Lomborg, Bjørn
Summary: "World leaders have promised everything to everyone. But they are failing. The UN's Sustainable Development Goals are supposed to be delivered by 2030. The goals literally promise everything, like eradicating poverty, hunger and disease; stopping war and climate change, ending corruption, fixing education along with countless other promises. This year, the world is at halftime for its promises,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Copenhagen Consensus Center 2023
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Summary: "Calls for a radical shift in the values that govern democracies, condemning the role that unrestricted capitalism has played in the destruction of environments and livelihoods"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Atlantic Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.3 SHIDaly, Herman E.
Contents: Economics as an academic discipline -- The fallacy of misplaced concreteness in economics and other disciplines -- Misplaced concreteness: the market -- Misplaced concreteness: measuring economic success -- Misplaced concreteness: homo economicus -- Misplaced concreteness: land -- New beginnings -- From academic discipline to thought in service of community -- From chrematistics to Oikonomia --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.9 DALSachs, Jeffrey.
Summary: Jeffrey D. Sachs is one of the world's most perceptive and original analysts of global development. In this major new work he presents a compelling and practical framework for how global citizens can use a holistic way forward to address the seemingly intractable worldwide problems of persistent extreme poverty, environmental degradation, and political-economic injustice: sustainable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia University Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363 SACRitchie, Hannah
Summary: 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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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Spark 2024
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Summary: "With an empowering call to action, The Waste-Free World boldly invites us to end one of the greatest scams in history in order to achieve a bright, sustainable, and prosperous future. As microplastics collect in the ocean by the ton, natural resources are depleted, and cities face mounting landfill disposal bills, consumers and investors are becoming increasingly focused on the quality,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio / Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 GONLewis, Mike
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Society Publishers 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.927 LEWMartenson, Chris
Summary: The next 20 years will be completely different from the past. Current global trends are bleak: weak economic growth, too much debt, declining incomes for the lower 99%, a dangerous addiction to fossil fuels, and ecological destruction - just to name a few. Many of us understandably feel resigned to an eroding standard of living in the years to come. At best. But what if we told you that there...
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Publisher / Publication Date: RDA Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332 MARSerres, Alain
Summary: "From the author and illustrator duo who created the award-winning I Have the Right to Be a Child comes this beautifully illustrated picture book about a child's right to advocate for the environment they live in. Told from the perspective of a child, this colorful and vibrant book explores what it means to be a child who dreams of a beautiful future for their planet."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books 2021
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Lappé, Frances Moore.
Summary: Argues that the biggest challenge to survival is faulty thinking about the environmental crises that are affecting the planet and offers "thought leaps" that will transform one's eco-mind.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nation Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.28 LAPKnutson, Julie
Summary: "Readers will learn about the eleventh and twelfth UN Sustainable Development Goals and what it takes to commit to creating sustainable communities and consumption by 2030. Aligned to curriculum standards, this book also highlights key 21st Century Content: Global Awareness, Public Policy, Health and Wellness, Civics Literacy, and Environmental Stewardship. Includes a table of contents,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Social KnutsonSummary: What are the prospect in the U.S. for growing the green economy? In this program Hazel Henderson interviews Stuart Valentine, president of Iowa Progressive Asset Management, about public interest in eco-friendly, community-based commercial models-which both see as an upward trend, especially after the 2010 BP oil spill. Valentine explains how "behind the meter" systems such as locally-operated...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Mason, Paul
Summary: "Over the past two centuries or so, capitalism has undergone profound changes--economic cycles that veer from boom to bust--from which it has always emerged transformed and strengthened. Surveying this turbulent history, Paul Mason's Postcapitalism argues that we are on the brink of a change so big and so profound that this time capitalism itself, the immensely complex system within which...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Cult MasonFitzgerald, Joan
Summary: "Collectively, cities take up a relatively tiny amount of land on the earth, yet emit 72 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. Clearly, cities need to be at the center of any broad effort to reduce climate change. This book argues that too many cities are only implementing random acts of greenness that will do little to address the climate crisis. It instead calls for 'greenovation'-using the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.1 FITWilk, Elvia
Summary: "In the near future, Berlin's real estate is being flipped in the name of "sustainability," only to make the city even more unaffordable; artists are employed by corporations as consultants; and the weather is acting strange. In search of affordable housing, young couple Anja and Louis move into a community on an artificial mountain, The Berg--yet another "eco-friendly" initiative run by a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soft Skull 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WILEstill, Lyle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Society Publishers 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640.286 ESTGreer, John Michael.
Summary: John Michael Greer rethinks economics, focusing on ecological rather than political concepts, and discussing how an economy centered around the raw materials that support human life can help the world achieve a more sustainable way of life and address concerns over resource depletion and pollution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Society Publishers 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.9 GRESummary: Due to its rapidly growing economy and a new demand for consumer goods, China is challenged to create a model for long-term sustainable development. In this program Hazel Henderson talks with Professor Zhouying Jin, author of Global Technological Change, about efforts in China to cultivate a green economy. The country has made great strides in clean energy, and is the world's largest exporter...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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United Nations World Water Assessment Press
Summary: A global assessment of the state of freshwater resources.
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Publisher / Publication Date: UNESCO Publishing 2009
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.91 UNISummary: Investigates the birth and death of the electric car, as well as the role of renewable energy and sustainable living in the future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WHO1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WHO
Knutson, Julie
Summary: "Readers will learn about the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth UN Sustainable Development Goals and what it takes to commit to combating climate change and conserving our oceans and land by 2030. Aligned to curriculum standards, this book also highlights key 21st Century Content: Global Awareness, Public Policy, Health and Wellness, Civics Literacy, and Environmental Stewardship. Includes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Social KnutsonMills, Stephanie
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Society Publishers 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SWANN, BOB MILBeiser, Vince
Summary: "How the metals we need to power technology and energy are spawning environmental havoc, political upheaval, and murder-and how we can do better. An Australian multimillionaire's plan to mine the ocean floor. Garbage pickers in Nigeria risking their lives to salvage e-waste amid nightmarish pollution. A Bill Gates-backed entrepreneur harnessing artificial intelligence to find metals in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books