Close one thousand dirty coal power plants within five years

Too much and for too long, we seem to have surrendered personal excellence and community value in the mere accumulation of material things. Our Gross National Product … counts air pollution and cigarette advertising and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage. It counts special locks for our doors and the jails for the people who break them. It

In 2008, about 125 million households in the United States spent an average of about $104 a month on electricity bills. That’s over $150 billion a year

While the initial response will focus on climate change, particularly energy, transport, and agriculture, it is clear as argued in earlier chapters that climate change is a symptom, not the problem. This means that to succeed we will have to rapidly

The Planetary Boundaries report released by the Stockholm Resilience Centre suggested there were nine boundaries we cannot cross and maintain a sustainable economy. They are climate change, stratospheric ozone, land use change, freshwater use, biological diversity, ocean acidification, nitrogen and

the aim should be to obtain the maximum of well-being with the minimum of consumption.…

Move away from climate-unfriendly protein

like fixing climate change; this is a system design problem.

Five Ways to Well-being, which focused on connecting with people, being physically active, taking notice of the world around you, learning new things, and giving to others (which includes volunteering).