Thriving Beyond Sustainability
Pathways to a Resilient Society
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Publisher Description
Every fifteen seconds on our Earth, a child dies from waterborne disease. Three times an hour, another species becomes extinct. Each day we consume eighty-five million barrels of oil and pump twenty-three million tons of carbon dioxide into an already warming atmosphere. But against this bleak backdrop, beacons of hope shine from thousands of large and small initiatives taking place everywhere from isolated villages to major urban centers.
Thriving Beyond Sustainability draws a collective map of individuals, organizations, and communities from around the world that are committed to building an alternative future—one that strives to restore ecological health; reinvent outmoded institutions; and rejuvenate our environmental, social, and economic systems. The projects and initiatives profiled are meeting the challenges of the day with optimism, hope, and results, leading the way in:
Relocalization Green commerce Ecological design Environmental conservation Social transformation
Overflowing with inspiration, the stories and ideas in these pages will cause the most chronic pessimist to see the glass as half full—to move beyond a perception of surviving with scarcity to one of flourishing with abundance. The comprehensive resource section provides the tools for everyone to become a catalyst for change.
Andres R. Edwards is the author of The Sustainability Revolution, which has sold over twenty thousand copies. He is an educator, media designer, LEED-accredited green building and sustainability consultant, and the founder of EduTracks, a firm specializing in developing education programs and providing consulting services on sustainable practices.
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In Cutler's enjoyable sixth Fran Harman mystery (after 2014's Double Fault), newly retired Fran, a former detective chief superintendent, and her new husband, Mark Turner, also retired from the force, volunteer to assist the West Mercia police in a 20-year-old cold case involving a mortally ill baby left alone in a car parked on a lonely stretch of road by Wyre Forest. The infant's mother and an older brother haven't been seen since and are presumed dead. The local police, challenged by budget issues and riven by internal rivalries, resent the intrusion of two civilians. But working together, they uncover discrepancies, ill-informed assumptions made by the original investigators, and outright deceptions from witnesses in the old case. The procedural business moves slowly at times, with a great deal of emphasis on the miserable weather and unforgiving geography. The interactions between blissful newlyweds Fran and Mark will please the romantically inclined. The surprising conclusion definitely satisfies.
