If you are a regular reader of this BLOG you will know that we are passionate about sustainability issues and about help you all understand your own impacts on the environment.
We also try to provide information and discussions on simple ways to be engaged and to make a difference.
We have found a book called Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization written by Lester R. Brown.
We want to highlight this to you as we believe what Lester is saying is aligned to our thinking. We recommend you visit the links we have provided in this post and consider purchasing the book.
Here is some background on the book:
Plan B is shaped by what is needed to save civilization, not by what may currently be considered politically feasible. Plan B does not fit within a particular discipline, sector, or set of assumptions.
Implementing Plan B means undertaking several actions simultaneously, including eradicating poverty, stabilizing population, and restoring the earth’s natural systems. It also involves cutting carbon dioxide emissions 80 percent by 2020, largely through a mobilization to raise energy efficiency and harness renewable sources of energy.
We face an extraordinary challenge, but there is much to be upbeat about. All the problems we face can be dealt with using existing technologies. And almost everything we need to do to move the world economy back onto an environmentally sustainable path has already been done in one or more countries.
We see the components of Plan B—the alternative to business as usual—in new technologies already on the market. On the energy front, for example, an advanced-design wind turbine can produce as much energy as an oil well. Japanese engineers have designed a vacuum-sealed refrigerator that uses only one eighth as much electricity as those marketed a decade ago. Gas-electric hybrid automobiles, getting nearly 50 miles per gallon, are twice as efficient as the average car on the road.
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