Book description
Building a sustainable society is perhaps the greatest test that the
world has ever faced. Prosperity has been created by ruthless and
ill-disciplined mining of the world's resources, compounded by a
cavalier disregard for the implications of pollution from industrial and
agricultural processes. Today's generation has borrowed from the future
by grabbing prosperity now and imposing the cost on the next generation.
In this startling and informative book, which will appeal to both
students and general readers, award-winning writer Chris Goodall
provides a coherent new explanation of what sustainability actually is.
Goodall then goes onto explore nine key sustainability challenges,
applying the theory of sustainability to look at food, travel, clothing,
electricity, heating and cooling, paper and cardboard, construction,
consumer electronics, and air travel. Chris Goodall is a highly
regarded writer and campaigner on environmental issues. Educated at
Cambridge University and Harvard Business School, he is one of the
leading global voices on sustainability. He writes regularly for the
Guardian, and on his widely followed blog 'Carbon Commentary'.
Chris is an award winning writer. Ten Technologies to Save the Planet
was listed in the Financial Times Books of the Year. How to Live a
Low-Carbon Life won the Clarion Award for non-fiction and was described
by the New Scientist as 'the definitive guide for reducing your carbon
footprint.'
