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State of the World 2013 Is Sustainability Still Possible? /

Every day, we are presented with a range of "sustainable" products and activities-from "green" cleaning supplies to carbon offsets-but with so much labeled as "sustainable," the term has become essentially sustainababble, at best indicating a practice or product slightl...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Worldwatch Institute (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
Colección:State of the World,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo

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505 0 |a State of the World: A Year in Review -- 1. Beyond Sustainababble -- 2. Respecting Planetary Boundaries and Reconnecting to the Biosphere -- 3. Defining a Safe and Just Space for Humanity -- 4. Getting to One-Planet Living -- 5. Sustaining Freshwater and Its Dependents -- 6. Sustainable Fisheries and Seas: Preventing Ecological Collapse -- 7. Energy as Master Resource -- 8. Renewable Energy's Natural Resource Impacts -- 9. Conserving Nonrenewable Resources -- 10. Re-engineering Cultures to Create a Sustainable Civilization -- 11. Building a Sustainable and Desirable Economy-in-Society-in-Nature -- 12. Transforming the Corporation into a Driver of Sustainability -- 13. Corporate Reporting and Externalities -- 14. Keep Them in the Ground: Ending the Fossil Fuel Era -- 15. Beyond Fossil Fuels: Assessing Energy Alternatives -- 16. Energy Efficiency in the Built Environment -- 17. Agriculture: Growing Food-and Solutions -- 18. Protecting the Sanctity of Native Foods -- 19. Valuing Indigenous Peoples -- 20. Crafting a New Narrative to Support Sustainability -- 21. Moving Toward a Global Moral Consensus on Environmental Action -- 22. Pathways to Sustainability: Building Political Strategies -- 23. Moving from Individual Change to Societal Change -- 24. Teaching for Turbulence -- 25. Effective Crisis Governance -- 26. Governance in the Long Emergency -- 27. Building an Enduring Environmental Movement -- 28. Resistance: Do the Ends Justify the Means? -- 29. The Promises and Perils of Geoengineering -- 30. Cuba: Lessons from a Forced Decline -- 31. Climate Change and Displacements -- 32. Cultivating Resilience in a Dangerous World -- 33. Shaping Community Responses to Catastrophe -- 34. Is It Too Late?. 
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