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Features compelling narratives and fresh insights from a wide range of innovators and thought-leaders in science, engineering, business, policy, arts, health and community development
Highlights the complexities and contradictions surrounding the concept and practice of sustainability
Offers ideas and perspectives to help build a sustainable society
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Table of contents (47 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
Reviews
“Delightful…the chapters are gems of precision and insight.” (Michael Spence, Nobel Prize Winner in Economics)
“This book so aptly demonstrates [that] the concept of sustainability can be applied to many different areas, which could be woven together into a sustainability agenda.” (Robert Rubin, Co-Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations, and Former U.S. Secretary of Treasury)
“Seminal…a thoughtful and refreshingly different book.” (Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum)
“Mahatma Gandhi once said ‘unsustainable lifestyles and unacceptable poverty should become problems of the past, to achieve harmony with nature and with each other.’ Practicing Sustainability not only brings out the relevance of this vision clearly, but also the need to develop better concepts and pathways to achieve that vision.” (M.S. Swaminathan, World Food Prize Laureate and Member of Parliament, India)
“An enlightening book that demystifies what sustainability really means with a fresh, unusual range of voices and practical insights. Practicing Sustainability should be read by anyone who cares about the future of our planet.” (Neal Lane, Former Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the U.S. National Science Foundation.)
“In this unique collection, each reader will find three or four sparks—things that will connect with their head or heart or both, and perhaps spur them to real action. It's a necessary book!” (Bill McKibben, Founder, 350.org, and author of The End of Nature, Deep Economy, and Eaarth.)
“Practicing Sustainability is an engaging and ultimately uplifting kaleidoscope of ideas from the people on the front lines of building a better planet.” (Greg Ip, author of The Little Book of Economics)
“The popularity of “sustainability” has taken a toll on its meaning—it is too often used as a lofty aspiration or as a vague objective. This book provides a great antidote to this trend. Practicing Sustainability is a must-read for anyone looking for good ideas on how to make sustainability more real and concrete.” (Moisés Naím, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Chief International Columnist, El País; Former Editor-in-Chief, Foreign Policy)
“An important book that contributes greatly to the understanding and practice of sustainability in a comprehensive, lucid, and thoughtful way.” (Shu Chien, National Medal of Science Laureate; University Professor of Bioengineering and Medicine, University of California, San Diego)
Editors and Affiliations
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, Policy and Global Affairs, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, USA
Guruprasad Madhavan
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Dept. Industrial & Systems Engineering, Oakland University, Rochester, USA
Barbara Oakley
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El Cerrito, USA
David Green
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Albany, USA
David Koon
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Social Innovation Park Limited, The Parliament of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Penny Low
About the editors
Barbara Oakley (Editor) is an associate professor of engineering at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, and a former vice-president of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.
David Green (Editor) is a MacArthur Fellow, Ashoka Fellow and is recognized by the Schwab Foundation as a leading social entrepreneur.
David Koon (Editor) represented the 135th district of the New York State Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2010.
Penny Low (Editor) is a Member of Parliament of Singapore, and was the youngest elected female representative in 2001.
Michael Spence (Foreword) is William R. Berkley Professor in Economics and Business at New York University, and recipient of the 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Klaus Schwab (Editorial) is founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum.
Robert Rubin (Editorial) is Co-Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations. He served as the 70th Secretary of the U.S. Treasury.
George Whitesides (Editorial) is Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University.
M. S. Swaminathan (Afterword) is a Member of the Indian Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and a World Food Prize Laureate.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Practicing Sustainability
Editors: Guruprasad Madhavan, Barbara Oakley, David Green, David Koon, Penny Low
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4349-0
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-4348-3Published: 20 October 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-8898-0Published: 09 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-4349-0Published: 19 October 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXVI, 244
Topics: Sustainable Development, Sustainability Management, Popular Science in Nature and Environment, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Development Economics, Public Health