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We must cut carbon emissions to halt climate change. But they aren't just produced by driving a car or heating a home. Upfront carbon ¿ all emissions involved in manufacturing an item ¿ can dwarf operating emissions, which is why when you look at the world through the lens of upfront carbon, everything changes.
List of contents
Acknowledgments1. 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 SufficiencyNotes
Index
About the Author
About New Society Publishers
About the author
Lloyd Alter is a writer, public speaker, architect, inventor, and Adjunct Professor of Sustainable Design at Toronto Metropolitan University. He has published many thousands of articles on diverse platforms such as
TreeHugger,
Planet Green, and
The Guardian. Lloyd is the author of
Living the 1.5 Degree Lifestyle. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.
Summary
We must cut carbon emissions to halt climate change. But they aren't just produced by driving a car or heating a home. Upfront carbon – all emissions involved in manufacturing an item – can dwarf operating emissions, which is why when you look at the world through the lens of upfront carbon, everything changes.
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