‘... an important contribution to the debate on corporate responsibility. Maybe one good thing coming out of the credit crunch is a dawning that a focus on the bottom line, without due regard to the broader responsibility that a business has is unsustainable.’ Professor Anne Gregory, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Leeds Metropolitan University.
‘... as a business student with entrepreneurial goals for the future I found this book to be very insightful about the needs and opportunities of the future sustainable world.’ Tony Paxton, MBA programme member, Helsinki.
“Adapt and Thrive” reads like a breezy textbook, with both well-researched historical and topical details; yet it also is driven by one man’s passion to bring about change. Sustainable Industries magazine, United States.
Forcing the pace of change is not only vital because the health of the planet is at risk, but also because there are profits to be made from saving the world. Article in Sustainable Business magazine, UK.
‘...government and business who are currently unable to see beyond the current political term/share prices will oppose this book, but in twenty years they will be quoting it as the ‘Essential Guide for Survival’. Etelä-Suomen Sanomat, Finland.
‘Few writers have the cross discipline perspective to bring such a wide range of issue together.’ That’s Green: green and environmental news from around the world.
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List of Contents
Preface Overview
PART 1 THE COMING OF THE SUSTAINABLE REVOLUTION Chapter 1: Adapt or Die Chapter 2: Striving for a Sustainable World Chapter 3: Our Globalized World Chapter 4: The Sustainable Revolution
PART 2 ISSUES AND OUTCOMES Chapter 5: The World’s Natural Systems and Society Chapter 6: Climate Change Chapter 7: Balancing Energy Sources and Needs Chapter 8: The Energy Crunch Chapter 9: The Insatiable Appetite of Transportation Chapter 10: Icarus Air Chapter 11: Healthy, Cohesive Urban Communities Chapter 12: Putting King Car in Its Place Chapter 13: Global Manufacturing Renaissance Chapter 14: Our Thirst for Water Chapter 15: Safe, Sustainable Agriculture Chapter 16: Dealing with Waste
PART 3 SURVIVE AND THRIVE: FORCING THE PACE OF CHANGE
Chapter 17: The Leaders of the Revolution Chapter 18: Mobilizing Business Chapter 19: Capital Markets and the Power of Ownership Chapter 20: Social Economics Chapter 21: Environmental Economics Chapter 22: Adaptation Laboratories Chapter 23: Profiting from the Transition Chapter 24: A Shared Destiny
Notes
Index
List of Figures:
Figure 2.1 Alternative Scenarios for Society and Natural Ecosystems Figure 8.1 Energy Use by Sector Figure 23.1 The Sustainability Matrix
List of Boxes:
UN Global Compact Design Challenge: Small-Scale Methane Generation from Biowaste Design Challenge: Renewable Fuel from the Desert Design Challenge: A Modern Large Sailing Ship Design Challenge: A Car for the 21st Century A Future World Summit on Global Warming Design Challenge: Zero-Environmental-Impact Flying
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