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Practicing Sustainability
Guru Madhavan (Ed.)
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Description for Practicing Sustainability
Hardback. This book gathers chefs, poets, music directors, pastors, architects, artists and filmmakers, as well as scientific leaders, entrepreneurs, educators, executives, policy makers and contrarians, to explore sustainability and the role that each of us can play. Editor(s): Madhavan, Guruprasad; Oakley, Barbara; Green, David; Koon, David; Low, Penny. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCY; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 558.
Sustainability applies to everybody. But everybody applies it differently, by defining and shaping it differently—much as water is edged and shaped by its container. It is conceived in absolute terms but underpinned by a great diversity of relatively “green”—and sometimes contradictory—practices that can each make society only more or less sustainable. In Practicing Sustainability, chefs, poets, music directors, evangelical pastors, skyscraper architects, artists, filmmakers, as well as scientific leaders, entrepreneurs, educators, business executives, policy makers, and the contrarians, shed light on our understanding of sustainability and the role that each of us can play. Each contributor addresses what sustainability means, what ... Read more
Sustainability applies to everybody. But everybody applies it differently, by defining and shaping it differently—much as water is edged and shaped by its container. It is conceived in absolute terms but underpinned by a great diversity of relatively “green”—and sometimes contradictory—practices that can each make society only more or less sustainable. In Practicing Sustainability, chefs, poets, music directors, evangelical pastors, skyscraper architects, artists, filmmakers, as well as scientific leaders, entrepreneurs, educators, business executives, policy makers, and the contrarians, shed light on our understanding of sustainability and the role that each of us can play. Each contributor addresses what sustainability means, what ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
557g
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461443483
SKU
V9781461443483
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Ref
99-15
About Guru Madhavan (Ed.)
Guruprasad Madhavan (Editor) is a program officer at the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council—collectively known as the National Academies—in Washington, DC. 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. ... Read more
Reviews for Practicing Sustainability
Praise for Practicing Sustainability: "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 ... Read more