This 1991 report by David Morris looked at the implications of establishing a carbon tax in Minnesota. Minnesota should impose a carbon tax designed to...
A speech by David Morris presented at The Other Economc Summit in Houston, Texas in July 1990, later published in Annals of Earth (Vol X,...
The garbage wars have begun. The well-publicized odyssey of the wandering garbage barge from Islip, Long Island in New York, is but the latest in...
Cities are rushing to burn their garbage at the cost of residents health.
This compendium of case studies illustrates how various industries have achieved environmental goals through a primary emphasis on pollution prevention instead of on pollution control....
This book by David Morris (first published in 1983) was the first how-to book published after Congress ended the 100-year-old monopoly by utilities on the...
Produced for the citizens of Saint Paul, Minnesota, this 1983 booklet by David Morris describes resource flows within the city and provides a look at...
The first half of this book discusses the century-long struggle by cities to gain autonomy and authority from state governments and create their own planning...
"From the hills of Seattle to the flatlands of Davis, from the industrial city of Hartford to the universty town of Madison, cities are beginning...
The Congressional Office of Technology Assessment invited the Institute for Local Self-Reliance to evaluate the comparative economics rooftop solar arrays and the solar powered satellites...
Thiswas the first study to track the flow of energy-related dollars through an urban economy and the impact on this flow from an aggressive energy...
Thisreport by David Morris was published (1975) shortly after the first plant manufacturing solar cells for terrestrial applications (Solarex) opened in suburban Washington, D.C. The...
The 1974 oil price shock led to a need for basic energy education. This energy primer explained the different forms of energy and explained how to...