1st Edition
Surviving the Century Facing Climate Chaos and Other Global Challenges
Edited By Herbert Girardet
Copyright 2007
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Environmental and human catastrophe looms ever larger for planet Earth. Powerful action is required now to turn a deepening global crisis into an unprecedented opportunity for positive change. This book shows how a dramatic transformation of how humans relate to the Earth, and to one another, can be achieved.
Surviving the Century is the first major publication by the World Future Council (WFC),... Read more
Foreword by Jakob von xkuell * Introduction: Future - What Future? * Addressing Climate Chaos * Renewable Energy is the Future * Feeding People in an Age of Climate Change * Climate and the Amazon * Creating Sustainable and Liveable Cities * Cradle to Cradle Production * A Radical New Vision for World Trade * The Promise of Living Democracy * Index
Biography
Herbert Girardet is Director of Programs of the WFC (www.worldfuturecouncil.org). He is an author and co-author of 11 books and 50 TV documentaries on many aspects of sustainable development. At the Rio Earth Summit he received a UN Global 500 Award for outstanding environmental achievements. His most recent books are Cities, People, Planet - Liveable Cities for a Sustainable World (2004) and Shaping our Future (2005).
'Excellent value and should be read by all.' Janet Sprent, British Ecological Society, Dec 2007. 'The book outlines a road map to a sustainable future in an age increasingly threatened by climate chaos.' Resurgence Magazine
