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An edition of How to thrive in the next economy (2015)

How to thrive in the next economy

designing tomorrow's world today

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John Thackara has spent a lifetime roving the globe in search of design that serves human needs in a sustainable way. He believes that in our eagerness to find technological solutions to the big challenges faced by the human race, 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 economy from the ground up. Through a series of chapters each devoted to essential human concerns, he demonstrates that it is possible to live a rich and fulfilling life based on stewardship rather than exploitation of the natural environment. Ultimately optimistic, Thackara believes that through a huge variety of quiet, piecemeal changes of thought and action, we are coming to a tipping point: the end of one civilization but the beginning of another.

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Thames & Hudson
Language
English
Pages
192

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Cover of: How to Thrive in the Next Economy
How to Thrive in the Next Economy: Designing Tomorrow's World Today
May 02, 2017, Thames & Hudson
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How to thrive in the next economy: designing tomorrow's world today
2015, Thames & Hudson
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Table of Contents

Changing: from do less harm, to leave things better
Grounding: from heal the soil, to think like a forest
Waterkeeping: from harvest the rain, to river recovery
Dwelling: from depave the city, to pollinator pathways
Feeding: from social farming, to food as a commons
Clothing: from dirt to shirt, and soil to skin
Moving: from two wheeled freight, to cloud commuting
Caring: from cure to care, from me to we
Commoning: from social money, to the art of hosting
Knowing: from ways of seeing, to ways of acting.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Copyright Date
2015

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
338.9/27, 330
Library of Congress
HC79.E5 T533 2015, HC79.E5 T4732 2015, NK1520

The Physical Object

Pagination
192 pages
Number of pages
192

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26885960M
ISBN 10
0500518084
ISBN 13
9780500518083
LCCN
2015938380
OCLC/WorldCat
917376001

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