Worldwatch Institute: 42 books
State of the World 2015
Confronting Hidden Threats to Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2015
We think we understand environmental damage: pollution, water scarcity, a warming world. But these problems are just the tip of the iceberg. Food insecurity, financial assets drained of value by environmental damage, and a rapid rise in diseases of animal originare among the underreported consequences...
Vital Signs 2012
The Trends that are Shaping Our Future
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2012
Just as people schedule regular check-ups with physicians, our planet needs regular check-ups to catch issues as early as possible, before they become more serious and harder to heal. That is the much-needed service provided on a global scale by the Worldwatch Institute in this new book, Vital Signs...
State of the World 2012
Moving Toward Sustainable Prosperity
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012
In the 2012 edition of its flagship report, Worldwatch celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the 1992 Earth Summit with a far-reaching analysis of progress toward building sustainable economies. Written in clear language with easy-to-read charts, State of the World 2012 offers a new perspective...
State of the World 2014
Governing for Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
Citizens expect their governments to lead on sustainability. But from largely disappointing international conferences like Rio II to the U.S.'s failure to pass meaningful climate legislation, governments' progress has been lackluster. That's not to say leadership is absent; it just often comes from the...
by The Worldwatch Institute
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Cities are the world's future. Today, more than half of the global population—3.7 billion people—are urban dwellers, and that number is expected to double by 2050. There is no question that cities are growing; the only debate is over how they will grow. Will we invest in the physical and social...
State of the World 2013
Is Sustainability Still Possible?
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
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 slightly less damaging...
Vital Signs Volume 22
The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
What we make and buy is a major indicator of society’s collective priorities. Among twenty-four key trends, Vital Signs Volume 22 explores significant global patterns in production and consumption. The result is a fascinating snapshot of how we invest our resources and the implications for the world’s...
by The Worldwatch Institute
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
From meat consumption to automobile production to hydropower, Vital Signs, Volume 20 documents over two dozen trends that are shaping our future in concise analyses and clear tables and graphs. The twentieth volume of the Worldwatch Institute series demonstrates that while remarkable progress has...
by The Worldwatch Institute
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
This seventeenth edition of the Worldwatch Institute series shows that climate change continues to cast a long shadow over the world’s leading economic, social, and environmental trends.
by The Worldwatch Institute
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
This eighteenth volume of the Worldwatch Institute series makes it clear that the Great Recession affects many of the world’s leading economic, social, and environmental trends—but that the impact can be very differby country.
State of the World 2005
Global Security
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
State of the World 2005 takes a new and deeper look at the theme that has dominated international politics since 9/11: security. Not the armed conflicts that occur when it breaks down, but the underlying social, economic and environmental pressures which determine how threatened and vulnerable people...
Vital Signs 2001-2002
The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
This annual volume from the Worldwatch Institute gives prominence to key trends that too often escape the attention of the news media, world leaders and economic experts. By distilling 45 vital signs of our times from thousands of government, industrial and scientific sources, the volume allows readers...
State of the World 2009
Into a Warming World
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
It's New Year's Day, 2101. Somehow, humanity survived the worst of global warming—the higher temperatures and sea levels and the more intense droughts and storms—and succeeded in stabilizing the Earth's climate. Greenhouse gas concentrations are peaking and are expected to drift downward in the 22nd...
State of the World 2004
Progress Towards a Sustainable Society
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
State of the World 2004 takes a fresh look at the trends that have put the global economy on a collision course with the Earth's ecosystems. This year's edition has a special focus on the theme of consumption. It questions whether a less-consumptive society is possible; and concludes that it is essential....