Great Disruption Why the Climate Crisis Will Bring on the End of Shopping and the Birth of a New World

Name: Great Disruption Why the Climate Crisis Will Bring on the End of Shopping and the Birth of a New World
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ISBN: 9781608193530

ISBN-10: 1608193535

ISBN-13: 9781608193530

Edition: 2012

Authors: Paul Gilding

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List price: $17.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 2/7/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.242
Language: English

Paul Gildingis an international thought leader and advocate for sustainability. He has served as head of Greenpeace International, built and led two companies, and advised both Fortune 500 corporations and community-based NGOs. A member of the core faculty for the Cambridge University Program for Sustainability Leadership, he blogs at www.paulgilding.com, and his newsletter, theCockatoo Chronicles,has subscribers around the world.



Foreword to the Paperback Edition



An Economic and Social Hurricane



The Scream-We Are Their Children's Children



A Very Big Problem



Beyond the Limits-The Great Disruption



Addicted to Growth



Global Foreshock-The Year That Growth Stopped



The Road Ahead-Our Planetary Sat Nav



Are We Finished?



When the Dam of Denial Breaks



The One-Degree War



How an Austrian Economist Could Save the World



Creative Destruction on Steroids-Out with the Old, In with the New



Shifting Sands-From Middle Eastern Oil to Chinese Sun



The Elephant in the Room-Growth Doesn't Work



The Happiness Economy



Yes, There is Life After Shopping



No, the Poor Will Not Always Be with Us



Ineffective Inequality



The Future is Here, It's Just Not Widely Distributed Yet



Guess Who's in Charge?


Acknowledgments


Notes


Further Reading


Index