Based on the authora (TM)s forty years of experience, this book discusses the sustainability of the planet and its population when dealing with climate change. The book focuses on community based solutions and how the heavy lifting of sustainability will always be done inside existing cities and communities. The author suggests that before changes can be made, society must adapt to the circumstances of global climate change as they already are and determine what we can do to stabilize global climate as effectively and quickly as possible. He explores the reciprocal interface between communities and the landscape, and explains that when this interface includes government agencies, it can create solutions that work.