Industry Genius [Paperback]

Stephen O. Andersen (Author), Durwood Zaelke (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2003

In full colour and crammed with graphics to illustrate the creative process of technological breakthroughs, the book is accessible and informative. The genius of these ten companies should inspire the engineer, the policy-maker, the student, the environmentalist, the CEO and the investor alike.

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"This is great stuff. Extraordinary results when the genius of industry is turned loose on what to some may seem like an insoluble problem like protecting the Earth's climate. The ten featured companies are reducing energy and pollution with smart strategies and innovative technologies. They have chosen to be leaders, but think what they could accomplish if the politicians showed equal leadership and gave these companies and their competitors incentives to transform our economy from the biggest source of greenhouse gasses to the biggest source of climate solutions.' Jonathan Lash, President, the World Resources Institute. 'The genius of engineers has never been more important than it is today for inventing the technology needed to protect the global environment. Andersen and Zaelke give ten stirring examples of what committed companies are doing today to protect the climate system. Their profiles of the process of invention--geniuses at work--help us understand how much more this industry can and must do.' Alan S. Miller, author of Green Gold: Japan, Germany, the United States, and the Race for Environmental Technology"

About the Author

Durwood Zaelke is the founder and past President (1989-2003) of the Center for International Environmental Law in Washington, DC, and Geneva. He currently is the Managing Partner in the Washington office of Zelle, Hofmann, Voelbel, Mason & Getty, as well as the founder and Director of the International Environmental Law Program at American University's law school, and the co-founder and Co-Director of the Program on Governance for Sustainable Development at the Bren School of Environmental Sciences and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of International Environmental Law and Policy (with Hunter and Salzman; Foundation Press, 2002), which has been used in more than 110 universities around the world. Mr. Zaelke is a graduate of UCLA and Duke Law School. Stephen O. Andersen is Director of Strategic Climate Projects in the US EPA Climate Protection Partnerships Division where he specializes in industry partnerships, international cooperation, and environmental performance incentives. Previously, he was Deputy Director for Stratospheric Ozone Protection. Prior to joining EPA, Dr. Andersen was professor of environmental economics at College of the Atlantic and University of Hawaii and has also worked for consumer, environmental, and environmental law non-governmental organizations. He is the author of Protecting the Ozone Layer: The United Nations History (with Sarma; Earthscan Publications, 2002). Dr. Andersen has a PhD in Agricultural and Natural Resources Economics from the University of California, Berkeley

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Greenleaf Publishing (June 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1874719683
• ISBN-13: 978-1874719687
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,330,588 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, September 23, 2003

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This review is from: Industry Genius (Paperback)

This book presents the inventive genius behind technological breakthroughs by ten global companies including Alcoa, DaimlerChrysler, Honda, ST Micro and Visteon. Readers will gain understanding and insight into how cutting-edge technology is helping protect the climate and/or the ozone layer, while contributing to the company's bottom line. Each chapter chronicles the challenge and triumph of invention, introduces the engineers and executives who overcome conventional wisdom, and demonstrates the contribution these companies are making to environmental protection. In full colour and crammed with graphics to illustrate the creative process of technological breakthroughs, the book is accessible and informative. The genius of these ten companies will inspire the engineer, the policy-maker, the student, the environmentalist, the CEO and the investor alike.

"This is great stuff. Extraordinary results when the genius of industry is turned loose on what to some may seem like an insoluble problem like protecting the Earth's climate. The ten featured companies are reducing energy and pollution with smart strategies and innovative technologies. They have chosen to be leaders, but think what they could accomplish if the politicians showed equal leadership and gave these companies and their competitors incentives to transform our economy from the biggest source of greenhouse gasses to the biggest source of climate solutions."

- Jonathan Lash, President, the World Resources Institute

"The genius of engineers has never been more important than it is today for inventing the technology needed to protect the global environment. Andersen and Zaelke give ten stirring examples of what committed companies are doing today to protect the climate system. Their profiles of the process of invention - geniuses at work - help us understand how much more this industry can and must do."

- Alan S. Miller, author of Green Gold: Japan, Germany, the United States, and the Race for Environmental Technology

The Genius-Hunters contributing to this book are Jacqueline Aloisi de Larderel (France), Yuichi Fujimoto and Tetsuo Nishide (Japan), Margaret Kerr (Canada), Helen Tope (Australia), and Stephen DeCanio, Caley Johnson, Hal Kane, Alan Miller, Roxanne Sher-Skelton, Sally Rand, Paul Tebo, Michael Totten, and Richard Truly (United States).