The greatest challenge of our time is to build a world based on the sustainable use of renewable power. Our massive dependence on fossil fuels has upset the very climatic system that made human evolution possible. The global economy and its financial system are in jeopardy, running hot on overtly cheap yet increasingly costly and fast depleting oil. A 100% renewable world is seen by many as an impossible dream in anything but the very long term. But not only does a growing number of initiatives and plans dare to make the change but many have already achieved it.

This rich collection presents a series of pioneering efforts and their champions, and the paths to their successes. Ranging from individuals to companies, communities and entire countries from around the world, it defeats tired economic and technical counterarguments, demonstrating how the schemes featured not only worked but did so economically and with available technology. The book is introduced by incisive research and writing by Peter Droege, explaining the challenges and setting forth a roadmap towards a 100% renewable reality.

Table of Contents:

1. 100% Renewable Energy: The Target to Replace All Targets

2. Institutions for a 100% Renewable World

3. The Renewable Imperative: Providing Climate Protection and Energy Security

4. 100% is Possible Now

5. Nine 100% Renewable Champions - International Case Studies

6. How to Grow Food in the 100% Renewable City: Building Integrated Agriculture

7. 100% Renewable Transport

8. How to Achieve Renewable Energy Regions and Advance Sustainable Development - Intergrated Models and Processes in Germany

9. Feed-in Tariffs: The Policy Path to 100%

10. Renewable Regions: Life After Fossil Fuel in Spain

11. Closing the Planning Gap - Moving to Renewable Communities

12. Community Life at 100% and Beyond: How to Raise a Renewable Family without Even Trying

13. 100% Renewable Life: One Man's Stand Against a Fossil-Fuel World