John Blewitt
Autor(a) de Understanding Sustainable Development
About the Author
John Blewitt is the Sustainability and Knowledge Transfer Co-ordinator, School of Geography, Archaeology and Earth Resources, University of Exeter, UK, author of The Ecology of Learning (2006) and co-editor of The Sustainability Curriculum (2004)
Obras por John Blewitt
Post-Growth Project: How the End of Economic Growth Could Bring a Fairer and Happier Society (2014) 6 exemplares
Media, ecology and conservation : using the media to protect the world's wildlife and ecosystems (2010) 3 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
There is no Common Knowledge data for this author yet. You can help.
Membros
Críticas
Sustatinability has become a hot-button topic lately. This book, divided into 2 sections, looks first at how the university curriculum as a whole can focus on sustainability. The second section takes a more in-depth look at how sustainability can be addressed in specific disciplines.
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 10
- Membros
- 62
- Popularidade
- #271,094
- Avaliação
- 3.3
- Críticas
- 2
- ISBN
- 47
I may be exhibiting bias, but for me, Molly Scott Cato's chapters are amongst the best, at a remove. The economics is still a mystery to me but, Molly is one of the few who can even allow me a glimmer of understanding. The chapters on energy are out of date simply because the technology has moved on. The premise in this book is that renewables could pick up around a third of our, then current, energy needs. The latest figures that I have seen suggest 6 times our current needs.
The other interesting thing about this work is that it feels (and rightly, at the time) that it needs to convince of global warming. If there is any good news on the climate front, it is that all, but a few flat earthers, have come on board.
I need to move forward: I'll try Naomi Klein's Fire next...… (mais)