Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization by Lester R. Brown

Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization is the latest book written by Lester R. Brown, the founder and President of the Earth Policy Institute, and a well-known environmentalist and thinker. The book is an update of his previous two Plan B books, which gives a summary of the environmental problems that we faced and outlines the response needed to save our civilization. He describes what we need to do:

The challenge for our generation is to build a new economy, one that is powered largely by renewable sources of energy, that has a highly diversified transport system, and that reuses and recycles everything. And to do it with unprecedented speed.

Continuing with business as usual (Plan A), which is destroying the economy’s eco-supports and setting the stage for dangerous climate change, is no longer a viable option. It is time for Plan B.

Plan B 3.0 gives a blueprint for stabilizing population and eradicating poverty, restoring the earth’s ecosystems, and stabilizing climate. It describes the need to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 80% before 2020, through raising energy efficiency, developing renewable energy sources, and increasing the earth’s forest cover. We already have the resources to adopt Plan B and save civilization. No more business as usual.

The book can be downloaded for free at the Earth Policy Institute’s website or buy it from our Amazon bookstore.

Source: Earth Policy Institute.

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