Mass Transit

Cygnus Business Media

International publication dealing with issues, products, systems and legislation concerning the mass transit.
  
  











  



  
The Power Of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil4 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
  
  











  



  
EcoCities: Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature5 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
  
  











  



  
Sustainable Industries1 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 ...
  
  











  



  
The Oil Depletion Protocol: A Plan to Avert Oil Wars, Terrorism and Economic Collapse8 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
  
  











  



  
Behind the War on Terror: Western Secret Strategy and the Struggle for Iraq10 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
  
  











  



  
A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil8 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!
  
  











  



  
E - The Environmental Magazine5 reviews

Earth Action Network, 2002

Finally, Independent environmental reports

+ E magazine summed up!
+ E- The ENvironmental magazine
+ E Magazine
+ Great Environmental Magazine
  
  











  



  
Radical Simplicity: Small Footprints on a Finite Earth7 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
  
  











  



  
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...
  
  











  



  
Community By Design: New Urbanism for Suburbs and Small Communities5 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 ...
  
  











  



  
Little House on a Small Planet: Simple Homes, Cozy Retreats, and Energy Efficient Possibilities21 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 ! ...
  
  











  



  
Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction12 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
  
  











  



  
Design: E21 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 ...
  
  











  



  
Planet U: Sustaining the World, Reinventing the University2 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.
  
  











  



  
Solar Today

American Solar Energy Society

Keeps scientists, engineers, educators, practicioners, researchers, and consumers current with developments in solar energy related fields.
  
  











  



  
Solar Revolution: The Economic Transformation of the Global Energy Industry18 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 ...
  
  











  



  
The Natural Step for Communities: How Cities and Towns can Change to Sustainable Practices3 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, ...
  
  











  



  
Petrodollar Warfare: Oil, Iraq and the Future of the Dollar20 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
  
  











  



  
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