Why do we need a "Renewable Deal for America"?
Here's why:
* Since 1950—in one lifetime--human population has doubled, and within one more lifetime it will have will have tripled from 3 to 9 billion.
* Exponentially-growing human consumption has outstripped the carrying capacity of the planet –that happened over three decades ago.
* Everywhere we see overwhelming evidence that the foundational support systems of life on earth are being rapidly liquidated
* We are experiencing a mass extinction event: plants and animals are disappearing at the rate at least 1,000 times the rate of new species creation; 17,000 species lost annually in rainforests alone; up to 30,000 annually worldwide...
Read more about "the problem": Download the "Statement of Problem" chapter from The Renewable Deal.
