State of the world 2013 : is sustainability still possible? / Erik Assadourian and Tom Prugh, project directors ; Linda Starke, editor.
by
 
Starke, Linda, editor.

ISBN
9781610914581

Title
State of the world 2013 : is sustainability still possible? / Erik Assadourian and Tom Prugh, project directors ; Linda Starke, editor.

Author
Starke, Linda, editor.

Physical Description
1 online resource (xxi, 441 pages) : illustrations

Series
Worldwatch books

General Note
Issued as 2013 of State of the world.

Contents
Beyond sustainababble / Respecting planetary boundaries and reconnecting to the biosphere / Defining a safe and just space for humanity / Getting to one-planet living / Sustaining freshwater and its dependents / Sustainable fisheries and seas : preventing ecological collapse / Energy as master resource / Renewable energy's natural resource impacts / Conserving nonrenewable resources / Re-engineering cultures to create a sustainable civilization / Building a sustainable and desirable economy-in-society-in-nature / Transforming the corporation into a driver of sustainability / Corporate reporting and externalities / Keep them in the ground : ending the fossil fuel era / Beyond fossil fuels : assessing energy alternatives / Energy efficiency in the built environment / Agriculture : growing food and solutions / Protecting the sanctity of native foods / Valuing indigenous peoples / Crafting a new narrative to support sustainability / Moving toward a global moral consensus on environmental action / Pathways to sustainability : building political strategies / Moving from individual change to societal change / Teaching for turbulence / Effective crisis governance / Governance in the long emergency / Building an enduring environmental movement / Resistance : Do the ends justify the means? / The promises and perils of geoengineering / Cuba : lessons from a forced decline / Climate change and displacements / Cultivating resilience in a dangerous world / Shaping community responses to catastrophe / Is it too late?

Local Note
eBooks on EBSCOhost

Subject Term
Sustainable development.

Added Author
Starke, Linda,
 
Assadourian, Erik,
 
Prugh, Thomas,

Added Corporate Author
Worldwatch Institute,

Added Uniform Title
State of the world library.

Format
Electronic Resources

Electronic Access
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Publication Date
2013

Publication Information
Washington, DC :
 
Island Press,
 
[2013]
 
©2013


Shelf NumberMaterial TypeCopyShelf LocationStatus
330.91:E-BOOK11:ONLINEAvailable for online access and/or download