1. How can we best meet the needs of today and tomorrow?

2. We must take urgent measures, including government regulation and pressure on businesses Examples: fossil fuel surcharges and tax incentives ration water and electricity join binding international agreements consumers can buy more second-hand products

3. We can offer the right incentives so that inventors, entrepreneurs, and markets can solve our resource overuse problems Examples: use shareholder activism to force businesses to develop more sustainable products businesses can license energy efficient technologies to developing nations at reduced cost increase tax credits for renewable energy eliminate govt. subsidies of nonrenewable energy

4. We need to reconnect with the longstanding American values of frugality, altruism, social connections, and living within one’s means. Examples: people can move closer to family members schools can provide training in trades, gardening, and other “self-reliance” skills citizens can educate family, friends, and neighbors about helpful lifestyle changes government can pass laws against sprawl and provide incentives for people to live closer together

5. We must take urgent measures, including government regulation and pressure on businesses Trade-offs: will raise prices of fuel, food, and other staples rationing limits personal freedoms US leaders would have to answer to international entities this limits consumer’s choice and access to technologically advanced products

6. We can offer the right incentives so that inventors, entrepreneurs, and markets can solve our resource overuse problems Trade-offs: cheap licensing reduces profits of companies and creates new competition for them forces governments to predict with technologies will be successful eliminating current nonrenewable resource subsidies will result in higher prices for consumers, disproportionately affect those least able to pay

7. We need to reconnect with the longstanding American values of frugality, altruism, social connections, and living within one’s means. Trade-offs: limits many people’s employment opportunities skill training reduces time spent on traditional school subjects not everyone appreciates hearing about lifestyle changes and relationships might suffer restricts people’s choices about the kind of dwelling or neighborhood they want to live in