{"product_id":"sustainability-hardback-9781509560295","title":"Sustainability (Hardback) 9781509560295","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSustainability\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLeslie Paul Thiele (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509560295, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 29 March 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e244 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 13.8 x 1.7 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“This is still the best book on sustainability in print. Whether and how humankind survives the coming bottleneck is the issue of our time. Leslie Paul Thiele is a thoughtful and insightful guide to the perplexing and complex challenges ahead.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Orr, Arizona State University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Leslie Paul Thiele’s improved third edition of \u003ci\u003eSustainability\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent way to introduce students to the greatest ecological problem facing global society today—overshoot, of which climate change is a major symptom. It should be on every environmental reading list.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Rees, University of British Columbia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe quest for sustainability has generated lifestyle changes for individuals across the globe, transformations within the arts, sciences, business, design, engineering, and agriculture, innovative policies and laws, and historic international agreements. Yet the means to achieving sustainability remain unsettled and disputed, even as its crucial importance in the face of the climate crisis grows.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe third edition of this popular and lively text explores the concept and practice of sustainability across a broad range of issues and topics. Fully revised and updated, the book underlines the importance of creativity in the service of conservation within ecological, economic, technological, political, legal, and cultural arenas. Chapters conclude with new Discuss, Explore, and Take Action sections that pose probing questions for review and discussion. A new final chapter presents four practical principles that readers may employ to guide the investigation of sustainability problems and their crafting of viable solutions.              \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSustainability\u003c\/i\u003e presents a hopeful account of the opportunities before us while squarely confronting the daunting challenges that lie ahead. It provides a crucial resource for students grappling with many of the most urgent issues of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface to the Third Edition\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1 Sustainability: Past, Present, Future\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2 The Geography of Justice\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3 Ecological Resilience and Environmental Health\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4  Economics and Wellbeing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5 Technological Solutions and their Problems\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6 The Political and Legal Challenge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7 Culture and Change\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 8 Practical Principles for a Sustainable World\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFurther Reading\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: The environment [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on The environment\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22The%20environment%20%5BRN%5D%22\"\u003eRN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52474991673624,"sku":"9781509560295","price":45.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509560295.jpg?v=1785802692","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/sustainability-hardback-9781509560295","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}