Energy is humanity’s single most important resource. In fact, the story of how societies rise can be told largely as the story of how they manage energy sources through time. Today, as we face down growing demand for and accumulating environmental impacts from energy, we are at a crossroads and the stakes are high. We must look for long-term solutions.

Thirst For Power offers a new, holistic way of thinking about energy and water—a big picture approach that reveals the interdependence of the two resources, identifies the seriousness of the challenges, and lays out an optimistic approach with an array of solutions to ensure the continuing sustainability of both.

The evolution of buildings, transportation and power will determine how our future looks and feels. Buildings may develop personalities and the transportation system will have any manner of vehicle available at a moment's notice. Co-author Roger Duncan is a former Austin city council member and former general manager of Austin Energy, the city’s municipal electric utility.

Johnnie Johnson and Dr. Michael E. Webber use decades of experience in coaching, mentoring and leadership to lay out 8 ways you can support diversity, equity, and inclusion for all at your workplace and in your community. With this book they explain that we all have a role to play and the first step starts with each of us. If you love your neighbors, talk about it, check your biases, expand your comfort zone, build diverse teams, collaborate, and align actions with goals and values, then you will discover you are closer than you think to making real progress.