SEI is successor to Fossil Fuels Policy Action, coordinator of the Alliance for a Paving Moratorium and Auto-Free Times magazine. New projects are being initiated by SEI's growing staff to help the public take action. Existing projects include Pedal Power Produce, which hauls organic vegetables from farm to farmers market, and Sail Transport Network. SEI promotes depaving, which Lundberg and others have done to their driveways, preferring to grow food. Energy demand has skyrocketed since 1983 in the U.S. and elsewhere due to unsustainable economic growth that undermines the Earth's carrying capacity.
Population growth is encouraged for greater profits in the expanding global economy.
Fortunately, there are sustainable alternatives that assure food production, climate protection, local economic self reliance, and closer community relations.