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Sustainability

The links and attachments shown below are for web sites and articles that contain information about how to better understand some of the more theoretical issues regarding the topic of sustainability. These topics include
  • Natural Resource Depletion and Allocation
  • Energy Systems and Their Economics
  • Sustainable Development
The 21st Century Electric Utility: Positioning for a Low-Carbon Future prepared for Ceres by Navigant Consulting. This report outlines key trends affecting the electric utility industry, roadblocks that must be overcome, and actions that utilities must take to ensure a successful transition to providing cleaner energy to their customers sooner, and on a significantly larger scale.  Please click the link under Attachments below to view or download the report. 
 
In Search of Sustainable Values  By Ernest Partridge, University of California, Riverside. This article provides an easy-to-understand explanation and many references to classical economics texts about the contrasts between human values and economic prices.

Sustainable Energy - without the hot air By David JC MacKay, University of Cambridge. Described by Robert Sansom, Director of Strategy and Sustainable Development at EDF Energy as "... a book that comprehensively reveals the true facts about sustainable energy in a form that is both highly readable and entertaining." A low-resolution .pdf of this book is available as an attachment below.

Our Common Future, also known as the Brundtland Commission Report. The 1987, UN-sponsored report that popularized the term "sustainable development" and contains its classic definition: "Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
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Wayne Porter,
Jul 23, 2010 7:37 AM