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State of the world 2010 : transforming cultures : from consumerism to sustainability /

Contributor(s): Assadourian, Erik | Starke, Linda | Mastny, Lisa | Worldwatch Institute.
Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton, 2010Description: xxvii, 244 p. : ill., charts ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780393337266; 9780393337266:; 039333726X.Subject(s): Sustainable development | Conservation of natural resources | Sustainability | Economic development -- Environmental aspects | Consumption (Economics) | Sustainable living | Social changeDDC classification: 333.72
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Foreword / Muhammad Yunus -- Preface / Christopher Flavin -- State of the world: a year in review / Lisa Mastny with Valentina Agostinelli -- Rise And Fall Of Consumer Cultures / Erik Assadourian -- Traditions Old And New -- Engaging religions to shape worldviews / Gary Gardner -- Ritual and taboo as ecological guardians / Gary Gardner -- Environmentally sustainable childbearing / Robert Engelman -- Elders: a cultural resource for promoting sustainable development / Judi Aubel -- From agriculture to permaculture / Albert Bates and Toby Hemenway -- Education's New Assignment: Sustainability -- Early childhood education to transform cultures for sustainability / Ingrid Pramling Samuelson and Yoshie Kaga -- Commercialism in children's lives / Susan Linn -- Rethinking school food: the power of the public plate / Kevin Morgan and Roberta Sonnino -- What is higher education for now? / David W Orr -- Business And Economy: Management Priorities -- Adapting institutions for life in a full world / Robert Constanza, Joshua Farley, and Ida Kubiszewski -- Sustainable work schedules for all / Juliet Schor -- Changing business cultures from within / Ray Anderson, Mona Amodeo, and Jim Hartzfeld -- Social entrepreneurs: innovating toward sustainability / Johanna Mair and Kate Ganly -- Relocalizing business / Michael H Schuman -- Government's Role In Design -- Editing out unsustainable behavior / Michael Maniates -- Broadening the understanding of security / Michael Renner -- Building cities of the future / Peter Newman -- Reinventing health care: from panacea to hygeia / Walter Bortz -- Earth jurisprudence: from colonization to participation / Cormac Cullinan -- Media: Broadcasting Sustainability -- From selling soap to selling sustainability: social marketing / Jonah Sachs and Susan Finkelpearl -- Media literacy, citizenship, and sustainability / Robin Andersen and Pamela Miller -- Music: using education and entertainment to motivate change / Amy Han -- Power Of Social Movements -- Reducing work time as a path to sustainability / John de Graaf -- Inspiring people to see that less is more / Cecile Andrews and Wanda Urbanska -- Ecovillages and the transformation of values / Jonathan Dawson -- Notes -- Index.
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Taken from Blogs.worldwatch.org/transformingcultures

Includes bibliographical reference ( p. 191-230) and index.

Acknowledgments -- Foreword / Muhammad Yunus -- Preface / Christopher Flavin -- State of the world: a year in review / Lisa Mastny with Valentina Agostinelli -- Rise And Fall Of Consumer Cultures / Erik Assadourian -- Traditions Old And New -- Engaging religions to shape worldviews / Gary Gardner -- Ritual and taboo as ecological guardians / Gary Gardner -- Environmentally sustainable childbearing / Robert Engelman -- Elders: a cultural resource for promoting sustainable development / Judi Aubel -- From agriculture to permaculture / Albert Bates and Toby Hemenway -- Education's New Assignment: Sustainability -- Early childhood education to transform cultures for sustainability / Ingrid Pramling Samuelson and Yoshie Kaga -- Commercialism in children's lives / Susan Linn -- Rethinking school food: the power of the public plate / Kevin Morgan and Roberta Sonnino -- What is higher education for now? / David W Orr -- Business And Economy: Management Priorities -- Adapting institutions for life in a full world / Robert Constanza, Joshua Farley, and Ida Kubiszewski -- Sustainable work schedules for all / Juliet Schor -- Changing business cultures from within / Ray Anderson, Mona Amodeo, and Jim Hartzfeld -- Social entrepreneurs: innovating toward sustainability / Johanna Mair and Kate Ganly -- Relocalizing business / Michael H Schuman -- Government's Role In Design -- Editing out unsustainable behavior / Michael Maniates -- Broadening the understanding of security / Michael Renner -- Building cities of the future / Peter Newman -- Reinventing health care: from panacea to hygeia / Walter Bortz -- Earth jurisprudence: from colonization to participation / Cormac Cullinan -- Media: Broadcasting Sustainability -- From selling soap to selling sustainability: social marketing / Jonah Sachs and Susan Finkelpearl -- Media literacy, citizenship, and sustainability / Robin Andersen and Pamela Miller -- Music: using education and entertainment to motivate change / Amy Han -- Power Of Social Movements -- Reducing work time as a path to sustainability / John de Graaf -- Inspiring people to see that less is more / Cecile Andrews and Wanda Urbanska -- Ecovillages and the transformation of values / Jonathan Dawson -- Notes -- Index.

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