TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

A Glimpse of the Scale of the Universe

James Lovelock, Lynn Margulis and the Gaia Concept

R. Buckminster Fuller – Abundance for Everyone

Thomas Jefferson

Richard St. Barbe Baker

Francis of Assisi


The Necessity for a Truly Global Approach


The Bioneers


Animal Use of Technology



AIR



DRINKING WATER



FOOD



SHELTER

Underground, Earth-Sheltered and Earth-Bermed Homes

Yurts

Tipis

Bamboo Houses

Papuan Stilt Houses

Shipping Containers as Housing

Quonset Huts

Homes on Wheels

Domes

The Dymaxion House

Adobe Houses

Earthships

Stone Houses

Concrete Houses


Innovative Building Materials

Arcologies


Cities Floating on Water

Cities Floating in the Air

Underwater Cities and Artificial Islands


Houses Made from Living Trees

The Value of Aesthetic Beauty in Dwellings and Other Structures

Questioning the Need for Large Dwellings

Benefits of “Spreading Out” and Having Nature Around You


Bird-friendly glass windows



CLOTHING



HEALTH CARE



WASTE



FUEL AND POWER

Solar Power

Wind Power

Methane from Sewage

Geothermal Power

Wave and Tidal Power

Telluric Current

Safe Nuclear Energy

The F-T Process

Personal Power vs. Public Utilities



VEHICLES AND TRANSPORTATION

Smaller, More Efficient Vehicles

Purely Electric Automobiles

Hybrid Automobiles

Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Biodiesel

Bicycles and Velomobiles

Hybrid Bicycles and Tricycles

Motorcycles

Scooters and Electric Motorcycles

Cars with Motorcycle Engines

Public Transportation

Segway-like Conveyances

Traveling on Foot



COMMUNICATION

Cell Phones

Why Make Books and Other Printed Materials from Trees?



TECHNOLOGY IN GENERAL

Biomimicry

Permaculture

The True Costs of Manufacturing a Particular Item

How Can Technology Harm Us?

Increasing “Ephemeralization” and Efficiency

The Middle Ground between Silicon Valley and “Amish Country”



EMPLOYMENT AND TAXATION



POPULATION REGULATION



BIODIVERSITY

Maintaining Biodiversity on Land Used By Humans



PEACE, WAR AND POLICING THE PLANET



POLITICS AND LAW



EDUCATION



RECREATION

Gardening and the Aesthetic Value of Nature



CONCLUSION


Copyright © 2006-2008, Thomas D. Owens