Sustainable Development
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From  Prologue and ForewordFrom: Escape from Overshoot |
Peter Victor A. | 10 | 2023 | $1.00 Add | |
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From  Rebuild: What You Build Matters, What You Don’t Build Matters More |
In this chapter, the authors explore the difference between net-zero energy buildings and buildings with a low carbon footprint. | Larry Strain | 7 | 2017 | $0.70 Add |
 Resilience ImperativeCooperative 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 … | Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty | 400 | 2012 | View |
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From  Responding to Water Crises: A Tale of Four CitiesFrom: 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 … | Jerry Yudelson | 21 | 2010 | $2.10 Add |
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From Reweaving Our Economies Close to HomeFrom: 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 … | Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty | 30 | 2012 | $3.00 Add |
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From Seeking Pathways to Sustainable FoodFrom: 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. … | Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty | 33 | 2012 | $3.30 Add |
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From Seeking Strategic Pathways to Energy SufficiencyFrom: 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 … | Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty | 19 | 2012 | $1.90 Add |
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From Size Matters: Can Buildings Be Too Tall? |
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 … | Ann Edminster | 11 | 2017 | $1.10 Add |
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From  Step 1: Selecting Behaviors |
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 … | Doug McKenzie-Mohr | 11 | 2011 | $0.11 Add |
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From Step 3: Developing Strategies – Norms & Sustainable BehaviourSocial Norms: Building Community Support |
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 … | Doug McKenzie-Mohr | 13 | 2011 | $0.13 Add |
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From Step 3: Developing Strategies – Social DiffusionSocial Diffusion: Speeding the Adoption of New Behaviors |
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 … | Doug McKenzie-Mohr | 11 | 2011 | $0.11 Add |
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From Step 3: Developing Strategies – ForgettingPrompts: Rembering to Act |
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 … | Doug McKenzie-Mohr | 12 | 2011 | $0.12 Add |
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From Step 3: Developing Strategies – BarriersConvenience: Making it Easy to Act |
If the behavior is unpleasant or time-consuming, for example, no matter how well you address internal barriers your community-based social marketing strategy will be unsuccessful. The first step … | Doug McKenzie-Mohr | 9 | 2011 | $0.90 Add |
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From Step 4: Piloting |
Think of a pilot as a “test run,” an opportunity to work out the bugs before committing to carrying out a strategy broadly. As noted in the chapters on developing strategies, the … | Doug McKenzie-Mohr | 7 | 2011 | $0.70 Add |
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From Step 5: Broad-scale Implementation and Evaluation |
When a pilot project has demonstrated that a behavioral change can be brought about cost-effectively, it is time to broadly implement the strategy. Prior to broad-scale implementation, collect … | Doug McKenzie-Mohr | 3 | 2011 | $0.30 Add |
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From Straw and Other Fibers: A Second Harvest |
This chapter examines the use of "little trees," i.e., the stalks of straw that support seed crops. | Chris Magwood; Massey Burke | 12 | 2017 | $1.20 Add |
