Worldchanging : a user's guide for the 21st century. / edited by Alex Steffen, foreword by Al Gore ; design by Sagmeister Inc. txt
United States of America : Harry N. Abrams, Inc. , 2008Descripción: 596 p. ill. ; (chiefly col.) 25 cmTipo de contenido:- text
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- 9780810970854
- 9780810930957
- World changing
- HC79.E5 S74 2008
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Worldchanging is packed with information, resources, reviews, and ideas that give readers access to the tools they need to build a better future. Written by a diverse collaborative of innovators, Worldchanging demonstrates that the means for making a difference lie all around us.This team of top-notch writers, brought together by Worldchanging.com founder Alex Steffen, includes Cameron Sinclair, founder of Architecture for Humanity, Geekcore founder Ethan Zuckerman, and sustainable food expert Anne Lappé, among many others.Each chapter offers practical answers to important questions, such as: Why does buying locally produced food make sense? What steps can we take to influence our workplace toward sustainability? How can we travel, live, work, and learn in world-changing ways? How, in short, can we participate in building a better future locally and globally?Worldchanging proves that a life that is sustainably prosperous, thoughtful and democratic, dynamic and peaceful, is not just possible, it's here.
Include index.
Includes bibliographic references (p. 538-546)
Foreword Al Core 11 --
Introducing Worldchanging Bruce Sterling 13 --
Editor's Introduction 15 --
How to use this book 25 --
Stuff : Introduction 29 --
Questioning Consumption 32 --
Consuming Responsibly 35 --
Understanding Trade 39 --
Creating healthy homes 47 --
Doing the right thing can be delicious 51 --
Buying Better Food 53--
Buying better food everywhere 57 --
Eating better meat and fish 63 --
The Future of Food 66 --
Preserving barnyard biodiversity 71 --
Cars and fuel 74 --
Bright green consumerism 81 --
Designing a sustainable world 83 --
Picking green materials 87 --
Craft it yourself 90 --
Engineer it yourself 93 --
Art meets technology 96 --
Biomimicry 99 --
Biomorphism 102 --
Nanotechnology 106 --
Neobiological industry 109 --
Knowing what's green 114 --
Producer responsibility 118 --
Collaborative design 123 --
Open source 127 --
Design for development 131 --
Bright green computers 134 --
SHELTERS: Green remodeling 142 --
Building a green home 147 --
Living well in a compact space 152 --
Developing green housing 155 --
Furniture and home decor 157 --
Lighting 160 --
Energy 162 --
Using energy efficiently 164 --
Green power 170 --
Going off the grid 179 --
Smart grids 183 --
Water 186 --
Conserving water 187 --
Thinking differently about water 189 --
Landscaping 198 --
EcoHouse Brazil 201 --
Refugees 203 --
Reinventing the refugee camp 207 --
Transforming disaster relief 210 --
Open-source humanitarian design 216 --
Land mines 218 --
Rethinking refugee reconstruction 220 --
CITIES: The bright green city 228 --
Vancouver 231 --
Portland 234 --
Retrofitting the suburbs 238 --
Big green buildings and skyscrapers 245 --
Healing polluted land 250 --
Greening infrastructure 254 --
Place making 259 --
Urban transportation 262 --
Product service systems 268 --
Chinese cities of the future 271 --
Lagos 279 --
Megacity innovations 282 --
The hidden vitality of slums 286 --
Leapfrogging 292 --
ICT4D 296 --
Brazil's Telecentros 300 --
Leapfrogging infrastructure 302 --
COMMUNITY: Holistic problem solving 310 --
Education and literacy 313 --
Educating girls and empowering women 316 --
Public health 323 --
South-south science 332 --
Copyfight 336 --
Urban community development 339 --
Community capital 342 --
Microfinance 346 --
Social entrepreneurship 352 --
Giving well 355 --
The barefoot college 359 --
Travel and tourism 363 --
Global culture 368 --
BUSINESS: Your money 382 --
Creating business value from sustainability 386 --
Green marketing 389 --
Brands 393 --
Thriving in a bright green economy 397 --
Seeing the big picture 402 --
Start-up 101 403 --
POLITICS: Movement building 412 --
Networking politics 418 --
Amplifying your voice 421 --
Connecting with others 426 --
Tools for talking 431 --
Demanding transparency 434 --
Demanding human rights 441 --
Watching the watchers 447 --
Protest 450 --
Direct action 456 --
Nonviolent revolution 460--
Ending violence 464 --
PLANET: Placing yourself 476 --
Citizen science 481 --
Restoration ecology 484 --
Ecosystem services 486 --
Biodiversity: how much nature is enough? 491 --
Sustainable forestry 494 --
Creating rural sustainability in the global south 498 --
Future of the small town 502 --
Local greenhouse forecast 506 --
Climate foresight 511 --
A personal action plan 514 --
Mapping 518 --
Charting the deep oceans 521 --
Polar regions 525 --
The solar system: greens in space 529 --
Imagining the future 535 --
Selected Bibliography 538 --
Contributor Biographies 547 --
Acknowledgments 555 --
Photography Credits 557 --
Index 562 --