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"If the climate crisis had struck fifty years ago, we should have had no alternatives to fossil fuels. Today, there are many alternatives, and Tom Rand's book, Kick, is a superb introduction."
- Gwynne Dyer, Journalist - International Affairs

About the Book

"Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies to Save Our World" is a new book about hope for the future and how the changes we make today can impact and improve the world for the next generations. This is a book for teens and adults - but it's a book your children will want you to read. It's their future we are concerned about!

This book will proudly sit on your coffee table and your kids will soon start asking what you know about wind technology and where the electricity in your house comes from! You probably should know those answers.

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About the Author

Author and noted caped crusader, Tom Rand started professional life as a software renegade in high school. Then he went legit, building a software firm spanning three countries. After selling it in 2005, he went after climate change full-time as a venture capitalist. Now based at the highly respected MaRS Discovery District in Toronto, Canada, he believes technology already exists to kick the fossil fuel habit. Not only is a world powered by clean technologies possible - it's absolutely necessary! The futures of our children depend on it.

• Lead Cleantech Advisor at MaRS
• Successful Entrepreneur - founder Voice Courier Inc.
• Venture Capitalist - VCi Green Funds
• Innovator - co-founder, Planet Traveler, a low-carbon building
• TEDtalker - TEDxTO (Toronto) Sept 2009