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Mass Transit
Cygnus Business Media
International publication dealing with issues, products, systems and legislation concerning the mass transit.
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The Power Of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil 4 reviews
Community Service, Inc, 2006
Perhaps a useful blueprint for others in the future...
+ Fascinating, Educational and Empowering. + Eliminating Oil Dependency + Inspiring and shows the way ahead
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EcoCities: Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature 5 reviews Richard Register
New Society Publishers, 2006
One of the keys to Sustainability
+ Ecocitology + Awesome with Clarity + A pattern of urban design we will rediscover + moderate environmental views
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Sustainable Industries 1 review
Sustainable Industries
Profits through sustainability.
With a growing list of environmental catastrophes cascading around us, I can't imagine a more valuable journal than "Sustainable Industries." I just received my third issue, and I couldn't be more pleased with its presentation and the information it provides. Even the advertisments are ...
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The Oil Depletion Protocol: A Plan to Avert Oil Wars, Terrorism and Economic Collapse 8 reviews Richard Heinberg
New Society Publishers, 2006
Bottom Line Deadly Serious
+ Depletion Protocol + Crazy, or what? + Overly optimistic + hopeful suggestion for a solution to the upcoming oil crisis
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Behind the War on Terror: Western Secret Strategy and the Struggle for Iraq 10 reviews Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed
New Society Publishers, 2003
Brilliant ,Erudite , Gripping.
+ All information in one single place + Book of Revelation--after revelation; after revelation... + Ahmed's calendar: Third Day of the Condor = Apocalypse Now
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A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil 8 reviews
Maria Vaz Photography, Del Bello Pictures, 2007
Curitiba Brazil is a Convenient Solution to Global Survival Issues
+ Great information + A Convenient Truth + Inspiring Film + great!
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E - The Environmental Magazine 5 reviews
Earth Action Network, 2002
Finally, Independent environmental reports
+ E magazine summed up! + E- The ENvironmental magazine + E Magazine + Great Environmental Magazine
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Radical Simplicity: Small Footprints on a Finite Earth 7 reviews Jim Merkel
New Society Publishers, 2003
A balm for painful truth
+ Great info & inspiration to get you started + Very important and thoughtful reading. + Very inspiring, but gets too technical
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The Homeowner's Guide to Renewable Energy: Achieving Energy Independence through Solar, Wind, Biomass and ... 11 reviews Dan Chiras
New Society Publishers, 2006
Good review to renewable energy
+ Very interesting and readable book + Very informative book. + The Homeowner's Guide to Renewable Energy: Achievi...
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Community By Design: New Urbanism for Suburbs and Small Communities 5 reviews Kenneth B. Hall, Gerald A. Porterfield
McGraw-Hill Professional, 2001
Recommendation from the author
+ Suggests ways to make our communities better + Community By Design
I wanted to take the opportunity to recommend this book to anyone who has wondered why every place in America looks like everywhere else. There's a funny line in the Rocky and Bullwinkle movie where "our heros" are traveling by car across America in a race against time to foil the plan of the arch ...
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Little House on a Small Planet: Simple Homes, Cozy Retreats, and Energy Efficient Possibilities 21 reviews Shay Salomon
The Lyons Press, 2006
Excellent and Inspiring
+ Absolutely wonderful!! + Funky book
This book is totally well prepared. And if a person is looking to modify their life to lessen the effects of the "rat race", this book will suggest excellent options that will save a person YEARS of labor and savings and costs, which can then be devoted to ???? making a better life all around !
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Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction 12 reviews Terry Tamminen
Island Press, 2006
If anything, puts the problem too mildly
+ More MPG Needed! + Not recommended for a superficial reading... + A Must Read for Citizens Concerned about Our Energy Future + a must read
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Design: E2 1 review
Pbs (Direct), 2006
green is here
I enjoyed this great feature. I'm an architecture student so learning about green is very beneficial and I expect this will be adopted into the building codes. There are many great architects in here too! the last episode was just a little hard to understand the Singaporian architect, but besides ...
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Planet U: Sustaining the World, Reinventing the University 2 reviews Michael M'Gonigle, Justine Starke
New Society Publishers, 2006
A rare breed
+ The university as sustainability catalyst
This book is a rare breed. Few books come along and ask us to look at our social landscape in a completely new way. The ones that do offer us new strategies for making real change.
Planet U does both of those things. After reading this book you will never think of universities in the same way.
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Solar Today
American Solar Energy Society
Keeps scientists, engineers, educators, practicioners, researchers, and consumers current with developments in solar energy related fields.
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Solar Revolution: The Economic Transformation of the Global Energy Industry 18 reviews Travis Bradford
The MIT Press, 2006
Travis Gets It
+ not your doe-eyed solar book + present and future of the PV industry
This is a great read. Unlike many authors who've written about solar in relation to other forms of energy generation, Travis thoughtfully analyzes why solar will be a big part of the solution. He considers issues of changing energy costs, cleanup costs (carbon), and solar's declining costs in ...
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The Natural Step for Communities: How Cities and Towns can Change to Sustainable Practices 3 reviews Sarah James, Torbjrn Lahti
New Society Publishers, 2004
How to foment sustainable revolution
+ Tremendous Book...
In the 1980s, Lahti's hometown of Overtornea, Sweden was dying. The worldwide recession left the village in an inhospitable climate with no major industry and a declining population. Lahti organized community residents and developed a plan to revitalize Overtornea using principles of environmental, ...
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Petrodollar Warfare: Oil, Iraq and the Future of the Dollar 20 reviews William R. Clark
New Society Publishers, 2005
A collegiate MUST read!!
+ The Dollar's Future + Explaining the dollar's decline + great book + Interesting Book with Some Problems
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Real Goods Solar Living Source Book-Special 30th Anniversary Edition: Your Complete Guide to Renewable Energy ... 7 reviews John Schaeffer
Gaiam Real Goods, 2007
Excellent
+ Great Resource for Getting Started with Alternative Energy Solutions + Great source for most solar usages + Wonderful resource
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