Chapter 12: Energy

"America is addicted to oil."
-George W. Bush-

Reading:

1. Energy Sources and Uses (pg 284-286)
2. Fossil Fuels (pg 287-290)
3. Nuclear Power (pg 291-293)
4. Energy Conservation (pg 293-296)
5. Solar Energy ( pg 296-300)
6. Energy from the Earth's Forces (pg 304-307)
7. What's Our Energy Future? (pg 307-308)
   

Chapter 13: Solid and Hazardous Waste

" We are living in a false economy where the price of goods and services does not include the cost of waste and pollution."
- Lyn Landes, founder and Director of Zero Waste America

Reading:

1. The New Alchemy: Creating Gold from Garbage (pg 311)
2. Waste (pg 312)
3. Waste Disposal Methods (pg 313-317)
4. Shrinking the Waste Stream (pg 317-322)

Chapter 14: Economics and Urbanization

"What kind of world do you want to live in? Demand that your teachers teach you what you need to know to build it."
-Peter Kropotkin-

Reading:

1. Curitiba: A Model Sustainable City (pg 331)
2. urbanization (pg 332-335)
3. Urban Planning (pg 336-342)
4. Economics and Sustainable Development (pg 342-346)
5. Natural Resource Accounting (pg 346-348)
6. Green Business and Green Design (pg 350-351)
   

Chapter 15: Enviroinmental Policy and Sustainability

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
-Mahatma Gandhi-

Reading:

1. Saving the Gray Whale Nursery (pg 355)
2. Environmental Law and Policy (pg 356-363)
3. What Can Individuals Do? (pg 364-369)
4. Sustainability Is a Global Challenge (pg 373-374)