A Better Planet: Forty Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future
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Overview
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 Development 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 timely new book, edited by celebrated scholar Daniel C. Esty, offers fresh thinking and forward-looking solutions from environmental thought leaders across the political spectrum. The book’s forty essays cover such subjects as ecology, environmental 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.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780300248890 |
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Publisher: | Yale University Press |
Publication date: | 10/22/2019 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 320 |
File size: | 1 MB |
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Table of Contents
Foreword Ingrid C. Burke xiii
Introduction Daniel C. Esty 1
Part 1 Nature, Land, and Water
1 Sustaining Humans and Nature as One: Ecological Science and Environmental Stewardship Oswald J. Schmitz 11
2 A Habitable Earth: Protecting Biodiversity through Natural Systems Thomas E. Lovejoy 20
3 A Restoration Agenda for Native Forests Mark S. Ashton Craig R. Brodersen 28
4 Private Lands: The Future of Conservation in America Larry Selzer 38
5 Stewards of the Land: Harnessing American Agriculture for a Sustainable Future Erin Fitzgerald Greg Gershuny 46
6 Toward an Evergreen Revolution: Sustainable Intensification in Smallholder Farming Meha Jain Balwinder Singh 55
7 Found Water: Reuse and the Deconstruction of "Wastewater" G. Tracy Mehan, III 63
8 People and the Ocean 3.0: A New Narrative with Transformative Benefits Jane Lubchenco 72
Part 2 Innovation and Technology
9 Red Lights to Green lights: Toward an Innovation-Oriented Sustainability Strategy Daniel C. Esty 87
10 Environmental Protection through Systems Design, Decision-Making, and Thinking Paul T. Anastas Julie B. Zimmerman 97
11 Genomics as a Driving Force for Climate Change Response and Community Health Vasilis Vasiliou Alexia Akbay 105
12 There's an App for That: Can Technology Save the Planet? David Rejeski 112
13 Reimagining Solar Fuels to Power the Planet with Renewable Energy Gary W. Brudvig 122
14 Fostering Energy Innovation for a Sustainable Twenty-First Century Kenneth Gillingham 128
15 Building Climate Change Resilience by Design Amanda Brown-Stevens 137
16 Bracing for Impact: Transforming the National Weather Service for the Climate Change Challenges Ahead Monica Medina 145
Part 3 Law and Policy
17 Building Public and Political Will for Climate Change Action Anthony Leiserowitz 155
18 Broadening Action on Climate Change: The Paris Agreement Cannot Do It Alone Susan Biniaz 163
19 Helping Kids Stand Up for Their Rights: The Role of Climate Change Litigation Paul Rink 173
20 Environmental Justice for All Must Be a Human Right Enforceable in U.S. State Constitutions Barry E. Hill 183
21 Reinventing Political Borders for Environmental and Social Harmony Saleem H. Ali 192
22 Deploying Machine Learning for a Sustainable Future Cary Coglianese 200
23 Focusing the Environmental Protection Enterprise to Put Ideas and Policies into Action Derry Allen John Reeder 209
24 Science as a Foundation for Policy: The Case of Fracking James Saiers 219
Part 4 Resources, Economics, and Sustainable Business
25 Next-Generation Corporate Sustainability Leadership: New Lines of Accountability Carter S. Roberts 231
26 Making Companies Work for Society: Harnessing Global Financial Markets for Sustainability Todd Cort 241
27 Waste and Materials Management: From Harm Reduction to Value Creation Marian Chertow Matthew Gordon 250
28 Can We Define Planetary Boundaries on the Human Use of Materials? Thomas E. Graedel 258
29 Natural Capital, Equity, and the Sustainable Development Challenge Eli P. Fenichel 266
30 International Carbon Pricing: The Role of Carbon Clubs William Nordhaus 274
Part 5 Society, Equity, and Process
31 Hip-Hop Sustainability: Toward Diversity in Environmental Communication Thomas RaShad Easley 279
32 Driving Systems Change through Networks Bradford S. Gentry 287
33 Moral and Spiritual Contributions to a Flourishing Earth Community Mary Evelyn Tucker John Grim 297
34 The Public Health Science of Environmental Justice Michelle L. Bell 308
35 Science by and for Citizens: A Historical Perspective Deborah R. Coen 318
36 In the Calm before the Storm: Prioritizing Preparedness for Natural Disasters Courtney Durham 326
37 Planetary Sustainability in the Urban Century Karen C. Seto 335
38 Reimagrning the City and Park for a Sustainable Urban Future Alexander J. Felson 342
39 Built to Learn: From Static to Adaptive Environmental Policy Lori S. Bennear Jonathan B. Wiener 353
40 Why Big Ideas So Often Fail Samara Brock Austin Bryniarski Deepti Chatti 361
Epilogue: How to Make Big Ideas Work Ingrid C. Burke James Cameron 371
Acknowledgments 375
Keywords List 377
Contributors 379
Index 389