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This special, updated edition includes new bonus material. Economists insist that recovery is at hand, yet unemployment remains high, real estate values continue to sink, and governments stagger under record deficits. The End of Growth proposes a startling diagnosis: humanity has reached a fundamental turning point in its economic history. The expansionary trajectory of industrial civilization is colliding with non-negotiable natural limits. Richard...
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There's a revolution in America, and it's taking place in urban and suburban backyards all across our country. People desire more simplicity in their busy schedules, want to get "back to basics," and yearn for a more natural way of life. This revolution is manifesting itself on the form of cute coops, transportable tractors, and awesome arks: aand they all contain chickens. Chickens make wonderful pets and deliver farm-fresh eggs right to your back...
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After a decade designing technologies meant to address education, health, and global poverty, award-winning computer scientist Kentaro Toyama came to a difficult conclusion: Even in an age of amazing technology, social progress depends on human changes that gadgets can't deliver.
Computers in Bangalore are locked away in dusty cabinets because teachers don't know what to do with them. Mobile phone apps meant to spread hygiene practices in Africa...
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The Playbook for 10X Growth and Impact
In a world of accelerating technologies, three visionary pioneers-Salim Ismail, Peter H. Diamandis, MD, and Michael S. Malone-bring you a playbook to ride on top of the exponential curve. This is a compelling sequel to Exponential Organizations, which quickly became one of the most successful business books globally, being used by leaders, organizations, and even countries to create transformation across nearly...
6) Sufficient
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Sufficient' is a book to inspire, educate and encourage a process of change towards a simple, gentle and sustainable way of living. Many of us want to make a shift in our lives by slowing down and consuming less, embracing artisan foods and championing human-scale organic growing methods as safe, compassionate and pleasurable. This book is a guide to starting that process, however and wherever you currently live in the world. 'Sufficient' is a passionate...
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Corporate, Academia and Institutional Investors spend five trillion dollars a year globally on innovation, where two third of initiatives fails, this book is about reversing that. We face pressing challenges. Eco-degradation, infectious diseases and new risks brought by the misaligned resources spent on bad innovation that's challenging the human development. The solution lies by leveraging breakthroughs in technologies and sciences, along a paradigm...
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This complete summary of "The World is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and columnist, presents his analysis of how advances in technology will lead to a 'flattening' of the world as people are increasingly connected and knowledge is now widespread. He questions if the world has become too flat for us to adjust and he compares the benefits and disadvantages of these developments. The book is a revealing investigation into...
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Permaculture design has been the bedrock of the growth of the worldwide network of Ecovillages since the mid 1990s. A well-developed set of educational programmes has evolved too, including the Permaculture design foundation course.
This invaluable source book brings together everything students on such courses need to know about ecovillage design. Starting with a historical survey of the tradition of intentional community, the book also covers topics...
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"Robotics in Manufacturing" is an insightful journey into the ever-evolving world of robotics and its transformative role in the manufacturing industry. This comprehensive book offers a panoramic view of how robotic technologies have revolutionized various aspects of manufacturing, making processes faster, more precise, and incredibly efficient.The book begins by tracing the technological advancements in robotics, highlighting how these machines have...
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En 1991 existían dos mil coches electrosolares circulando en Suiza, con una estación y varios Puntos de Recarga de Energías Renovables, pero nadie lo sabía.
¿Imaginas que una estudiante intentara que las administraciones públicas de las islas Canarias y de España copiaran ese modelo? ¿Que a punto de lograr un área de Recarga Renovable en 1992 en Tenerife -con el beneplácito de multinacionales petrolíferas- las Administraciones locales...
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This publication documents Japan's experience in pursuing sustainable sanitation solutions in the context of economic development. Five case studies illustrate how sound sanitation policies are essential in achieving a nation's growth. Selected projects in Kitakyushu City, Kobe City, Saitama City, Saitama Shintoshin, and Tadotsu Town provide examples of how robust sanitation systems can deliver economic and environmental benefits. Produced by the...
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A 1993 Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)-funded study reported that water and sanitation problems in South Tarawa, Kiribati had become critical and needed to be addressed in "as comprehensive a manner as possible." This led to a series of interventions including several Asian Development Bank (ADB)-sponsored projects which focused on the community participation component that the Government of Kiribati had come to recognize...
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In the 1990s, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) turned its fisheries industry to a more open, lucrative and private sector driven, with the support of a series of strategic capacity development interventions sponsored by the Asian Development Bank. The turnaround in RMI's fisheries sector, which is described in this case as "one of the more positive episodes in the economic history of the Marshall Islands", was attributed, at least in part,...
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Notions of land and agrarian reform are now well entrenched in post-apartheid South Africa. But what this reform actually means for everyday life is not clearly understood, nor the way it will impact on the political economy. In the Shadow of Policy explores the interface between the policy of land and agrarian reform and its implementation; and between the decisions of policy 'experts' and actual livelihood experiences in the fields and homesteads...
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This publication presents a factual overview of the design and implementation of the Korea Emissions Trading Scheme, focusing on lessons from its implementation and opportunities under the Paris Agreement. It provides information to assist other countries that are designing or considering an emissions trading system. The contents are relevant as Asia and the Pacific embraces the need for climate action to deliver on its Paris Agreement commitments...
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Gold is universally recognized as a symbol of wealth, a 'safe haven', especially during economic downturns and times of high inflation, and a metal that has been celebrated for its unrivaled beauty and scarcity. However, did you know that there are 10s of thousands of tonnes of gold under the ground still waiting to be found? Our ebook, "Gold Mining Adventures: A Step-by-Step Guide to Unveil Treasures" teaches you the entire process from searching...
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"Barlow draws on her extensive experience and insight to lay out a set of key principles that show the way forward to what she calls a "water-secure and water-just world." Not only does she reveal the powerful players even now impeding the recognition of the human right to water, she argues that water must not become a commodity to be bought and sold on the open market. Focusing on solutions, she includes stories of struggle and resistance from marginalized...
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Looking for a better way to make a living in construction? Construction consultants are doing that right now. They don t have the headaches common on nearly every project risk of loss, code compliance, warranty claims, liens, and always the need for more capital. Consulting contractors work with the designer, get owner approval of the plans, guarantee a maximum price, select trade contractors, make sure work is done right -- and then collect a little...
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