Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization

Lester R. Brown

Yayasan Obor Indonesia - 398 pages

Contents

• Entering a New World: 3
• A Massive Market Failure: 6
• Environment and Civilization: 9
• Why the Existing Economic Model Will Fail: 13
• Mounting Stresses Failing States: 14
• A Civilizational Tipping Point: 18
• Plan B A Plan of Hope: 20
• Deteriorating Oil and Food Security: 27
• The Coming Decline of Oil: 29
• The Oil Intensity of Food: 34
• The Changing Food Prospect: 36
• Cars and People Compete for Crops: 38
• The World Beyond Peak Oil: 42
• Food Insecurity and Failing States: 45
• Rising Temperatures and Rising Seas: 48
• Rising Temperature and Its Effects: 49
• The Crop Yield Effect: 51
• Reservoirs in the Sky: 53
• Melting Ice and Rising Seas: 56
• More Destructive Storms: 61
• Cutting Carbon 80 Percent by 2020: 64
• Emerging Water Shortages: 68
• Water Tables Falling: 69
• Rivers Running Dry: 75
• Lakes Disappearing: 77
• Farmers Losing to Cities: 78
• Scarcity Crossing National Borders: 81
• Water Scarcity Yields Political Stresses: 82
• Natural Systems Under Stress: 85
• The Many Costs: 86
• Losing Soil: 90
• From Grassland to Desert: 93
• Advancing Deserts: 94
• Collapsing Fisheries: 97
• Disappearing Plants and Animals: 101
• Early Signs of Decline: 106
• Our Socially Divided World: 107
• Health Challenge Growing: 110
• Throwaway Economy in Trouble: 115
• Population and Resource Conflicts: 117
• Environmental Refugees on the Rise: 121
• Mounting Stresses Failing States: 123
• Eradicating Poverty Stabilizing Population: 131
• Universal Basic Education: 133
• Stabilizing Population: 136
• Better Health for All: 140
• Curbing the HIV Epidemic: 144
• Reducing Farm Subsidies and Debt: 146
• A Poverty Eradication Budget: 149
• Restoring the Earth: 152
• Protecting and Restoring Forests: 153
• Conserving and Rebuilding Soils: 158
• Regenerating Fisheries: 162
• Protecting Plant and Animal Diversity: 164
• Planting Trees to Sequester Carbon: 165
• The Earth Restoration Budget: 169
• Feeding Eight Billion Well: 175
• Rethinking Land Productivity: 176
• Raising Water Productivity: 179
• Producing Protein More Efficiently: 183
• Moving Down the Food Chain: 188
• Action on Many Fronts: 189
• Designing Cities for People: 192
• The Ecology of Cities: 194
• Redesigning Urban Transport: 196
• Reducing Urban Water Use: 202
• Farming in the City: 205
• Upgrading Squatter Settlements: 208
• Cities for People: 209
• Raising Energy Efficiency: 213
• Banning the Bulb: 215
• EnergyEfficient Appliances: 218
• MoreEfficient Buildings: 221
• Restructuring the Transport System: 225
• A New Materials Economy: 228
• The Energy Savings Potential: 235
• Turning to Renewable Energy: 237
• Harnessing the Wind: 239
• WindPowered Plugin Hybrid Cars: 243
• Solar Cells and Collectors: 246
• Energy from the Earth: 252
• PlantBased Sources of Energy: 255
• River Tidal and Wave Power: 258
• The World Energy Economy of 2020: 259
• The Great Mobilization: 265
• Shifting Taxes and Subsidies: 267
• Summing Up Climate Stabilization Measures: 273
• A Response to Failing States: 276
• A Wartime Mobilization: 279
• Mobilizing to Save Civilization: 280
• What You and I Can Do: 285
• Notes: 289
• Index: 373
• Acknowledgments: 393

Bibliographic information

• Title: Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
• Author: Lester R. Brown
• Publisher: Yayasan Obor Indonesia
• ISBN: 9794616583, 9789794616581
• Length: 398 pages