State of the world 2013 : is sustainability still possible? / Erik Assadourian and Tom Prugh, project directors ; Linda Starke, editor.
by
Starke, Linda, editor.
ISBN
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9781610914581
Title
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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
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1 online resource (xxi, 441 pages) : illustrations
Series
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Worldwatch books
General Note
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Issued as 2013 of State of the world.
Contents
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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
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eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subject Term
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Sustainable development.
Added Author
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Starke, Linda,
Assadourian, Erik,
Prugh, Thomas,
Added Corporate Author
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Worldwatch Institute,
Added Uniform Title
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State of the world library.
Format
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Electronic Resources
Electronic Access
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Publication Date
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2013
Publication Information
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Washington, DC :
Island Press,
[2013]
©2013
Shelf Number | Material Type | Copy | Shelf Location | Status |
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330.9 | 1:E-BOOK | 1 | 1:ONLINE | Available for online access and/or download |