A renewable world : energy, ecology, equality : a report for the World Future Council /
Herbert Giradet & Miguel Mendonđca.
- Totnes : Green Books, 2009.
- 256 p. : chiefly col. ill., maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-248) and index.
Energy change, climate change -- Carbon and the biosphere -- Renewable energy -- Towards energy equality -- Energy sufficiency -- The green-collar economy -- Renewing the city -- From global to local? -- Problem technologies -- Going deeper, looking further.
This timely book explores proven and emerging solutions for building a global green energy economy as a basis for a prosperous and yet sustainable world. Only a world based on continuous renewal can sustain life and livelihoods. This book shares many examples and proposals for: accelerating the renewable energy revolution; renewing the world's ecosystems and soils; renewing cities and local economies; and invigorating international cooperation.
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Environmental protection. Sustainable development. Sustainable living. Green technology. Conservación del medio ambiente. Educación ambiental. Recursos naturales. Política ambiental.