The Natural Step Story: Seeding a Quiet Revolution - Couverture rigide

Robert, Karl-Henrik

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0865714533 ISBN 13 : 9780865714533

Editeur : New Society Publishers, 2002

Synopsis

It may be unlikely that a Swedish karate champion, family man, and cancer scientist could be at the centre of developing a systems approach to life on Earth that could revolutionise the way humans operate in the world, but this is the story of just that: the idea, and the man behind it. As a cancer specialist, Karl-Henrik Robert faced a stream of parents who would sacrifice anything to save their children. Yet that same selflessness did not seem to extend to saving the environment. For debate on how to achieve sustainability was divided, with no agreement on universal principles. But Robert's experience convinced him that consensus on how to meet the most basic requirements of life should be possible. Thus began a long process of consultation among scientists and others that eventually led to the definition of four system conditions essential for the maintenance of life on Earth: conditions that have now been agreed upon world-wide and encapsulated as The Natural Step framework. Dramatic, visionary and inspiring, this book will appeal to all with a passion for sustainability including business leaders, academics, journalists, activists, and students.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Karl-Henrik Robert is a cancer scientist and Professor of Resource Theory at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Having initiated The Natural Step movement in 1989, he was awarded the Green Cross Award for International leadership in 1999, and the Blue Planet Prize (the 'environment Nobel') in 2000.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New Society Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0865714533
• ISBN 13: 9780865714533
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 274
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