Creating a sustainable and desirable future : insights from 45 global thought leaders / Robert Costanza & Ida Kubiszewski, editors ; Lum Pui Yee, Chitralekha Elumalai, in-house editors ; contributors Gar Alperovitz [and fifty four others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Costanza, Robert, editor.

Kubiszewski, Ida, editor.

Yee, Lum Pui, editor.

Alperovitz, Gar, contributor.

Elumalai, Chitralekha, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development.

Sustainability.

Environmentalism.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (397 p.)

Place of Publication:

Singapore : World Scientific, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The ever-pressing challenge for the current generation of mankind is to develop a shared vision that is both desirable to the vast majority of humanity and ecologically sustainable. Creating a Sustainable and Desirable Future offers a broad, critical discussion on what such a future should or can be, with global perspectives written by some of the world's leading thinkers, namely Wendell Berry, Van Jones, Frances Moore Lappe, Peggy Liu, Hunter Lovins and Gus Speth. Sample Chapter(s). Chapter 1: Why We Need Visions of a Sustainable and Desirable World (51 KB). Contents: Introduction: Why We Nee

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Editors; About the Contributors; Part 1: Introduction; Chapter 1 Why We Need Visions of a Sustainable and Desirable World; The four parts of this book; References; Chapter 2 Envisioning a Sustainable World; Chapter 3 Why Everyone Should Be a Futurist?; Vision; The future we want; References; Chapter 4 Think Like an Ecosystem, See Solutions; Conditions that elicit our best; Leverage points to change a system; References; Part 2: Future Histories: Descriptions of a Sustainable and Desirable Future and How We Got There

Chapter 5 What Would a Sustainable and Desirable Economy-in-Society-in-Nature Look Like?Worldview; Built capital; Housing; Transportation; Energy; Industry; Human capital; Social capital; Natural capital; Acknowledgments; Chapter 6 Vision Statement for the Planet in 2050; Chapter 7 Scenes from the Great Transition; Mandela city, 2084; What matters; One world, many places; Governance; Economy; The way we live; Chapter 8 Environmental History Exam 2052: The Last Half-Century; The first decade; The second decade; The third decade; The fourth decade; The fifth decade

Chapter 9 A Virtual Visit to a Sustainable 2050Chapter 10 Reflections on a Life Lived Well and Wisely; Chapter 11 The Great Turnaround: How Natural Capital Entered the Economy?; Deeper problems in 2011; A beacon of light; The new Bretton Woods; The big leap; Author's note; Chapter 12 How New Zealand Became a Green Leader?; Reference; Chapter 13 The New New York: 2050; New York city, 2050; Looking back: two stories; Samira, Queens, New York; Evan, Westchester County, New York; What was wrong: in a nutshell; 2050: a new world view; Epilogue: can it happen?

Part 3: Pieces of the Puzzle: Elements of the World We WantChapter 14 Sustainability and Happiness: A Development Philosophy for Bhutan and the World; Chapter 15 Flourishing as a Goal of International Policy; References; Chapter 16 What Else?; Chapter 17 Let Us Envision Gender Equality: Nothing Else is Working; Chapter 18 Another World: Finally Her(e); Chapter 19 Policy Reform to 350; Chapter 20 The Great Transition to 350; Chapter 21 On Baselines That Need Shifting; Reference; Chapter 22 The Future of Roads: No Driving, No Emissions, Nature Reconnected

Two giants: transportation and nature in uneasy embraceThe netway system; Pods, vehicles, and energy; Structural characteristics common to all netways; Elevated ways; Earthways; Features at ground level along netways; Fitting netways to the land for nature; Timing, costs, and opportunity; A future for transportation and our land; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 23 The New Security; Chapter 24 Green Accounting: Balancing Environment and Economy; GDP-bashing is not the solution; Accounting for sustainability: a practical step toward redesigning the economy; Further work; References

Chapter 25 A Vision of America the Possible

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789814546898

9814546895