"Attention has focused on oil insecurity, and rightly so, but it is not the same as food insecurity. An empty gas tank is one thing, an empty stomach another. And while there are substitutes for oil, there are none for food." –Lester R. Brown, Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization.

June 12, 2015
The rise of sustainable energy – mainly wind and solar – is going to take many people by surprise, says Lester Brown. His latest book, The Great Transition: Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy, written with coauthors Janet Larsen, J. Matthew Roney, and Emily E. Adams, tracks the seismic changes now under way. Get the full article here.