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Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save CivilizationLester R. Brown In this greatly revised edition, Brown outlines a survival strategy for our early twenty-first century civilization. The scale and complexity of the issues facing our fast-forward world have no precedent. Brown outlines an ambitious plan that includes cutting carbon emissions 80 percent by 2020, achievable with existing technologies. The choice is yours and mine. |
Table of Contents:
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Entering a New World
Introduction »
A Massive Market Failure »
Environment and Civilization »
China: Why the Existing Economic Model Will Fail »
Mounting Stresses, Failing States »
A Civilizational Tipping Point »
Plan B—A Plan of Hope »
PART I. A CIVILIZATION IN TROUBLE
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Deteriorating Oil and Food Security
Introduction »
The Coming Decline of Oil »
The Oil Intensity of Food »
The Changing Food Prospect »
Cars and People Compete for Food »
The World Beyond Peak Oil »
Food Insecurity and Failing States »
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Rising Temperatures and Rising Seas
Introduction »
Rising Temperature and Its Effects »
The Crop Yield Effect »
Reservoirs in the Sky »
Melting Ice and Rising Seas »
More Destructive Storms »
Cutting Carbon 80 Percent by 2020 »
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Emerging Water Shortages
Introduction »
Water Tables Falling »
Rivers Running Dry »
Lakes Disappearing »
Farmers Losing to Cities »
Scarcity Crossing National Borders »
Water Scarcity Yields Political Stresses »
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Natural Systems Under Stress
Introduction »
Shrinking Forests: The Many Costs »
Losing Soil »
From Grassland to Desert »
Advancing Deserts »
Collapsing Fisheries »
Disappearing Plants and Animals »
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Early Signs of Decline
Introduction »
Our Socially Divided World »
Health Challenge Growing »
Throwaway Economy in Trouble »
Population and Resource Conflicts »
Environmental Refugees on the Rise »
Mounting Stresses, Failing States »
PART II. THE RESPONSE – PLAN B
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Eradicating Poverty, Stabilizing Population
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
Introduction »
Protecting and Restoring Forests »
Conserving and Rebuilding Soils »
Regenerating Fisheries »
Protecting Plant and Animal Diversity »
Planting Trees to Sequester Carbon »
The Earth Restoration Budget »
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Feeding Eight Billion Well
Introduction »
Rethinking Land Productivity »
Raising Water Productivity »
Producing Protein More Efficiently »
Moving Down the Food Chain »
Action on Many Fronts »
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Designing Cities for People
Introduction »
The Ecology of Cities »
Redesigning Urban Transport »
Reducing Urban Water Use »
Farming in the City »
Upgrading Squatter Settlements »
Cities for People »
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Raising Energy Efficiency
Introduction »
Banning the Bulb »
Energy-Efficient Appliances »
More-Efficient Buildings »
Restructuring the Transport System »
A New Materials Economy »
The Energy Savings Potential »
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Turning to Renewable Energy
Introduction »
Harnessing the Wind »
Wind-Powered Plug-In Hybrid Cars »
Solar Cells and Collectors »
Energy from the Earth »
Plant-Based Sources of Energy »
River, Tidal, and Wave Power »
The World Energy Economy of 2020 »
PART III: AN EXCITING NEW OPTION
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The Great Mobilization
Introduction »
Shifting Taxes and Subsidies »
Summing Up Climate Stabilization Measures »
A Reponse to Failing States »
A Wartime Mobilization »
Mobilizing to Save Civilization »
What You and I Can Do »