Some index items refer to dialog about the topic, some to narrative discussion, and some to examples illustrated by the storyline. Topics in “quotes” are the more familiar fictional term for a nonfiction topic.
agricultural subsidies ... 214
AICPA ... 152-153
aircraft ... 205
alternative medicine ... 95
aquifers ... 213
art & music ... 203-204, 210
Big Business ... 80-81
biodynamics ... 76, 96
Buenos Aires ... 88
carbon tax ... 213
Change Agents & Transformers ... 79, 81, 129, 131, 196
chickens, urban ... 169
China ... 122-123
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) ... 176, 199
climate change ... 25-26, 91, 124-126, 141-142, 187, 193, 198, 213
CoHousing (see “Lares”) ... 170, 178-179
commitment ... 66, 99-100, 106-107, 112-113, 131-132
community-building (see also “Legacy LA”) ... 200
compost ... 22, 169
computers & electronics ... 167-168
conservation ... 56-57
consumer choice ... 59-60
consumerism ... 17, 59-60, 95-96, 100-101, 162, 164, 167-168, 195-198
courage ... 68
desertification ... 125-126, 209
diet ... 95, 210, 231
earth, connection with ... 23-24, 116, 176
economic effectiveness ... 63-64
edible landscaping ... 95, 115-116, 127, 129, 178, 211
education, of children ... 161-165
El Nino ... 25-26, 187, 198
electric vehicles ... 89-90
Elliot Wave Theory ... 24-25, 32
Factor 10 ... 86-87
Factor 4 ... 86-87, 173
fear (see courage)
financial capital ... 30, 152-153, 178-180, 212
food forest ... 95
Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) ... 31, 212
GMOs ... 45-46
greenhouse effect ... 14
greywater filtration reed beds ... 158, 178
Hawken, Paul ... 30, 34
Heifer International ... 164
helplessness ... 68, 188
high-speed rail (see also MagLev) ... 205
Holmgren, David ... 32, 41, 43-44
homeless ... 117, 128, 131, 141-142, 217
homeschooling ... 129-130
human capital ... 30, 151-152, 176, 186, 191
immigrants ... 141-142, 232
integrity ... 54
intertidal zone ... 190
Italy ... 118
Jeavons, John ... 20, 44
Kyoto Protocol ... 17, 85-87, 99-100, 121-122
Kyoto Protocol, grassroots action ... 105-106, 131
Kyoto Protocol, post 2012 ... 86, 121-122, 140, 174
Land Trusts, Agricultural ... 208
Land Trusts, Community ... 178-180
light rail (see “PLASE”) ... 154-155
living lightly ... 82-83
mass transit (see “PLASE” and MagLev)
McCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act ... 86, 105, 143
megadroughts ... 115, 124, 187, 193, 204
mentoring ... 66, 115, 127, 180-181, 183, 188, 205, 212
Mollison, Bill ... 43-44
Monterey Bay Aquarium ... 18
natural capital ... 30, 87, 153, 176
Olmsted, Frederick Law ... 154-155, 157
organics ... 44-45
paradyme shifts ... 100, 218
Permaculture ethics ... 41
Permaculture Flower ... 9, 41
Permaculture zones ... 160-161, 169, 176, 185
photoremediation ... 33, 77
plant varieties ... 125-126, 204
population ... 18, 151-152
poverty ... 151-152
Prechter, Robert ... 24-25, 32
publicity ... 192-193, 194-195, 210
purpose ... 38, 66, 68, 99-100, 106-107, 146, 156, 171-172, 181, 188-191,
194, 228
Reactionaries ... 79
recycling ... 126-127, 162, 163, 167-168, 191, 205-206
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative ... 105
religion and spirit (see also earth, connection with) ... 130, 132-135,
148, 197-198
Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) ... 199
restoration ... 56, 176
retrofitting of buildings (see “Lares”) ... 104, 205, 211-212
reuse ... 126, 163-164, 169-170, 232
sea level rise (see also “Shoreline Elimination Zones”) ... 190, 219
seafood ... 18
service economies ... 123-124, 211
Social Justice & Equity ... 63-64
soil sequestration ... 126
soil ... 44-45
solar energy ... 200
sufficiency ... 83, 168
Sustainability ... 55-57, 96, 151-152
sustainable agriculture ... 125-126
SUVs ... 88
T.R.E.E.S. planbook ... 104, 232
Transformers ... 79
UNFCCC Montreal ... 99-100
UNFCCC MOP (members only) ... 118
UNFCCC New Delhi ... 61, 64
urban sprawl ... 154, 157, 233
vehicles ... 88, 89-90, 138-139, 162, 169
vermicompost ... 22
vision ... 104, 108-110
water harvesting ... 158, 183
water supply ... 102-103, 198
Weedpatch school ... 135-136, 283
wetlands ... 88, 190
wildlife ... 88, 176, 185
World Environment Organization ... 220
World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), Johannesburg 2002 ... 39,
47, 48, 51
“Alden’s Inaugural Address” ... 215-216
“Alden-Diamont Bill” (see McCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act) 148-149
“Community Reapers Committee” ... 192
“EcoServ” (see service economies)
“FarmUrb” ... 195
“L.A. Future Fair” ... 147, 161-168
“Lares” shared housing complex ... 153-154, 157-161, 168-170, 177-178, 184-185,
192
“Legacy LA” ... 39, 79-80, 103-104, 132
“neighborhood pockets” (see urban sprawl)
“PLASE” mass transit system ... 154-155, 182-184, 191, 199-200, 217-218
“Shoreline Elimination Zones” (SEZ30, SEZ40) ... 231-232
“Transformation Wave” ... 34, 69, 131, 206-207
“UNFCCC Milan” ... 118
“World Conference on Sustainable Development” (WCSD) ... 171
2040, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change date ... 16, 99