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Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date
2024.
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352 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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In this bold, radically hopeful book, a data scientist, drawing on the latest research, practical guidance and eye-opening graphics, gives us the tools for understanding our current environmental crisis and making lifestyle changes that actually have an impact.
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English
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Living sustainably is not just about preserving the wilderness or keeping nature pristine. The transition to a green economy depends on cities. Economic, technological, and cultural forces are moving people out of rural areas and into urban areas. If we are to avert climate catastrophe, we will need our cities to coexist with nature without destroying it. Urbanization holds the key to long-term sustainability, reducing per capita environmental impacts...
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Thames & Hudson Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
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192 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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John Thackara has spent a lifetime roving the globe in search of design that serves human needs in a sustainable way. He believes that in our eagerness to find technological solutions to the big challenges faced by the human race, we have all too often ignored the astonishing creativity generated when people work together and in harmony with the world around them. Drawing on an inspiring range of examples, from a temple-led water management system...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 68 min., 16 sec.) : digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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Economic globalization has led to a massive expansion in the scale and power of big business and banking. It has also worsened nearly every problem we face: fundamentalism and ethnic conflict; climate chaos and species extinction; financial instability and unemployment. There are personal costs too. For the majority of people on the planet, life is becoming increasingly stressful. We have less time for friends and family and we face mounting pressures...
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English
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When the economy turns rough, many companies sideline their green business initiatives. That's a big mistake. In Green Recovery, Andrew Winston shows that no company can afford to wait for the downturn to ease before going green.
Green initiatives ratchet up your company's resource efficiency, creativity, and employee motivation. They save energy, waste, and money, preserving precious capital-and give precise focus to your innovation efforts and...
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Currency
Pub. Date
[2020]
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260 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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"or forty years, innovation has been the hottest buzzword in business. But what if the benefits of innovation have been exaggerated, and our obsession with the new has distracted us from the work that matters most? It's hard to avoid innovation these days. Nearly every product gets marketed as being disruptive, whether it's a new technology or a new toothbrush. But in this manifesto on the state of American work, historians of technology Lee Vinsel...
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Deutsch
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Wie kriegen wir endlich wirklich fairen Kaffee? Warum sind Familienunternehmen besser beim nachhaltigen Wirtschaften? Woran hapert es bis heute bei Cradle to Cradle? Wie sieht nachhaltige Architektur aus? Was bringt Mülltrennung? Sollten wir häufiger "Nein!" sagen? Wie lecker ist Insektenschokolade? Was bleibt am Ende übrig? Und überhaupt: warum eigentlich Nachhaltigkeit?
Die besten Geschichten aus mehr als 20 Jahren brand eins zu den großen...
12) Construire l'Avenir: FélixTshisekedi et les 20 Innovations Majeures. Guide pour la Transformatio
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Français
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L'innovation est un concept clé pour la croissance économique et le développement. On la définit généralement comme l'introduction de nouvelles méthodes de production, de nouveaux produits ou services, de nouveaux marchés ou de nouvelles sources d'approvisionnement dans une économie.Mais quelles innovations le nouveau président de la RD Congo, Félix Tshisekedi peut mettre en place pour la transformation holistique de ce pays? La réponse...
13) Transformación Estructural de América Latina: Condición para un Desarrollo Sostenido e Inclusivo
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Español
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Desde la década de 1980, el ritmo de crecimiento económico de América Latina ha sido errático y notablemente inferior al promedio mundial. Como resultado, la región ha ido perdiendo importancia relativa en el contexto global, como lo evidencia abundante información estadística. El rezago de América Latina es multifacético; incluye los campos económico, científico, tecnológico, social e institucional. La estructura productiva de los países...
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English
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The Storytelling Workbook is a nine-week programme (based on Anthony Tasgal's 'rule of three') to help you learn to better tell your own narrative and present your story whether it be for your CV, your dating apps or your own personal writing. It is an entertaining, instructive and interactive guide to becoming a better storyteller across all facets of your personal and professional life.
Including a mix of case studies, advice and exercises,...
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Español
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Cómo Prosperar en la Economía Sostenible, Diseñar Hoy en el Mundo del Mañana, es una obra indispensable para comprender la relación entre diseño e innovación social en el necesario empeño por construir un futuro sostenible. A partir de toda una vida de viajes en busca de alternativas reales, Thackara describe cómo todas las comunidades del mundo están cambiando hacia una mejor economía a partir de cero. Cada capítulo trata sobre formas...
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English
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International development is a vibrant, interdisciplinary area of the social sciences. This Short Guide offers a uniquely succinct and balanced account of this politically charged subject. It distils both the classic and newer debates together in a clear framework and illustrates them with contemporary examples. Designed to introduce a wide readership to international development, the book:
• considers how far the field has been reconfigured over...
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English
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Humanity has paid a high price for the development model it adopted since the Industrial Revolution. Based on Western notions of linear progress, exploitation of resources, consumerism and equating material prosperity with happiness, it has caused global warming, environmental pollution, decimation of bio-diversity, toxicity of food products and decline of soil fertility. Human society has been left vulnerable to this achievement-oriented and consumerist...
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English
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It's a largely unquestioned assumption that any and all economic growth is good. Many of the world's developed countries, which already have a surplus of wealth and resources, continue to pursue economic growth as an end in itself. But could all this unchecked growth end up hurting the citizens of less-developed nations, making escape from poverty impossible? In The Economics of Arrival, Trebeck and Williams put forth a provocative idea: moving away...
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Tuvalu, the fourth smallest country in the world, with an estimated population of 10,440, is an isolated and resource-poor country that relies mainly on royalties received for access to its exclusive economic zone and remittances as its main sources of foreign exchange. This case study describes how the Falekaupule Trust Fund (FTF) was established in the 1990s, with support from the Asian Development Bank, as a mechanism to help build capacity for...
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English
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Why do poor countries remain poor? Why, after receiving billions of dollars, do poor countries remain poor? Why are failing foreign aid models utilized over and over again? After the devastating 2010 Haiti earthquake, authors Daniel Jean-Louis and Jacqueline Klamer observed first-hand the negative consequences of donations provided with the sincerest of good intentions-donations that ultimately undermined local industries and wiped out jobs. Based...
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