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The blueprint : averting global collapse / Daniel Rirdan.

by Rirdan, Daniel.

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Louisville, CO : Corinno Press, c2012.

Ecological engineering.

Green technology.

Sustainable development.

Environmental protection.

Climatic changes -- Prevention.

Global warming -- Prevention.

Sustainable living.

9780984962006 (hardcover) :

098496200X (hardcover)

9781470135881 (pbk.)

1470135884 (pbk.)

x, 483 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Climate change : what's in store -- Land : stressors and prospects of further degradation -- Sea : stressors and prospects of further degradation -- Human habitats : stressors and prospects of further degradation -- Transportation : on land, at sea, and in the air -- Buildings : cutting their energy consumption by a factor of ten -- Energy : lower-impact technologies -- Nutrient and water recycling : focusing on living spaces -- Land use : reinventing the food system & bringing a new water source online -- Nature restoration : bringing back the wilderness -- Drawing down carbon : the necessity to go beyond a carbon-neutral economy -- Consumption : over population, consumption habits, industry -- Economic & political paradigm : what exists, what is called for, and getting there politically -- Appendix A: Rooftop-mounted PV panels and thin-film PV : why they don't add up -- Appendix B: Carbon sequestration ; Two maybes.

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