Renewable World
Energy, Ecology, Equality
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Nature, Environment, Environmental Conservation & Protection
| Author: | Herbert Girardet, Miguel Mendonca | ISBN: | 9780857840011 |
| Publisher: | UIT Cambridge Ltd. | Publication: | October 1, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Green Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Herbert Girardet, Miguel Mendonca |
| ISBN: | 9780857840011 |
| Publisher: | UIT Cambridge Ltd. |
| Publication: | October 1, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Green Books |
| Language: | English |
We have turned our home planet into a disposable world, using resources as though there were no tomorrow. It is time to make it a renewable world instead.We must urgently reconcile two things: our common desire to achieve certain living standards, and our requirement to do so sustainably. And we must do this in the face of the quadruple crisis facing us - climate, energy, finance and poverty.This timely book explores proven and emerging solutions for building a global green energy economy as a basis for a prosperous and yet sustainable world. Only a world based on continuous renewal can sustain life and livelihoods. This book shares many examples and proposals for:• accelerating the renewable energy revolution,• renewing the world's ecosystems and soils,• renewing cities and local economies, and• invigorating international cooperationIt is a book full of ideas whose time has come.
We have turned our home planet into a disposable world, using resources as though there were no tomorrow. It is time to make it a renewable world instead.We must urgently reconcile two things: our common desire to achieve certain living standards, and our requirement to do so sustainably. And we must do this in the face of the quadruple crisis facing us - climate, energy, finance and poverty.This timely book explores proven and emerging solutions for building a global green energy economy as a basis for a prosperous and yet sustainable world. Only a world based on continuous renewal can sustain life and livelihoods. This book shares many examples and proposals for:• accelerating the renewable energy revolution,• renewing the world's ecosystems and soils,• renewing cities and local economies, and• invigorating international cooperationIt is a book full of ideas whose time has come.
