Quantified: Redefining Conservation for the Next Economy - Couverture rigide

Whitworth, Joe S.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 161091614X ISBN 13 : 9781610916141

Editeur : Island Press, 2015

Synopsis

Google, Apple, Amazon, Uber: companies like these have come to embody innovation, efficiency, and success. How often is the environmental movement characterised in the same terms? Sadly, conservation is frequently seen as a losing battle, waged by well-meaning, but ultimately ineffective idealists. Joe Whitworth argues it doesn't have to be this way. In fact, it can't be this way if we are to maintain our economy, let alone our health or the planet's. In Quantified, Whitworth draws lessons from the world's most tech-savvy, high-impact organisations to show how we can make real gains for the environment. The principles of his approach, dubbed quantified conservation, will be familiar to any thriving entrepreneur: situational awareness, bold outcomes, innovation and technology, data and analytics, and gain-focused investment. This no-nonsense strategy builds on the inspirational environmental work begun in the 1970s, while recognising that the next economy will demand new solutions. As President of The Freshwater Trust, Whitworth has put quantified conservation into practice, pioneering the model of a "do-tank" that is dramatically changing how rivers can get restored across the United States. The stories in Quantified highlight the most precious of resources, water, but they apply to any environmental effort. Whether in the realm of policy, agriculture, business, or philanthropy, Whitworth is charting a new course for conservation.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Joe Whitworth is president of The Freshwater Trust, the nation's first water trust and the oldest wild fish conservation group in the Pacific Northwest. He serves on the Agricultural Water Quality Program Review Committee and the Policy Advisory Group, which both advise Oregon's legislature. He writes a column on water issues for The Huffington Post and is frequently interviewed by media including Oregon Public Radio, Iowa Public Radio, The Oregonian, TreeHugger.com, and Governing magazine.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Island Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 161091614X
• ISBN 13: 9781610916141
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Buchpark GmbH; gpsr@buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne