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In this bold, radically hopeful book, a data scientist, drawing on the latest research, practical guidance and eye-opening graphics, gives us the tools for understanding our current environmental crisis and making lifestyle changes that actually have an impact. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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U.N.'s 1987 definition of sustainable development: "meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." (17) ...We need to make sure that everyone in the world can live a good life AND we need to reduce our environmental impacts so that future generations can flourish too...No previous generation had the knowledge, technology, political systems, or international cooperation to do both at the same time. (19)
See also: H is for Hope by Elizabeth Kolbert
Quotes/notes
Venn diagram of true statements: (1) The world is better, (2) The world is still awful, (3) The world can be much better (p. 14)
...new technologies are allowing us to decouple a good and comfortable life from an environmentally destructive one. (34)
When weighing up the price of taking action, we tend to compare it to the alternative of investing nothing at all. But that's wrong. There are societal costs to not taking action that we forget to factor in. We might think that spending hundreds of millions of dollars is expensive. But that's because we ignore the alternative: the costs of not fixing the problem. (57)
The argument for having [a carbon tax] is that the current price we pay for things is not an accurate reflection of what they actually cost [in terms of climate change, air pollution, etc.] (107)
...the goals of animal welfare and environmental impact are not always aligned. (137)
Hunger and famine still exist today, but they're political and social in nature. The limits to us feeding everyone are entirely self-imposed....only constrained by our choices of what to do with the food we produce. (147)
...even when the challenges seem insurmountable, there is often an opportunity to engineer our way out. (154)
...we can feed everyone a complete, nutritious diet if we want to. (154)
Series of bar charts p. 172: What foods have the largest environmental impact? (Greenhouse gas emissions, land use, freshwater withdrawals, water pollution)
A better rule [than "eat local"] is to eat foods that are grown where the conditions are optimal. (187)
If we want to get strict on single-use plastic straws, fine. But it can't be a government's leading policy for tackling plastic pollution. (251)
A good principle...is to be wary of attacking others that we're broadly aligned with. (298)
A sustainable future is not guaranteed - if we want it, we need to create it. Being the first generation is an opportunity, but it's not inevitable. (299)
Ignore those who say that we are doomed. We are not doomed. We can build a better future for everyone. (299) ( )