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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
The word is nearly ubiquitous: at the grocery store we shop for ""sustainable foods"" that were produced from ""sustainable agriculture""; groups ranging from small advocacy organizations to city and state governments to the United Nations tout ""sustainable development"" as a strategy for local and global stability; and woe betide the city-dweller who doesn't aim for a ""sustainable lifestyle."" Seeming to have come out of nowhere to dominate the discussion-from permaculture to renewable energy to the local food movement-the ideas that underlie and define sustainability can be traced back sev. |
| Contents |
Loath this growth: sources of sustainability in the early modern world -- The industrial revolution and its discontents -- Eco-warriors: the environmental movement and the growth of ecological wisdom, 1960s-1970s -- Eco-nomics -- From concept to movement -- Sustainability today: 2000-present -- The future: 10 challenges for sustainability. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sustainability -- History.
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Sustainability. |
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History. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Caradonna, Jeremy L., 1979- Sustainability 9780199372409 (DLC) 2013049859 (OCoLC)866253258 |
| ISBN |
9780199372416 (electronic book) |
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0199372411 (electronic book) |
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1306907497 (e-book) |
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9781306907491 (e-book) |
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9780199372409 |
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0199372403 |
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