To: Permaculture ibiblio <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [permaculture] New Book from Permaculture Activist
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 06:33:11 -0500
Post Carbon Cities: Planning for Energy and Climate Uncertainty is a
guidebook on peak oil and global warming for people who work with and
for local governments in the United States and Canada. It provides a
sober look at how these phenomena are quickly creating new uncertainties
and vulnerabilities for cities of all sizes, and explains what local
decision-makers can do to address these challenges.
Post Carbon Cities fills an important gap in the resources currently
available to local government decision-makers on planning for the
changing global energy and climate context of the 21st century.
"How will we cope with a future of energy scarcity? As a policy
maker I look to other communities for inspiration and ideas, but
there's been a lack of information on what local governments are
doing to adapt to Peak Oil. Post Carbon Cities fills this gap:
herein lies the roadmap plotted by the cities that are leading the
way. Enthusiastically recommended!"
Dave Rollo, City Council President, Blooomington, Indiana