Author: Lothes Biviano, ErinPublisher:
ISBN: 1608336301
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Inspired Sustainability
Author: Lothes Biviano, ErinPublisher:
ISBN: 1608336301
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Inspired Sustainability
Author: Erin Lothes BivianoPublisher:
ISBN: 9781626981638
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In Inspired Sustainability, Lothes, a professor at the College of St. Elizabeth in New Jersey, analyzes the insights of activists and scholars who are deeply committed to environmental sustainability. Their insights illuminate the positive experiences and effective processes that empower community leaders to engage others and move past these conflicts. She combines empirically-based focus group data with interdisciplinary research and theological analysis. Inspired Sustainability's most important accomplishment is a unique analysis of the barriers to sustainable decision-making, including the cognitive, behavioral, and emotional conflicts inherent in confronting climate change. Lothes' focus groups show that scientific literacy, a commitment to social justice, awareness of global interdependencies, and the support of working in small communities foster new interpretations of traditional worldviews. These new interpretations are powered by an awareness of their complicity in a morally globalized world, and the possibility of consciously choosing to live in just and sustainable ways.
Plan B 4.0
Author: Lester R. BrownPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393337197
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Provides alternative solutions to such global problems as population control, emerging water shortages, eroding soil, and global warming, outlining a detailed survival strategy for the civilization of the future.
George P. Mitchell and the Idea of Sustainability
Author: Jurgen SchmandtPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1603442170
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
An energy tycoon, real estate developer, and philanthropist, George P. Mitchell is also an idealist, a big thinker who gave his time and fortune to the study of sustainability long before it became a household word. Jurgen Schmandt, who has worked for Mitchell for many years, explains and traces the idea of a sustainable society, from its origin in the eighteenth-century concept of the "commons" to its twentieth-century iteration in the 1987 United Nations report "Our Common Future." He then chronicles Mitchell’s commitment to this idea from the early 1960s, when the focus was on population growth, to today, when climate change and global warming dominate the debate. Mitchell advanced his belief that humankind could create "a balance between economic and ecological well-being" by organizing and hosting conferences, awarding prizes, supporting scholars and scientists, and funding research and publications. He did it at the Aspen Institute, at The Woodlands Conferences, at the National Academy of Sciences, at the Mitchell Center for Sustainable Development, and at the Houston Advanced Research Center. (Paradoxically, he did not always do it in his own energy company.) Documenting one important man’s engagement with one important idea, Schmandt has preserved a significant episode in the ongoing quest to create societies that are "capable of reaching and then sustaining a decent quality of life for their citizens."
Biomimicry
Author: Janine M. BenyusPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061958921
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Repackaged with a new afterword, this "valuable and entertaining" (New York Times Book Review) book explores how scientists are adapting nature's best ideas to solve tough 21st century problems. Biomimicry is rapidly transforming life on earth. Biomimics study nature's most successful ideas over the past 3.5 million years, and adapt them for human use. The results are revolutionizing how materials are invented and how we compute, heal ourselves, repair the environment, and feed the world. Janine Benyus takes readers into the lab and in the field with maverick thinkers as they: discover miracle drugs by watching what chimps eat when they're sick; learn how to create by watching spiders weave fibers; harness energy by examining how a leaf converts sunlight into fuel in trillionths of a second; and many more examples. Composed of stories of vision and invention, personalities and pipe dreams, Biomimicry is must reading for anyone interested in the shape of our future.
Leadership for Earth: Inspiring Quotes and Insights for Sustainability
Author: SAI BHASKAR REDDY NAKKAPublisher: SAI BHASKAR REDDY NAKKA
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Leadership for Earth: Inspiring Quotes and Insights for Sustainability is a thought-provoking book that is designed to inspire leaders to embrace sustainability as a core value. The book is a collection of inspiring quotes, insights, and wisdom. This book will inspire you to take action and make a positive difference in the world. Leadership for Earth: Inspiring Quotes and Insights for Sustainability is a book that delves into the importance of sustainable leadership for our planet. The book provides a collection of inspiring quotes and insights offering guidance and inspiration for individuals, organizations, and communities committed to creating a more sustainable future. This book serves as a reminder that every decision we make and action we take has an impact on our environment, and that true leadership requires a deep understanding of the interconnectedness between people, nature, and our planet. This book encourages readers to take action and become agents of change in their communities and beyond. Leadership for Earth is a must-read for anyone seeking to make a positive impact on our world and create a more sustainable future for all.
Pathways to Our Sustainable Future
Author: Patricia M. DeMarcoPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822983001
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Pittsburgh has a rich history of social consciousness in calls for justice and equity. Today, the movement for more sustainable practices is rising in Pittsburgh. Against a backdrop of Marcellus shale gas development, initiatives emerge for a sustainable and resilient response to the climate change and pollution challenges of the twenty-first century. People, institutions, communities and corporations in Pittsburgh are leading the way to a more sustainable future. Examining the experience of a single city, with all of its social and political complexities and long industrial history, allows a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities inherent in adapting to a changing world. Choices for more sustainable pathways for the future include transforming the energy system, restoring infertile ground, and preventing pollution through green chemistry production. Throughout the book, case studies responding to ethical challenges give specific examples of successful ways forward. Inspired by Rachel Carson’s voice of precaution in protecting the Earth, this is a book about empowerment and hope.
Pursuing Sustainability
Author: Pamela MatsonPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400881218
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
An essential guide to sustainable development for students and practitioners Sustainability is a global imperative and a scientific challenge like no other. This concise guide provides students and practitioners with a strategic framework for linking knowledge with action in the pursuit of sustainable development, and serves as an invaluable companion to more narrowly focused courses dealing with sustainability in particular sectors such as energy, food, water, and housing, or in particular regions of the world. Written by leading experts, Pursuing Sustainability shows how more inclusive and interdisciplinary approaches and systems perspectives can help you achieve your sustainability objectives. It stresses the need for understanding how capital assets are linked to sustainability goals through the complex adaptive dynamics of social-environmental systems, how committed people can use governance processes to alter those dynamics, and how successful interventions can be shaped through collaborations among researchers and practitioners on the ground. The ideal textbook for undergraduate and graduate students and an invaluable resource for anyone working in this fast-growing field, Pursuing Sustainability also features case studies, a glossary, and suggestions for further reading. Provides a strategic framework for linking knowledge with action Draws on the latest cutting-edge science and practices Serves as the ideal companion text to more narrowly focused courses Utilizes interdisciplinary approaches and systems perspectives Illustrates concepts with a core set of case studies used throughout the book Written by world authorities on sustainability An online illustration package is available to professors
Inspiring Sustainability through Geography: Thought-provoking lessons for Key Stages 3 and 4
Author: J. Webster K. HindsonPublisher: Optimus Education eBooks
ISBN: 1907567372
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Secondary Sustainability Assemblies: 40 assemblies to inspire and challenge students to take care of their world
Author: Joe WalkerPublisher: Optimus Education eBooks
ISBN: 1907567461
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description