How to Thrive in the Next Economy: Designing Tomorrow's World

How to Thrive in the Next Economy: Designing Tomorrow's World Today

A visionary yet practical guide to building a more sustainable future, by one of the most important voices in environmentally aware design
Are there practical solutions to the many global challengesâ€•climate change, poverty, insufficient healthcareâ€•that threaten our way of life? Author John Thackara has spent a lifetime roving the globe in search of design that serves human needs. In this clear-eyed but ultimately optimistic book, he argues that, in our eagerness to find big technological solutions, we have all too often ignored the astonishing creativity generated when people work together and in harmony with the world around them.

Drawing on an inspiring range of examples, from a temple-led water management system in Bali that dates back hundreds of years to an innovative e-bike collective in Vienna, Thackara shows that below the radar of the mainstream media there are global communities creating a replacement economyâ€•one that nurtures the earth and its inhabitants rather than jeopardizing its futureâ€•from the ground up. Each chapter is devoted to a concern all humans shareâ€•land and water management, housing, what we eat, what we wear, our health, how and why we travelâ€•and demonstrates that it is possible to live a rich and fulfilling life based on stewardship rather than exploitation of the natural environment.
Country USA
Brand Thames & Hudson
Manufacturer Thames & Hudson
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780500518083
ReleaseDate 2015-11-09
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780500518083

Country	USA
Brand	Thames & Hudson
Manufacturer	Thames & Hudson
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780500518083
ReleaseDate	2015-11-09
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780500518083

How to Thrive in the Next Economy: Designing Tomorrow's World Today