Story of Upfront Carbon
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Story of Upfront Carbon
How a Life of Just Enough Offers a Way Out of the Climate Crisis
Alter, Lloyd
New Society Publishers
05/2024
192
Mole
Inglês
9780865719927
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Acknowledgments
1. The Lens of Upfront Carbon
What Are Upfront Carbon Emissions and Why Are They Important?
Why We Are Fixated on Energy, Not Carbon
Carbon Takes Command
The IPCC Does Not Say We're Doomed
OK Doomer
The Building Industry and Upfront Carbon
The Carbon Footprint of Everything
The Unbearable Heaviness of Carbon
Transparency from Shoes to Motorcycles
The Future We Want: Supply vs Demand
Dematerialization and Degrowth
Enjoy the Ride with Demand-Side Mitigation
Why Sufficiency Is the Solution
2. Strategies for Sufficiency
Materiality: Build Out of Sunshine
Ephemerality
Frugality
Simplicity
Flexibility
Circularity
Universality
Resiliency
Satiety or Enoughness
Electricity
Intermittency
Operating Efficiency
Design Efficiency
Inequality, Inequity, and Justice
3. Stuff
The Single-Use Coffee Cup
From the Two-by-Four to Mass Timber to a Block of Flats
The Block of Flats
The Folly of Foam Insulation
The Heat Pump
The Puffer Jacket
The Hamburger
The Car
The E-Cargo Bike
4. Everything Connects
A Prosperous Ascent
Conclusion
Appendix A: Cheat Sheet: A Short Guide to Sufficiency
Notes
Index
About the Author
About New Society Publishers
1. The Lens of Upfront Carbon
What Are Upfront Carbon Emissions and Why Are They Important?
Why We Are Fixated on Energy, Not Carbon
Carbon Takes Command
The IPCC Does Not Say We're Doomed
OK Doomer
The Building Industry and Upfront Carbon
The Carbon Footprint of Everything
The Unbearable Heaviness of Carbon
Transparency from Shoes to Motorcycles
The Future We Want: Supply vs Demand
Dematerialization and Degrowth
Enjoy the Ride with Demand-Side Mitigation
Why Sufficiency Is the Solution
2. Strategies for Sufficiency
Materiality: Build Out of Sunshine
Ephemerality
Frugality
Simplicity
Flexibility
Circularity
Universality
Resiliency
Satiety or Enoughness
Electricity
Intermittency
Operating Efficiency
Design Efficiency
Inequality, Inequity, and Justice
3. Stuff
The Single-Use Coffee Cup
From the Two-by-Four to Mass Timber to a Block of Flats
The Block of Flats
The Folly of Foam Insulation
The Heat Pump
The Puffer Jacket
The Hamburger
The Car
The E-Cargo Bike
4. Everything Connects
A Prosperous Ascent
Conclusion
Appendix A: Cheat Sheet: A Short Guide to Sufficiency
Notes
Index
About the Author
About New Society Publishers
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Climate Change;Greenhouse gas;Paris Accord Agreement science;energy;global warming;consumption;sustainability;temperature;Thunberg;embodied;footprint;carbon budget;Fossil fuels;environment;one point five;Climatology;minimalism;Sustainable lifestyle;treehugger;Naomi Klein;All we can save;hayhoe;lifestyle;Builder;architect;remodeler;fine;homebuilding
Acknowledgments
1. The Lens of Upfront Carbon
What Are Upfront Carbon Emissions and Why Are They Important?
Why We Are Fixated on Energy, Not Carbon
Carbon Takes Command
The IPCC Does Not Say We're Doomed
OK Doomer
The Building Industry and Upfront Carbon
The Carbon Footprint of Everything
The Unbearable Heaviness of Carbon
Transparency from Shoes to Motorcycles
The Future We Want: Supply vs Demand
Dematerialization and Degrowth
Enjoy the Ride with Demand-Side Mitigation
Why Sufficiency Is the Solution
2. Strategies for Sufficiency
Materiality: Build Out of Sunshine
Ephemerality
Frugality
Simplicity
Flexibility
Circularity
Universality
Resiliency
Satiety or Enoughness
Electricity
Intermittency
Operating Efficiency
Design Efficiency
Inequality, Inequity, and Justice
3. Stuff
The Single-Use Coffee Cup
From the Two-by-Four to Mass Timber to a Block of Flats
The Block of Flats
The Folly of Foam Insulation
The Heat Pump
The Puffer Jacket
The Hamburger
The Car
The E-Cargo Bike
4. Everything Connects
A Prosperous Ascent
Conclusion
Appendix A: Cheat Sheet: A Short Guide to Sufficiency
Notes
Index
About the Author
About New Society Publishers
1. The Lens of Upfront Carbon
What Are Upfront Carbon Emissions and Why Are They Important?
Why We Are Fixated on Energy, Not Carbon
Carbon Takes Command
The IPCC Does Not Say We're Doomed
OK Doomer
The Building Industry and Upfront Carbon
The Carbon Footprint of Everything
The Unbearable Heaviness of Carbon
Transparency from Shoes to Motorcycles
The Future We Want: Supply vs Demand
Dematerialization and Degrowth
Enjoy the Ride with Demand-Side Mitigation
Why Sufficiency Is the Solution
2. Strategies for Sufficiency
Materiality: Build Out of Sunshine
Ephemerality
Frugality
Simplicity
Flexibility
Circularity
Universality
Resiliency
Satiety or Enoughness
Electricity
Intermittency
Operating Efficiency
Design Efficiency
Inequality, Inequity, and Justice
3. Stuff
The Single-Use Coffee Cup
From the Two-by-Four to Mass Timber to a Block of Flats
The Block of Flats
The Folly of Foam Insulation
The Heat Pump
The Puffer Jacket
The Hamburger
The Car
The E-Cargo Bike
4. Everything Connects
A Prosperous Ascent
Conclusion
Appendix A: Cheat Sheet: A Short Guide to Sufficiency
Notes
Index
About the Author
About New Society Publishers
Este título pertence ao(s) assunto(s) indicados(s). Para ver outros títulos clique no assunto desejado.
Climate Change;Greenhouse gas;Paris Accord Agreement science;energy;global warming;consumption;sustainability;temperature;Thunberg;embodied;footprint;carbon budget;Fossil fuels;environment;one point five;Climatology;minimalism;Sustainable lifestyle;treehugger;Naomi Klein;All we can save;hayhoe;lifestyle;Builder;architect;remodeler;fine;homebuilding
