State of the World 2013 Is Sustainability Still Possible? /

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
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,
Temas:
Environment.
Sustainability.
Water.
Hydrology.
Natural disasters.
Environmental Sciences.
Natural Hazards.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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