Practical sustainability : a guide to a more sustainable life / Robert Brinkmann.
Brinkmann, Robert, 1961- author.
2021
GE196 .B75 2021
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Title Practical sustainability : a guide to a more sustainable life / Robert Brinkmann.
Author Brinkmann, Robert, 1961- author.
ISBN 9783030737825 (electronic bk.)
3030737829 (electronic bk.)
9783030737818
3030737810
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73782-5
Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
Copyright ©2021
Language English
Description 1 online resource : color illustrations
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-030-73782-5 doi
Call Number GE196 .B75 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification 304.2
Summary This book will teach you everything you need to know about sustainable livingfrom reducing your greenhouse gas footprint to making sure that you are part of the green economy. Along the way, readers will learn about the field of sustainability and the "three Es" of sustainable livingenvironment, economy, and equity. We are in the midst of great environmental change and all of us need to do everything we can to try to live more gently on the planet. Robert Brinkmann provides a range of options for readers as to what they can do to try to make a difference. Some involve simple lifestyle changes - but he also challenges all of us to commit to make more difficult and more meaningful changes to create a greener, more sustainable world. The book also delves into how we can create more sustainable communities, schools, and organizations. It showcases many examples of people and organizations that are making significant contributions to improving our planets sustainability that serve as inspiration and guidance for all of us trying to live more sustainably. Robert Brinkmann is the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Northern Illinois University, USA and is the author of numerous books, including Environmental Sustainability in a Time of Change. His blog, On the Brink, is one of most popular sustainability blogs on the Internet
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Part I. Defining our Great Global Challenges
Chapter 1. Change Yourself and Change the World
Chapter 2. Our Climate Change Challenge
Chapter 3. Our Great Sustainability Challenge
Chapter 4. Our Ethical Responsibility
Part II. Tackling Climate Change
Chapter 5. How You and Your Family Can Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
Chapter 6 How Your Community Can Reduce Its Greenhouse Gas Impact
Chapter 7. How Your School, Non-Profit Organization, or Business Can Reduce Eliminate Its Carbon Footprint
Part III. Environmental Sustainability
Chapter 8 Moving to Green Energy
Chapter 9. Protecting Our Water Resources
Chapter 10. Dealing with the Garbage Around Us
Chapter 11. Saving Ecosystems
Part IV. Building Just and Equitable Economic and Social Systems
Chapter 12. Building a Just and Sustainable Society
Chapter 13. Green Your Economy
Chapter 14. Sustainable Travel and Leisure
Chapter 15. Tune Out, Buy Nothing, and Get Educated.

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