ESCP Europe

"This book gives an accessible and comprehensive overview of the interdisciplinary field of sustainability. After a brief history of sustainability, it gives a definition of key terms concerning the biosphere and the human sphere. Each chapter explores one aspect of sustainability, first introducing concepts and presenting issues, then supplying tools for working toward solutions : climate, water, ecosystems and habitat, pollution, energy, green buildings, livable cities, product life cycles, food, waste and recycling. It explains also how to become an "agent for change"at policy, institutional, and personal levels."