How to thrive in the next economy : designing tomorrow's world today / John Thackara.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thackara, John, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Thames & Hudson, [2017]

Summary:

John Thackara has spent a lifetime roving the globe in search of design that serves human needs in a sustainable way. He believes that in our eagerness to find technological solutions to the big challenges faced by the human race, we have all too often ignored the astonishing creativity generated when people work together and in harmony with the world around them.

Contents:

Cover

Dedication

About the author

Other titles of interest

Title Page

Contents

1 - CHANGING: From do less harm, to leave things better

2 - GROUNDING: From heal the soil, to think like a forest

3 - WATERKEEPING: From harvest the rain, to river recovery

4 - DWELLING: From depave the city, to pollinator pathways

5 - FEEDING: From social farming, to food as a commons

6 - CLOTHING: From dirt to shirt, and soil to skin

7 - MOVING: From two-wheeled freight, to cloud commuting

8 - CARING: From cure to care, from me to we

9 - COMMONING: From social money, to the art of hosting

10 - KNOWING: From ways of seeing, to ways of acting

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

Copyright Page.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780500773055

050077305X

OCLC:

914328727