State of the World 2013 Is Sustainability Still Possible?
Every day, we are presented with a range of “sustainable” products and activities—from “green” cleaning supplies to carbon offsets—but with so much labeled as “sustainable,” the term has become essentially sustainababble, at best indicating a practice or product slightly less damaging than the conve...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Washington, DC :
Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press,
2013.
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- State of the World: A Year in Review
- 1. Beyond Sustainababble
- 2. Respecting Planetary Boundaries and Reconnecting to the Biosphere
- 3. Defining a Safe and Just Space for Humanity
- 4. Getting to One-Planet Living
- 5. Sustaining Freshwater and Its Dependents
- 6. Sustainable Fisheries and Seas: Preventing Ecological Collapse
- 7. Energy as Master Resource
- 8. Renewable Energy’s Natural Resource Impacts
- 9. Conserving Nonrenewable Resources
- 10. Re-engineering Cultures to Create a Sustainable Civilization
- 11. Building a Sustainable and Desirable Economy-in-Society-in-Nature
- 12. Transforming the Corporation into a Driver of Sustainability
- 13. Corporate Reporting and Externalities
- 14. Keep Them in the Ground: Ending the Fossil Fuel Era
- 15. Beyond Fossil Fuels: Assessing Energy Alternatives
- 16. Energy Efficiency in the Built Environment
- 17. Agriculture: Growing Food—and Solutions
- 18. Protecting the Sanctity of Native Foods
- 19. Valuing Indigenous Peoples
- 20. Crafting a New Narrative to Support Sustainability
- 21. Moving Toward a Global Moral Consensus on Environmental Action
- 22. Pathways to Sustainability: Building Political Strategies
- 23. Moving from Individual Change to Societal Change
- 24. Teaching for Turbulence
- 25. Effective Crisis Governance
- 26. Governance in the Long Emergency
- 27. Building an Enduring Environmental Movement
- 28. Resistance: Do the Ends Justify the Means?
- 29. The Promises and Perils of Geoengineering
- 30. Cuba: Lessons from a Forced Decline
- 31. Climate Change and Displacements
- 32. Cultivating Resilience in a Dangerous World
- 33. Shaping Community Responses to Catastrophe
- 34. Is It Too Late?.
