State of the world 2006 : a worldwatch institute report on progress toward a sustainable society / Danielle Nierenberg, Project Director; Linda Starke, editor; Worldwatch Institute, author

Contributor(s): Nierenberg, Danielle [Project Director] | Starke, Linda [editor] | Worldwatch Institute [author]
Language: English Series: State of the world, 2006Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2006]Copyright date: c2006Description: xxvii, 244 pages : notes, graphs ; 23cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0393061582Subject(s): Sustainable development -- China | Sustainable development -- India. -- | Environmental policy -- China | Environmental policy -- IndiaDDC classification: 330.9005
Contents:
State of the world: A year in review / Lori Brown -- China, India, and the new world order / Christopher Flavin and Gary Gardner -- Rethinking the global meat industry / Danielle Nierenberg -- Safeguarding freshwater ecosystems / Sandra Postel -- Cultivating renewable alternatives to oil / Suzanne C. Hunt and Janet L. Sawin with Peter Stair -- Shrinking science: an introduction to nanotechnology / Hope Shand and Kathy Jo Wetter -- Curtailing mercury's global reach / Linda Greer, Michael Bender, Peter Maxson, and David Lennett -- Turning disasters into peacemaking opportunities / Michael Renner and Zoë Chafe -- Reconciling trade and sustainable development / Aaron Cosbey -- Building a green civil society in China / Jennifer L. Turner and Lü Zhi -- Transforming corporations / Erik Assadourian.
Summary: "As China and India become world-class economies, they are set to join existing industrialized nations as major consumers of resources and polluters of local and global ecosystems. Vigorous discussions are under way in both countries at every level about the right development paths to follow, including "leapfrogging" the technologies, policies, and even the cultures that now prevail in many western countries.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

State of the world: A year in review / Lori Brown --
China, India, and the new world order / Christopher Flavin and Gary Gardner --
Rethinking the global meat industry / Danielle Nierenberg --
Safeguarding freshwater ecosystems / Sandra Postel --
Cultivating renewable alternatives to oil / Suzanne C. Hunt and Janet L. Sawin with Peter Stair --
Shrinking science: an introduction to nanotechnology / Hope Shand and Kathy Jo Wetter --
Curtailing mercury's global reach / Linda Greer, Michael Bender, Peter Maxson, and David Lennett --
Turning disasters into peacemaking opportunities / Michael Renner and Zoë Chafe --
Reconciling trade and sustainable development / Aaron Cosbey --
Building a green civil society in China / Jennifer L. Turner and Lü Zhi --
Transforming corporations / Erik Assadourian.


"As China and India become world-class economies, they are set to join existing industrialized nations as major consumers of resources and polluters of local and global ecosystems. Vigorous discussions are under way in both countries at every level about the right development paths to follow, including "leapfrogging" the technologies, policies, and even the cultures that now prevail in many western countries.

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