Development

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Prologue and Foreword

Prologue and Foreword

From: Escape from Overshoot

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Rebuild: What You Build Matters, What You Don't Build Matters More

Rebuild: What You Build Matters, What You Don’t Build Matters More

From: The New Carbon Architecture

In this chapter, the authors explore the difference between net-zero energy buildings and buildings with a low carbon footprint. 7 $0.70 Add
Resilience Imperative

Resilience Imperative

Cooperative Transitions to a Steady-state Economy

We find ourselves between a rock and a hot place compelled by the intertwining forces of peak oil and climate change to reinvent our economic life at a much more local and regional scale. The … ; 400 View
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Responding to Water Crises: A Tale of Four Cities

Responding to Water Crises: A Tale of Four Cities

From: Dry Run

In chapter 3, we looked at contemporary water crises in Australia, Atlanta and San Diego. We’ll learn what their successes can teach us about how to create effective water conservation … 21 $2.10 Add
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Retailer Market Power

Retailer Market Power

From: Grocery Story

This chapter describes retailer market power– current and historical– in the United States, as well as efforts to contain this power. The 1980s and the US Regan administration’s … 14 $1.40 Add
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Reweaving Our Economies Close to Home

Reweaving Our Economies Close to Home

From: Resilience Imperative

Despite 60 years of global economic expansion, incomes over the last 30 years have stagnated. People who were once beneficiaries of spiralling growth are no longer participants. The migration of … ; 30 $3.00 Add
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Rise of the Grocery Giants

Rise of the Grocery Giants

From: Grocery Story

This chapter begins the description of the actions and tactics of "big food". The history of the A&P grocery retalier is described, as well as Piggly Wiggly, the first self-service … 15 $1.50 Add
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Seeking Pathways to Sustainable Food

Seeking Pathways to Sustainable Food

From: Resilience Imperative

Food production has been transformed from a local affair into a complex web of supply chains crisscrossing the planet that miraculously deliver a multitude of foodstuffs right to our doorstep. … ; 33 $3.30 Add
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Seeking Strategic Pathways to Energy Sufficiency

Seeking Strategic Pathways to Energy Sufficiency

From: Resilience Imperative

Our energy diet has put us between a rock and a hot place. On one hand, we are hooked on oil and demand is increasing. On the other hand, if we do not radically reduce our fossil-fuel use, we … ; 19 $1.90 Add
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Size Matters: Can Buildings Be Too Tall?

Size Matters: Can Buildings Be Too Tall?

From: The New Carbon Architecture

In this chapter, the author seeks to answer the question: are there limits to how much increases in urban density — especially via vertical growth — will contribute to rather than … 11 $1.10 Add
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Some Remaining Theoretical Challenges

Some Remaining Theoretical Challenges

From: Transforming or Reforming Capitalism

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Step 1: Selecting Behaviors

Step 1: Selecting Behaviors

From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior

Whether you are developing a program to promote water efficiency, waste reduction, watershed protection, energy efficiency, modal transportation shifts, or virtually any other area related to … 11 $0.11 Add
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Step 3: Developing Strategies - Norms & Sustainable Behaviour

Step 3: Developing Strategies – Norms & Sustainable Behaviour

Social Norms: Building Community Support

From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior

To date too little attention has been given to the significant impact that norms can have upon the adoption of sustainable behavior. If we are to make the transition to a sustainable future, it … 13 $0.13 Add
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Step 3: Developing Strategies - Social Diffusion

Step 3: Developing Strategies – Social Diffusion

Social Diffusion: Speeding the Adoption of New Behaviors

From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior

Both the mundane and important decisions of our lives are strongly affected by a process known as social diffusion or diffusion of innovations. In contrast with what nonpersonal sources of … 11 $0.11 Add
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Step 3: Developing Strategies - Forgetting

Step 3: Developing Strategies – Forgetting

Prompts: Rembering to Act

From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior

Numerous actions that promote sustainability are susceptible to the most human of traits: forgetting. Fortunately, “prompts” are effective in reminding people to engage in sustainable … 12 $0.12 Add