State of the World 2013: Is Sustainability Still Possible?

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Beyond Sustainababble....Pages 3-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-18
Respecting Planetary Boundaries and Reconnecting to the Biosphere....Pages 19-27
Defining a Safe and Just Space for Humanity....Pages 28-38
Getting to One-Planet Living....Pages 39-50
Sustaining Freshwater and Its Dependents....Pages 51-62
Sustainable Fisheries and Seas: Preventing Ecological Collapse....Pages 63-72
Energy as Master Resource....Pages 73-83
Renewable Energy’s Natural Resource Impacts....Pages 84-98
Conserving Nonrenewable Resources....Pages 99-109
Front Matter....Pages 111-112
Re-engineering Cultures to Create a Sustainable Civilization....Pages 113-125
Building a Sustainable and Desirable Economy-in-Society-in-Nature....Pages 126-142
Transforming the Corporation into a Driver of Sustainability....Pages 143-153
Corporate Reporting and Externalities....Pages 154-160
Keep Them in the Ground: Ending the Fossil Fuel Era....Pages 161-171
Beyond Fossil Fuels: Assessing Energy Alternatives....Pages 172-183
Energy Efficiency in the Built Environment....Pages 184-189
Agriculture: Growing Food—and Solutions....Pages 190-200
Protecting the Sanctity of Native Foods....Pages 201-209
Valuing Indigenous Peoples....Pages 210-217
Crafting a New Narrative to Support Sustainability....Pages 218-224
Front Matter....Pages 111-112
Moving Toward a Global Moral Consensus on Environmental Action....Pages 225-233
Pathways to Sustainability: Building Political Strategies....Pages 234-243
Moving from Individual Change to Societal Change....Pages 244-252
Front Matter....Pages 253-254
Teaching for Turbulence....Pages 255-268
Effective Crisis Governance....Pages 269-278
Governance in the Long Emergency....Pages 279-291
Building an Enduring Environmental Movement....Pages 292-303
Resistance: Do the Ends Justify the Means?....Pages 304-316
The Promises and Perils of Geoengineering....Pages 317-331
Cuba: Lessons from a Forced Decline....Pages 332-342
Climate Change and Displacements....Pages 343-352
Cultivating Resilience in a Dangerous World....Pages 353-362
Shaping Community Responses to Catastrophe....Pages 363-373
Is It Too Late?....Pages 374-380
Back Matter....Pages 381-441