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	Car Sick: Solutions for Our Car-addicted Culture by Lynn Sloman Buy new: $18.00 / Used from: $11.75 I just ordered this book. The Amazon reviewers rave about it.
	Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us) by Tom Vanderbilt Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $14.35
	Asphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America and How We Can Take It Back by Jane Holtz Kay Buy new: $23.35 / Used from: $2.55 Several years ago, I arranged to record a slide show presentation by Ms. Kay. She gave me an entirely new perspective on the sea of asphalt we're swimming in.
	A Crude Awakening - The Oil Crash Buy new: $24.99 / Used from: $14.96 Brilliantly-crafted documentary featuring all sorts of establishment figures (Republican representatives, advisors to the Bush administration, former head of the CIA James Woolsey, and others) who are saying - "there's a change in global society coming, let's start getting prepared. And let's consider the welfare of future generations."
	Internal Combustion: How Corporations and Governments Addicted the World to Oil and Derailed the Alternatives by Edwin Black Buy new: $27.39 / Used from: $3.63 I just started listening to the audio version of this book. Fascinating. Greedy elites are endlessly manipulating the general public of the entire globe.
	The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies by Richard Heinberg Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $7.48 I just saw Mr. Heinberg speak at a wonderful sustainability conference in Denver, the Earth Works Expo. A nice guy with solid info and great ideas for a better future.
	Divorce Your Car! : Ending the Love Affair with the Automobile by Katie Alvord Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $2.27 I'm only driving a couple times a month. I'm considering getting rid of it all together. It won't sell for much since it's beat-up and has over 150,000 miles on it, and 20 years. Maybe I'll donate it to a public radio station here in Colorado.
	Carfree Cities by J. H. Crawford Buy new: $16.15 / Used from: $17.58
	Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream by Andres Duany Buy new: $12.92 / Used from: $7.50
	The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream Buy used from: $18.95 Our suburbs were devised in boardrooms of the oil and car industry. They have nothing to do with improving our lives, and everything to do with improving corporate profits. Suburbia needs to be radically transformed to serve human interests such as community, convenience, conservation and safety.
	Escape From Suburbia: Beyond the American Dream Dvd! The sequel to 'End of Suburbia.' An enlightening documentary that will alternately enrage and inspire.
	Superbia: 31 Ways to Create Sustainable Neighborhoods by Dan Chiras Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $10.28
	A Thousand Barrels a Second: The Coming Oil Break Point and the Challenges Facing an Energy Dependent World by Peter Tertzakian Buy new: $18.45 / Used from: $0.24
	Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction by Terry Tamminen Buy new: $14.97 / Used from: $8.63
	The Oil Depletion Protocol: A Plan to Avert Oil Wars, Terrorism and Economic Collapse by Richard Heinberg Buy new: $13.22 / Used from: $7.05
	Profit from the Peak: The End of Oil and the Greatest Investment Event of the Century (Angel Series) by Brian Hicks Buy new: $18.45 / Used from: $15.59
	How to Live Well Without Owning a Car: Save Money, Breathe Easier, and Get More Mileage Out of Life by Chris Balish Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $5.87
	The End of The Street: Sustainable Growth Within Natural Limits by David Dobereiner Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $4.32
	The Natural Step for Communities: How Cities and Towns can Change to Sustainable Practices by Sarah James Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $7.73
	Sustainability and Cities: Overcoming Automobile Dependence by Peter Newman Buy new: $38.80 / Used from: $29.70
	How Green Is Your City? The SustainLane U.S. City Rankings by Warren Karlenzig Buy new: $17.21 / Used from: $11.00
	Highway Robbery: Transportation Racism and New Routes to Equity Buy new: $14.04 / Used from: $7.74
	The Carbon War: Global Warming and the End of the Oil Era by Jeremy K. Leggett Buy new: $22.45 / Used from: $2.35 Written by a former employee of the oil industry.
	High and Mighty: SUVs--The World's Most Dangerous Vehicles and How They Got That Way by Keith Bradsher Buy used from: $0.12 It's amazing how the marketeers of the SUV have convinced people that these vehicles are safe. They are actually very poorly engineered, brake poorly, and are prone to roll-overs. On top of that, they are less safe for other people on the road whose vision is limited by these tanks, and who incur severe or fatal injuries from their bulk.
	Untapped: The Scramble for Africa's Oil by John Ghazvinian Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $2.50 Africa continues to be robbed by the so-called "civilized" nations. Keep an eye out for the upcoming documentary on oil politics in Nigeria, "Sweet Crude."
	The Power Of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil See also, CrudeImpact.com
	This Land: The Battle over Sprawl and the Future of America by Anthony Flint Buy new: $19.46 / Used from: $13.81
	Skinny Street and Green Neighborhoods: Design for Environment and Community by Cynthia Girling Buy new: $35.95 / Used from: $44.35
	Green Infrastructure: Linking Landscapes and Communities by Mark A. Benedict Buy new: $31.50 / Used from: $31.40
	Green Cities: Urban Growth And the Environment by Matthew E. Kahn Buy new: $18.57 / Used from: $12.98
	The New Transit Town: Best Practices In Transit-Oriented Development Buy used from: $69.21
	Urban Mass Transit: The Life Story of a Technology (Greenwood Technographies) by Robert C. Post Buy new: $45.00 / Used from: $45.00 It's remarkable how few books there are on mass transit.
	American Passenger Train by Mike Schafer Buy new: $23.37 / Used from: $9.81
	Sustainable Industries Buy new: $39.00
	The Post-Petroleum Survival Guide and Cookbook: Recipes for Changing Times by Albert Bates Buy new: $19.55 / Used from: $9.99
	Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution by Paul Hawken Buy new: $12.91 / Used from: $7.15
	Edens Lost & Found: How Ordinary Citizens Are Restoring Our Great American Cities by Harry Wiland Buy new: $18.25 / Used from: $5.38 Look for the excellent companion DVDs available on the internet. There are DVDs featuring green developments in Seattle, Philadelphia, Chicago and LA. Soon, they will produce videos on Edens being found in cities around the world.
	Plenty Magazine Buy new: $22.00 A wonderful, inspiring environmental journal.
	A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil Buy new: $21.99 This documentary analyzes the systems of sustainability employed in Curitiba, Brazil.
	Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century by Alex Steffen Buy new: $21.83 / Used from: $4.89 This book is packed with all sorts of hopeful developments. We shouldn't let ourselves be neutralized by all the bad news, we should contribute what we can to the positive trends.