The great disruption why the climate crisis will bring on the end of shopping and the birth of a new world

According to the author, the Great Disruption started in 2008, with spiking food and oil prices and dramatic ecological changes, such as the melting ice caps. It is not simply about fossil fuels and carbon footprints. The author claims we have come to the end of Economic Growth, Version 1.0, a world...

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Main Author: Gilding, Paul
Other Authors: Ferguson, Antony
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Old Saybrook, Conn.] Tantor Media 2011
Edition:Unabridged ; retail ed
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:According to the author, the Great Disruption started in 2008, with spiking food and oil prices and dramatic ecological changes, such as the melting ice caps. It is not simply about fossil fuels and carbon footprints. The author claims we have come to the end of Economic Growth, Version 1.0, a world economy based on consumption and waste, where we lived beyond the means of our planet's ecosystems and resources. He sees the predicted crisis as a rare chance to replace our addiction to growth with an ethic of sustainability in which we will measure "growth" not by quantity of stuff but by quality and happiness of life
Physical Description:1 audio file
ISBN:9781452675459
9781452625454
145262545X