A Renewable World Energy, Ecology, Equality - A Report for the World Future Council
by Girardet, Herbert; Mendonca, MiguelFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-09-08
Publisher(s): Green Books
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Summary
We have turned our home planet into a disposable world, using resources as through there were no tomorrow. It is time to make it a renewable world instead.
Author Biography
Herbert Girardet is an author and consultant focusing on sustainable development. He is a co-founder and Director of Programmes of the World Future Council. Miguel Mendona is a writer and sustainability advocate. He is Research Manager of the World Future Council.
Table of Contents
| Dedication | p. 6 |
| Acknowledgements | p. 7 |
| Foreword | p. 8 |
| Foreword | p. 10 |
| Introduction and executive summary | p. 12 |
| List of acronyms and abbreviations | p. 22 |
| Energy Change, Climate Change | p. 25 |
| Carbon and the Biosphere | p. 49 |
| Renewable Energy | p. 75 |
| Towards Energy Equality | p. 101 |
| Energy Sufficiency | p. 121 |
| The Green-Collar Economy | p. 141 |
| Renewing the City | p. 161 |
| From Global to Local? | p. 183 |
| Problem Technologies | p. 203 |
| Going Deeper, Looking Further | p. 223 |
| References | p. 238 |
| Index | p. 249 |
| The World Future Council | p. 255 |
| About the Authors | p. 256 |
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