"Lester Brown tells us how to build a more just world and save the planet from climate change in a practical, straightforward way. We should all heed his advice." —President Bill Clinton “A great book which should wake up humankind!” —Klaus Schwab, World Economic Forum "An enormous achievement—a comprehensive guide to what's going wrong with earth's life support system and how to fix it." —Grinning Planet “Lester Brown should receive a Nobel Peace Prize for his new book.” —Talli Nauman, The Herald Mexico “...exactly what we need to do to get sustainability moving. And it’s a very vital approach to it.” —Dr. Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut “... the most compelling blueprint I have seen yet for restoring the planet.” —Tom Weiss, enXco, Inc.
Renowned investor and climate activist Tom Steyer shows us how we can win the war on climate. The climate is changing more rapidly than scientists predicted even a few years ago, with extreme weather already touching our everyday lives. At the same time, the clean energy revolution is forging ahead faster than nearly anyone anticipated. As Tom Steyer sees it, these two trends together create a moment like the one America faced during World War II: on the one hand, an existential threat calling for collective action; on the other, an opportunity to lead the world, protect the planet, and set the stage for a new generation of shared economic prosperity. In 2012, Steyer walked away from the highly successful investment fund he founded to devote himself full time to climate issues, and he's been on the front lines of the fight ever since: funding cleantech research and businesses, spearheadi
"We are all stewards of the earth, but often lack specific information and advice on what we can do . . . [This] provides a wonderful guide for all of us." --President Jimmy Carter Our current economic system--which assumes endless growth and limitless potential wealth--flies in the face of the fact that the earth's resources are finite. The result is increasing destruction of the natural world and growing, sometimes lethal, tension between rich and poor, global north and south. Trying to fix problems piecemeal is not the solution. We need a comprehensive new vision of an economy that can serve people and all of life's commonwealth. Peter G. Brown and Geoffrey Garver use the core Quaker principle of "right relationship"--interacting in a way that is respectful to all and that aids the common good--as the foundation for a new economic model. Right Relationship poses five basic questions:
Forfatteren peger på tre tendenser, der tilsammen udgør vor tids store globale udfordring: overbefolkning, global opvarmning og en storforbrugende, hastigt voksende middelklasse samt giver bud på at sikre et stabilt klima, blandt andet ved hjælp af vedvarende energi-teknologi Titel: Klimaets tidsalder : hvorfor verden har brug for en grøn revolution Genre: Faglitteratur Sammendrag: Klima- og miljøudfordringer er centrale emner i denne bog, hvor Thomas L. Friedman beskriver den globale pulss optrævler med fokus på energiteknologier og politisk stabilitet. Type: Hardcover
An environmental expert unleashes a scientific, fact-based broadside against eco-alarmism and the excesses of the left, arguing that climate change and other environmental problems are real but not apocalyptic and require practical, not radical, solutions Titel: Apocalypse never : why environmental alarmism hurts us all Genre: Faglitteratur Sammendrag: Bogen tilbyder en kritisk analyse af miljøalarmisme og diskuterer en mere konstruktiv tilgang til miljøbeskyttelse. Type: Hardcover
A Story of the Future Summary: The signs of climate change are unmistakable even today, but the real transformations have hardly begun. For a generation, we've been taught that warming was a problem of arctic melting and sea levels rising, but in fact it promises to be all-enveloping, driving dramatic changes at every level of our lives, from everyday matters like the supply of chocolate and coffee (likely to dry up) to public health (tens of millions likely to die from pollution) to climate migration (hundreds of millions fleeing unlivable, overheated homelands). We've been taught that warming would be slow-but, barring very dramatic action, each of these impacts is likely to arrive within the length of a new home mortgage signed this year. What will it be like to live on a planet pummeled in these ways? What will it do to our politics, our economy, our culture and sense of history? Wha
I modsætning til mange andre hævder André Gorz, at jordens ressourcer ikke er ubegrænsede. De virkelige utopister er ifølge ham dem, der tror på blind vækst og uhæmmet udnyttelse af natur og mennesker. Gorz viser, at den logiske konsekvens af miljø- og teknologikriser kan blive en form for økofascisme, hvor menneskers behov kun kan opfyldes gennem institutionelle og industrielle systemer. Bogen er et engageret forsvar for en mere menneskelig og ansvarlig måde at leve på – hvor man kan leve bedre ved at arbejde og forbruge mindre. Type: Paperback Politisk-filosofisk værk hvor André Gorz analyserer forholdet mellem økologi, teknologi og samfundets organisering. Han kritiserer forestillingen om ubegrænset økonomisk vækst og argumenterer for, at miljø- og teknologikriser hænger sammen med kapitalistiske produktionsformer og forbrugsmønstre. Bogen diskuterer, hvordan afhængighed af industriel
Smart Ways to Get Green and Stay That Way Forlag: Perigee Trade Udgivelsesår: 2008 Sider: 260 Sprog: Engelsk
