Green Growth, Smart Growth - (Anthem Environment and Sustainability Initiative (Aesi)) by Ralf Fücks (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>Advances a proactive response to the dangers of climate change, which can only be overcome by decoupling economic growth from environmental consumption and focusing on a new approach to efficiency, innovation and policymaking.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>This book is not another warning about the end of the world. It is neither a penitential sermon on environmentalism, nor an appeal to frugality and self-restraint. Far from having exhausted the era of technological, social and democratic progress, we are on the brink of a new stage of industrial modernity: a shift from a fossil-based to a postfossil economy, from the ruthless exploitation of nature toward growth in tandem with it. Decoupling economic growth from environmental consumption is an ambitious goal, but also an achievable one. </p> <p>Drawing on the German policy experience of tackling climate change, 'Green Growth, Smart Growth' outlines a positive way forward in this great transformation and it does so in the conviction that the danger industrial civilization poses to our future can be overcome using the means of modernity: science, technology and democracy. It is by no means certain that we will win the race against climate change and dwindling resources. That will require nothing less than a great leap forward--a green industrial revolution.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Global challenges require a rethink. Ralf Fücks argues that the key lies in a green industrial revolution: a sustainable business that combines economy and ecology and safeguards our livelihoods. The energy revolution in Germany shows that we can protect the environment while creating clean-energy jobs and securing prosperity." --Winfried Kretschmann, leading Green Party politicia</p><br><br><p>"This is a much-needed book. It doesn't gloss over the crisis but rather shows ways out of it, beyond the gloom, doom and 'business as usual.' It's about a great awakening, a new industrial revolution, and at the same time about a new relationship to nature." --Prof. Ernst Ulrich v. Weizsäcker, Co-President of the Club of Rome</p> <p> </p><br><br><p>"We have been bombarded with the choice between the good and the bad. Why? We should all strive to do better without forcing anyone to choose between black and white, as Ralf Fücks demonstrates in his book 'Green Growth, Smart Growth'." --Gunter Pauli, author and founder of the Zero Emissions Research Initiative</p><br><br><p>"What does a sustainable future look like in the transition from the geological era to the age of man, the Holocene to Anthropocene? We must thank Fücks for not retreating to a position of resignation with this book. He lays out how even in a world of 9 billion people prosperity and peaceful coexistence are still possible." --Prof. Klaus Töpfer, former Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme</p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Ralf Fücks has written widely on environmental policy and political economy, and is currently President of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, an influential public policy organization advancing green visions and projects.</p>
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