring Forests »
Conserving and Rebuilding Soils »
Meeting Nature's Water Needs »
Regenerating Fisheries »
Protecting Plant and Animal Diversity »
The Earth Restoration Budget »
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Feeding Seven Billion Well » (pdf)
Introduction »
Rethinking Land Productivity »
Raising Water Productivity »
Producing Protein More Efficiently »
New Protein Production Systems »
Moving Down the Food Chain »
Action on Many Fronts »
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Stabilizing Climate » (pdf)
Introduction »
Raising Energy Productivity »
Harnessing the Wind »
Hybrid Cars and Wind Power »
Converting Sunlight to Electricity »
Energy From the Earth »
Cutting Carbon Emissions Fast »
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Designing Sustainable Cities » (pdf)
Introduction »
The Ecology of Cities »
Redesigning Urban Transport »
Farming in the City »
Reducing Urban Water Use »
The Challenge of Urban Slums »
Cities for People »PART III: AN EXCITING NEW OPTION
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Building a New Economy » (pdf)
Introduction »
Shifting Taxes »
Shifting Subsidies »
Ecolabeling: Voting With Our Wallets »
A New Materials Economy »
New Industries, New Jobs »
The Environmental Revolution »
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Plan B: Building a New Future » (pdf)
Introduction »
Listening for Wake-Up Calls »
A Wartime Mobilization »
Mobilizing to Save Civilization »
A Call to Greatness »
You and Me »
Additional Resources »(pdf)
Notes » (pdf)
Index » (pdf)
Acknowledgements » (pdf)
About the Author » (pdf)