| State of the World: Innovations for a Sustainable Economy Anniversary Edition Contributor(s): Assadourian, Erik (Author), Baue, Bill (Author), Bayon, Ricardo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393330311 ISBN-13: 9780393330311 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2008 Annotation: Growing evidence suggests that the global economy is now destroying its own ecological base. This work describes the innovations--from microfinance to closed-loop manufacturing--that have been offered to create sustainable economies. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General |
| Dewey: 330.900 |
| Series: State of the World (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 7.08" W x 9.24" (1.26 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Growing evidence suggests that the global economy, rooted in ideas and assumptions that were progressive two hundred years ago, is now destroying its own ecological base and offering little to billions of impoverished people. In response, pioneers are creating the architecture of sustainable economies, one innovation at a time. State of the World 2008 describes these innovations--from microfinance to closed-loop manufacturing and the use of trusts to protect common resources--as well as identifying the obstacles that prevent a critical mass of people and organizations from moving toward sustainability, and rallying coalitions of stakeholders that can produce win-win solutions and strategies for achieving specific sustainability goals. |
Contributor Bio(s): The Worldwatch Institute: - The Worldwatch Institute is a Washington, DC-based nonprofit research and publishing organization dedicated to fostering the evolution of an environmentally sustainable society.Worldwatch Institute: - The Worldwatch Institute is a Washington, DC-based nonprofit research and publishing organization dedicated to fostering the evolution of an environmentally sustainable society. |