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ISBN: 9781459410794-05

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The Big Shift

From: Getting to Zero

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Discusses the urgent need to shift from carbon intensive activities in three sectors: energy (bitumen to be declared a "sunset" industry), transportation (to shift from private internal comustion engines to public transit), and buildings (to be constructed with maximum focus on efficiency).

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Tony Clarke

TONY CLARKE holds a doctorate from the University of Chicago and is the recipient of Sweden's Right Livelihood Award, the "alternative Nobel Prize." Among his most recent books is Blue Gold: The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World's Water with Maude Barlow. He is the founder and director of the Polaris Institute in Ottawa, an organization dedicated to developing tools and strategies for civic action on major public policy issues, including energy security, water rights, and free trade. He He lives in Ottawa.