The Geography of Hope: A Tour of the World We Need
by Turner, Chris
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0679314660
- ISBN 13
- 9780679314660
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Vintage Canada, 2008. Soft cover. Very Good. In Very Good Condition. May Have Wear To Edges and/or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ Point of no return: The chilling phrase has become the ubiquitous mantra of ecological doomsayers, a troubling headline above stories of melting permafrost and receding ice caps, visions of catastrophe and fears of a problem with no solution. Daring to step beyond the rhetoric of panic and despair, The Geography of Hope points to the bright light at the end of this very dark tunnel. With a mix of front-line reporting, analysis and passionate argument, Chris Turner pieces together the glimmers of optimism amid the gloom and the solutions already at work around the world, from Canada's largest wind farm to Asia's greenest building and Europe's most eco-friendly communities. But The Geography of Hope goes far beyond mere technology. Turner seeks out the next generation of political, economic, social and spiritual institutions that could provide the global foundations for a sustainable future-from the green hills of northern Thailand to the parliament houses of Scandinavia, from the villages of southern India, where microcredit finance has remade the social fabric, to America's most forward-thinking think tanks.
Synopsis
Chris Turner is the author of the national bestseller Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation . His culture and technology reporting for Shift magazine earned him four National Magazine Awards from 1999 to 2003, including the 2001 President’s Medal for General Excellence, the highest honour in Canadian magazine writing. His writing has also appeared in the Globe and Mail , the Independent , the Sunday Times , Time , Canadian Geographic and Utne Reader .
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- Bookseller
- Alright Bookstore (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010499
- Title
- The Geography of Hope: A Tour of the World We Need
- Author
- Turner, Chris
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0679314660
- ISBN 13
- 9780679314660
- Publisher
- Vintage Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Date Published
- 2008
- Pages
- 480
- Keywords
- United Nations, Environment, Development, Recycling, Green, sustainable, Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering & Technology, Environmental Economics
- Bookseller catalogs
- Environment Sciences;
- X weight
- 650 g
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