The Carbon Charter: Blueprint for a Carbon-Free Future

As mayors and city councilors seek solutions to climate change, existing policies and legislation can stand in the way of effective change.
The Carbon Charter is the first book to describe the municipal bylaws required to abate climate change and create sustainable communities. It provides city councilors with a cut-and-paste set of green bylaws and policies of best practices culled from environmentally advanced communities around the world. They can be taken straight out of the book, placed into a council agenda with minimum modification, and voted on.
The Carbon Charter provides city councilors with the ammunition they need to implement and accelerate sustainability initiatives quickly. The book describes bylaws that are applicable throughout the world, with the emphasis on examples that are beneficial to temperate climates such as the United States and Canada. It also proposes innovative new bylaws that are found nowhere else. This highly accessible, comprehensive handbook includes:


Sample bylaws, case studies, and background material and references

Numbered QuickLinks that allow readers access to full bylaw texts and links

Special icons that pinpoint target audiences, with bylaws relevant to each audience

This book will appeal to city councilors and mayors, municipal planners, architects, and engineers worldwide.
Godo Stoyke is president of Carbon Busters Inc., an energy efficiency consultancy that has reduced carbon dioxide emissions of buildings in North America and Europe by 146 million pounds. Godo is a LEED(tm) Accredited Professional and the author of The CarbonBuster's Home Energy Handbook. |||This book is sold in the US by Sony Electronics Inc. |||This book is sold in Canada by Sony Electronics Inc.

There are no customer reviews available at this time. To add your review, Register or Sign In to your account using our free Reader Library software.

• Published by

  New Society Publishers

• Publish Date

  June 30, 2009 

• Print ISBN

  086571634X

• eBook ISBN

  9781550924343

• Imprint

  New Society Publishers

• Filesize

  5.41 MB

• Number of Print Pages*

  160

* Number of eBook pages may differ. Click here for more information.