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Why the Climate Crisis Will Bring On the End of Shopping and the Birth of a New World
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
April 2011
On Sale: March 29, 2011
304 pages
ISBN: 1608192237
EAN: 9781608192236
Hardcover
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"One of those who has been warning me of [a coming crisis]
for a long time is Paul Gilding, the Australian
environmental business expert. He has a name for this
moment-when both Mother Nature and Father Greed have hit the
wall at once-'The Great Disruption.' "-Thomas Friedman in
the New York Times It's time to stop just worrying about climate change, says
Paul Gilding. We need instead to brace for impact because
global crisis is no longer avoidable. This Great Disruption
started in 2008, with spiking food and oil prices and
dramatic ecological changes, such as the melting ice caps.
It is not simply about fossil fuels and carbon footprints.
We have come to the end of Economic Growth, Version 1.0, a
world economy based on consumption and waste, where we lived
beyond the means of our planet's ecosystems and resources. The Great Disruption offers a stark and unflinching look at
the challenge humanity faces-yet also a deeply optimistic
message. The coming decades will see loss, suffering, and
conflict as our planetary overdraft is paid; however, they
will also bring out the best humanity can offer: compassion,
innovation, resilience, and adaptability. Gilding tells us
how to fight-and win-what he calls The One Degree War to
prevent catastrophic warming of the earth, and how to start
today. The crisis represents a rare chance to replace our addiction
to growth with an ethic of sustainability, and it's already
happening. It's also an unmatched business opportunity: Old
industries will collapse while new companies will literally
reshape our economy. In the aftermath of the Great
Disruption, we will measure "growth" in a new way. It will
mean not quantity of stuff but quality and happiness of
life. Yes, there is life after shopping.
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