The Earth Policy Reader
OTHER EARTHSCAN BOOKS BY LESTER R. BROWN
Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth
State of the World 1994 to 2001
annual, with others
Vital Signs 19921993 to 20022003
annual, with others
Beyond Malthus
with Gary Gardner and Brian Halweil
Full House
with Hal Kane
Saving the Planet
with Christopher Flavin and Sandra Postel
Tough Choices
Earth Policy Institute is a nonprofit environmental research organization dedicated to providing a vision of an eco-economy and a roadmap on how to get from here to there. It seeks to reach a global constituency through its publications and the media. Its primary publications are Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth, The Earth Policy Reader, and a series of four-page Eco-Economy Updates that assess progress, or the lack thereof, in building an eco-economy. All of these can be downloaded at no charge from the EPI Web site.
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First published by Earthscan in the UK and USA in 2003
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ISBN: 978-1-85383-970-2 (pbk)
Cover design by Yvonne Booth
Earth Policy Institute exists today because Roger and Vicki Sant of the Summit Foundation shared a vision of an eco-economy and provided an extraordinarily generous startup grant last year. The Sants were joined by several foundations, including the Farview, Richard and Rhoda Goldman, William and Flora Hewlett, W. Alton Jones, Shenandoah, Turner, and Winslow foundations and the U.N. Population Fund, which generously supported our effort. The enthusiasm of two foundation heads, Harriett Crosby of the Farview Foundation and Ted Turner of the Turner Foundation, went beyond providing grants as they purchased copies of Eco-Economy by the carton for their own special distributions.
As a startup organization, it is especially heartening to receive unsolicited individual contributions. We are particularly indebted to Robert Wallace and Raisa Scriabine for their very generous contribution. I would also like to thank Junko Edahiro, who serves as my interpreter in Japan, for her generous contribution, and for organizing a highly successful fundraiser in Japan. The other key donors include Douglas and Debra Baker, Maureen Hinkle, Hadan and Reah Janise Kauffman, Tamae Kobayashi, James McManis, Scott and Hella McVay, Paul Myers and Welthy Soni, and Peter Seidel. We also thank the many other individuals who supported the Institute with contributions.
Production of this book was facilitated by an experienced team including three veteransLinda Starke, Reah Janise Kauffman, and myselfwho have produced many books together over a stretch of 16 years. Linda Starke, who has edited all the books Ive written over the past 20 years, brought to the project both her editorial talent and deep knowledge of the issues. Her experience and insights were invaluable in coordinating production of this complexly structured book with three authors.
The other veteran, Reah Janise Kauffman, Vice President of Earth Policy Institute, has worked with me for 16 years. Her understanding of the issues, of all of the phases of producing a book as well as running an organization, and of outreach, along with her enthusiasm and insight, are appreciated more than words can say. And in our small staff, where each of us wears several hats, Reah Janise also manages our worldwide publishing network, assists with fundraising and marketing, and manages the Web site.
Manager of Publications Sales Millicent Johnson handles our bookkeeping, makes sure all of our office needs are covered, and keeps us in good cheer. Her customer relations skills and knowledge of the intricacies of databases are invaluable. Elisha Triplett, Administrative Assistant, very ably manages our library, listserv, and news clips, and assists the research staff and occasionally me as well. Sadly we must soon bid Elisha farewell as she heads off to graduate school this fall.
And while it is not customary to thank coauthors, I would like to thank Janet Larsen, Research Associate, and Bernie Fischlowitz-Roberts, Staff Researcher, for their contributions to this volume. Janet helped me with research while also researching and writing her own pieces. Her leadership on this project has made my work much easier. When Bernie joined us last December he had hardly gotten his jacket off before he was assigned responsibility for making preliminary estimates of global wind power generating capacity for 2001. Since then he has worked on a wide range of climate and energy issues. The combined efforts of Janet and Bernie and their unflagging support contributed enormously to the finished product.
We were also fortunate to have Elizabeth Doherty, with whom we worked for four years at Worldwatch, doing the layout and design of the book. We benefited from both her professionalism and her sense of humor.
We are indebted to those who have reviewed various parts of this book. Toby Clark provided invaluable comments on . Reah Janise Kauffman made some structural suggestions that greatly improved the book. Others who reviewed various Eco-Economy Updates include Lisa Mastny and Randy Swisher.
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We also thank those who supplied research information for the various components of the book. These include Farzaneh Bahar, Natalie Bailey, Adele Crispoldi, Fred Crook, Mike Ewall, Andrew Field, Robert Freling, Fred Gale, Ben Halpern, Nalin Kishor, Frank Langfitt, Wei Lui, Paul Maycock, Daniel Pauly, Gabe Petlin, Caroline Pollock, Farzaneh Roudi, Kai Schlegelmilch, Matthew Sones, Hamid Taravati, Sen Wang, Tao Wang, Christopher Ward, Timothy Whorf, and Sun Xiufang.
As we worked on the trends section, we were again reminded of how valuable the Worldwatch database is. Vital Signs 2002 was especially helpful.
The team members at W.W. Norton & Company have been a pleasure to work with. This group includes Ingsu Liu, who patiently worked with us through various cover designs; Amy Cherry and Lucinda Bartley in the editorial department, who helped us keep to our deadlines; and the production team led by Andrew Marasia, who put the Reader on the fast track.
Lester R. Brown
