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The book begins with a foreward from Al Gore and an introduction by Bruce Sterling, followed by 600 pages of innovative ideas for creating a bright green future, divided into seven main chapters:
Stuff (which covers topics like green design,
reducing one's ecological footprint, biomimicry, sustainable
agriculture, clothing, cars and emerging technologies);
Shelter (covering topics like green building and
landscaping, bright green home decor, clean energy, sustainable water
systems, disaster relief and humanitarian design);
Cities (topics like smart growth, sustainable communities,
transportation, greening infrastructure, product-service systems,
leapfrogging and megacity challenges);
Communities (topics like education, women's rights, public
health, holistic approaches to community development, copyleft,
South-South science, social entrepreneurship and micro-lending, and
philanthropy);
Business (topics like socially responsible investment,
worldchanging start-ups, ecological economics, corporate social
responsibility and green business);
Politics (topics like networked politics, new media, transparency, human rights, non-violent revolution and peacemaking);
Planet (the big picture -- everything from placing oneself in a bioregion to climate foresight to environmental history to green space exploration).
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