A better planet 40 big ideas for a sustainable future
Book - 2019
A practical, bipartisan call to action from the wold's leading thinkers on the environment and sustainability. Sustainability has emerged as a global priority over the past several years. The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change and the adoption of the seventeen Sustainable Develpment Goals through the United Nations have highlighted the need to address critical challenges such as the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, water shortages, and air pollution. But in the United States, partisan divides, regional disputes, and deep disagreements over core principles have made it nearly impossible to chart a course toward a sustainable future. This book offers fresh thinking and forward-looking solutions from environmental though...t leaders across the political spectrum. The book's forty essays cover such subjects as ecology, envionmental justice, Big Data, public health, and climate change, all with an emphasis on sustainability. The book focuses on moving toward sustainability through actionable, bipartisan approaches based on rigorous analytical research.
- Subjects
- Published
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New Haven :
Yale University Press
[2019]
- Language
- English
- Other Authors
- Physical Description
- xv, 397 pages ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9780300246247
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part 1. Nature, Land, and Water
- 1. Sustaining Humans and Nature as One: Ecological Science and Environmental Stewardship
- 2. A Habitable Earth: Protecting Biodiversity through Natural Systems
- 3. A Restoration Agenda for Native Forests
- 4. Private Lands: The Future of Conservation in America
- 5. Stewards of the Land: Harnessing American Agriculture for a Sustainable Future
- 6. Toward an Evergreen Revolution: Sustainable Intensification in Smallholder Farming
- 7. Found Water: Reuse and the Deconstruction of "Wastewater"
- 8. People and the Ocean 3.0: A New Narrative with Transformative Benefits
- Part 2. Innovation and Technology
- 9. Red Lights to Green Lights: Toward an Innovation-Oriented Sustainability Strategy
- 10. Environmental Protection through Systems Design, Decision-Making, and Thinking
- 11. Genomics as a Driving Force for Climate Change Response and Community Health
- 12. There's an App for That: Can Technology Save the Planet?
- 13. Reimagining Solar Fuels to Power the Planet with Renewable Energy
- 14. Fostering Energy Innovation for a Sustainable Twenty-First Century
- 15. Building Climate Change Resilience by Design
- 16. Bracing for Impact: Transforming the National Weather Service for the Climate Change Challenges Ahead
- Part 3. Law and Policy
- 17. Building Public and Political Will for Climate Change Action
- 18. Broadening Action on Climate Change: The Paris Agreement Cannot Do It Alone
- 19. Helping Kids Stand Up for Their Rights: The Role of Climate Change Litigation
- 20. Environmental Justice for All Must Be a Human Right Enforceable in U.S. State Constitutions
- 21. Reinventing Political Borders for Environmental and Social Harmony
- 22. Deploying Machine Learning for a Sustainable Future
- 23. Focusing the Environmental Protection Enterprise to Put Ideas and Policies into Action
- 24. Science as a Foundation for Policy: The Case of Fracking
- Part 4. Resources, Economics, and Sustainable Business
- 25. Next-Generation Corporate Sustainability Leadership: New Lines of Accountability
- 26. Making Companies Work for Society: Harnessing Global Financial Markets for Sustainability
- 27. Waste and Materials Management: From Harm Reduction to Value Creation
- 28. Can We Define Planetary Boundaries on the Human Use of Materials?
- 29. Natural Capital, Equity, and the Sustainable Development Challenge
- 30. International Carbon Pricing: The Role of Carbon Clubs
- Part 5. Society, Equity, and Process
- 31. Hip-Hop Sustainability: Toward Diversity in Environmental Communication
- 32. Driving Systems Change through Networks
- 33. Moral and Spiritual Contributions to a Flourishing Earth Community
- 34. The Public Health Science of Environmental Justice
- 35. Science by and for Citizens: A Historical Perspective
- 36. In the Calm before the Storm: Prioritizing Preparedness for Natural Disasters
- 37. Planetary Sustainability in the Urban Century
- 38. Reimagining the City and Park for a Sustainable Urban Future
- 39. Built to Learn: From Static to Adaptive Environmental Policy
- 40. Why Big Ideas So Often Fail
- Epilogue: How to Make Big Ideas Work
- Acknowledgments
- Keywords List
- Contributors
- Index