The Mirage Of Sustainable Development
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The Sustainability Mirage
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Author : John Michael Foster
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-05-04
The Sustainability Mirage written by John Michael Foster and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-04 with Business & Economics categories.
This thoughtful and original study throws important critical light on the dominant orthodoxies about sustainable development, and suggests a radically new direction. Foster argues compellingly that present approaches embody floating standards and bad faith, trapping societies into inaction. I suspect this is a seminal piece of work. Professor Robin Grove-White, former Chair of Greenpeace UK We all have a nagging concern that what international corporations and governments term 'sustainable' is not sustainable at all. John Fosters clear and beautifully written text shows the deep flaws in current approaches and proposes a reassessment of what true sustainability really implies. Chris Goodall, Chair of Dynmark International and author of How to Live a Low-Carbon Life This comprehensive and yet very readable book will go a long way towards puncturing some of the glib environmentalisms of our moment, and perhaps towards helping us imagine deeper and more thoroughgoing alternatives that might actually work! Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy and The End of Nature 'Brilliantly and ironically written, this book shades a bright light on most foggy areas around the concept of sustainability. Those fastidious obscure points do not fit properly in the reassuring technical solutions to Climate Change. Foster puts a name on those shapeless shadows that inevitably induce the sensation of something being wrong.' Italian Insider Sustainable development thinking got environmental issues onto the agenda but it may now be stopping us from taking serious action on climate change and other crucial planetary issues. Sustainable developments attempted deal between present and future will always collapse under the pressure of now because the needs of the present always win out. Inevitably, this means movable targets and action that will always fall short of what we need. Ultimately, sustainable development is the pursuit of a mirage, the politics of never getting there. To escape the illusion, we must break through to a new way of understanding sustainability by focusing on the deep needs of the present, not slippery obligations to the future. Rising to the carbon challenge now, not trying to micro-manage the longer term. Looking to the science for orders of magnitude and direction, not a gameplan. Harnessing the short-term dynamics of capitalism to the cause of learning our way forward. This book outlines an alternative to the mainstream and offers the kind of bold new thinking on energy usage, governance, education and the role of enterprise that we need to win the coming war on climate change.
The Mirage Of Sustainable Development
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Author : Thomas J. DiLorenzo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
The Mirage Of Sustainable Development written by Thomas J. DiLorenzo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Economic development categories.
Poverty And The World Order
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Author : PROFESSOR ROBERT. WALKER
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
Poverty And The World Order written by PROFESSOR ROBERT. WALKER and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Electronic books categories.
A critical examination of the promise and reality of the UN Sustainable Development Goal (#1) that seeks to eradicate poverty.
Poverty And The World Order
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Author : Professor Robert Walker
language : en
Publisher: Sustainability Matters
Release Date : 2023-05-11
Poverty And The World Order written by Professor Robert Walker and has been published by Sustainability Matters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-11 with Poverty categories.
Robert Walker provides a critical examination of the promise and reality of SDG1, the United Nations' Social Development Goal designed, among other things, to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030. The author's message is stark: there is little chance of success. Although the need for a collective and coordinated response is clear, global and national systems of governance are currently incapable of an adequate response. While the critique is formidable, the book seeks to identify reforms necessary to meaningfully increase the likelihood of meeting SDG1's goals. These include reshaping international institutions so that they give greater voice to governments in the developing world, facilitating enhanced modes of participatory governance, and increasing democratic accountability at a global level. Evidence is drawn throughout from a systematic review of international best practice supplemented by more detailed strategic case-studies, including from China.
The Sustainability Mirage
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Author : John Michael Foster
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-05-04
The Sustainability Mirage written by John Michael Foster and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-04 with Business & Economics categories.
This thoughtful and original study throws important critical light on the dominant orthodoxies about sustainable development, and suggests a radically new direction. Foster argues compellingly that present approaches embody floating standards and bad faith, trapping societies into inaction. I suspect this is a seminal piece of work. Professor Robin Grove-White, former Chair of Greenpeace UK We all have a nagging concern that what international corporations and governments term 'sustainable' is not sustainable at all. John Fosters clear and beautifully written text shows the deep flaws in current approaches and proposes a reassessment of what true sustainability really implies. Chris Goodall, Chair of Dynmark International and author of How to Live a Low-Carbon Life This comprehensive and yet very readable book will go a long way towards puncturing some of the glib environmentalisms of our moment, and perhaps towards helping us imagine deeper and more thoroughgoing alternatives that might actually work! Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy and The End of Nature 'Brilliantly and ironically written, this book shades a bright light on most foggy areas around the concept of sustainability. Those fastidious obscure points do not fit properly in the reassuring technical solutions to Climate Change. Foster puts a name on those shapeless shadows that inevitably induce the sensation of something being wrong.' Italian Insider Sustainable development thinking got environmental issues onto the agenda but it may now be stopping us from taking serious action on climate change and other crucial planetary issues. Sustainable developments attempted deal between present and future will always collapse under the pressure of now because the needs of the present always win out. Inevitably, this means movable targets and action that will always fall short of what we need. Ultimately, sustainable development is the pursuit of a mirage, the politics of never getting there. To escape the illusion, we must break through to a new way of understanding sustainability by focusing on the deep needs of the present, not slippery obligations to the future. Rising to the carbon challenge now, not trying to micro-manage the longer term. Looking to the science for orders of magnitude and direction, not a gameplan. Harnessing the short-term dynamics of capitalism to the cause of learning our way forward. This book outlines an alternative to the mainstream and offers the kind of bold new thinking on energy usage, governance, education and the role of enterprise that we need to win the coming war on climate change.
Post Sustainability
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Author : John Foster
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-10-22
Post Sustainability written by John Foster and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-22 with Business & Economics categories.
The sustainability discourse and policy paradigm have failed to deliver. In particular, they have failed to avert the dangerously disruptive climate change which is now inevitable. So, if there is still a case for some transformed or revitalised version of sustainability, that case must now surely be made in full acknowledgment of deep-seated paradigm-failure to date. But if we really take ourselves to be living in a post-sustainable world, the issue of ‘what next?’ must be faced, and the hard questions no longer shirked. What options for political and personal action will remain open on a tragically degraded planet? How will economic and community life, political and social leadership and education be different in such a world? What will the geopolitics (of crisis, migration and conflict) look like? Where does widespread denial come from, how might it be overcome, and are there any grounds for hope that don’t rest on it? The urgent challenge now is to confront such questions honestly. This collection of essays by thinkers from a diversity of fields including politics, philosophy, sociology, education and religion, makes a start. This book was originally published as a special issue of Global Discourse.
Towards Corporate Sustainable Development
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Author : Eva Pohl
language : en
Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Release Date : 2011-10
Towards Corporate Sustainable Development written by Eva Pohl and has been published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10 with categories.
We all carry out this extensive reporting of facts and figures connected to sustainability aspects, but what we really want to know, and be able to tell, is how sustainable are we. Maybe sustainability is a mirage, which is foolish to pursue. Maybe we should rather regard sustainable development as a journey, instead of a goal Anyway there is a need for an extended sustainability theory. This work is designed to contribute with practical experience to such a theory. I also think that the managers' need for measurements of the sustainability performance is real. This thesis suggests an index for monitoring. The point is not to have an unquestionable accurate measurement, but to capture a language and a learning about sustainability impact that can be fruitful in business development towards sustainability.
Of Limits And Growth
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Author : Stephen Macekura
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-07-15
Of Limits And Growth written by Stephen Macekura and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-15 with Business & Economics categories.
Of Limits and Growth offers new perspectives on environmentalism, post-1945 international history, and the origins of sustainability.
Mining A Mirage
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Mining A Mirage written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with categories.
This report uses real-world mining data to estimate the impacts of new technologies on employment and employment-related procurement, which drive major benefits in host countries.
Mining A Mirage Reassessing The Shared Value Paradigm In Light Of The Technological Advances In The Mining Sector
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Author : Cosbey
language : en
Publisher:
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Mining A Mirage Reassessing The Shared Value Paradigm In Light Of The Technological Advances In The Mining Sector written by Cosbey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.