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“Top-ranked annual books on sustainable development.”―GlobeScan survey of sustainability experts

In State of the World 2007, the Worldwatch Institute's award-winning research team focuses on the urbanization of our planet to provide policymakers, strategic planners, researchers, students, and concerned citizens with comprehensive analysis of the global environmental problems we face, together with descriptions of practical, innovative solutions. This report will show what is needed to foster sustainable cities on a planet where urban areas are home to half the human population and a far larger share of natural resource use.

Written in clear and concise language, with easy-to-read charts and tables, State of the World 2007 presents a view of our changing world that we, and our leaders, cannot afford to ignore.

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The Worldwatch Institute is a Washington, DC-based nonprofit research and publishing organization dedicated to fostering the evolution of an environmentally sustainable society.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Company (January 17, 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 290 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393329232
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393329230
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.5 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 0.6 x 9.2 inches

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Through research and outreach that inspire action, the Worldwatch Institute works to accelerate the transition to a sustainable world that meets human needs. The Institute's top mission objectives are universal access to renewable energy and nutritious food, expansion of environmentally sound jobs and development, transformation of cultures from consumerism to sustainability, and an early end to population growth through healthy and intentional childbearing.

Founded in 1974 by Lester Brown as an independent research institute devoted to global environmental concerns, Worldwatch was quickly recognized by opinion leaders around the world for its foresight and accessible, fact-based analysis. Worldwatch develops innovative solutions to intractable problems, emphasizing a blend of government leadership, private sector enterprise, and citizen action that can make a sustainable future a reality.

The Worldwatch Institute publishes a variety of reports and books including State of the World, Vital Signs, and the Worldwatch Reports.

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Green Moose
How urban cities will affect the sustainability of our future
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2013
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I used this book as a text book for a graduate school course. It offers many lessons and example for imporving the sustainabiity of urban life going forward.

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Donald A. Sayre
A Sustainable Read
Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2008
A sustainable read.

This 25th Anniversary Edition of State of the World focuses on problems and solutions for progress toward a sustainable society. It is a periodical and almanac worth owning. The writing promotes an easy read for sustained digestion of its resources.

Fourteen Chapters by Worldwatch staffers, independent analysts, academics, and intellectual professionals arranged in 2-column newspaper format fill 253 pages, with dozens of boxes, tables, and figures plus hundreds of endnotes. Each chapter contributes to other chapters and to the understanding of sustainable development as a path, not a panacea. Instead of competing with other writings, the State of the World series complements the contemplations of other writers on interdisciplinary economic, social, and environmental topics.

Every chapter is true to its title. There are verbs of solution - seeding, rethinking, building, improving, engaging, mobilizing, investing, and banking. There are nouns of challenge -- sustainable economy, the commons, sustainable world, sustainable lifestyles, and sustainability. There are names to consider -- water, carbon, meat, seafood, biodiversity, global diet, human energy, trade governance, new approaches, and new bottom line.

Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law at Yale, Dan Esty, introduces the collection, "State of the World 2008 makes it clear that our planet and every individual on it face substantial environmental challenges. But there are signs of hope. As documented throughout this volume, the pace and scale of environmental innovation is extraordinary."

Christopher Flavin, President of Worldwatch, reports the focus is on innovations to achieve a sustainable economy. It is time to replace Adam Smith's outdated economic blueprint with creative experimentation, design for zero waste, and socially responsible investment.

Sustainable development is the new bottom line for genuine progress. Only an ecologically efficient economic system can meet humanity's needs without causing more catastrophic problems. Sustainable lifestyles need to be the vogue, embracing the ethical.

For example, institute a low carbon economy to de-esclate greenhouse gases and global warming (Sky Owe You's). Use social networking for water management and the Internet for wisdom management (commons sense). Start banking on biodiversity to move endangered resources from liabilities to assets (cap and trade).

Mobilize human energy, empower citizens and communities, partner with governments and markets, add an emphasis on self-reliance and you get sustainable development. Build assets and expand freedoms with knowledge as an incentive for human development and you get the shortest path to a sustainable economy.

Sustainability and regenerative investing share a common horizon, the delayed consumption of capital for later returns. We are in a sustainability revolution, with shareowners now activist stakeholders instead of simply bottom feeders.

Both today and tomorrow depend on universal aspirations to inspire innovation, better options, better choices, and genuine resource management skills for true sustainable wealth. Flavin wites, "Urgency and vision are the twin pillars on which humanity's hope now hangs."

Sustainability needs all the institutional ingenuity society can muster and harness to evolve into a broader, better focus for the good of humanity.

State of the World 2008, Innovations for a Sustainable Economy will stay fresh well beyond next year's edition by the Worldwatch Institute.

(Reviewed by the author of another Amazon product, "Inside ISO 14000: The Competitive Advantage of Environmental Management.")

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Maddies' mom
A comprehensive and constructive look at the global urban environment
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2007
This year's "State of the World" by Worldwatch Institute focuses on the global urban environment: water and sanitation, transportation, agriculture and farming, energy, natural hazard risks, pulic health, economics, and environmental justice. Each chapter lays out trends and statistics demonstrating some of the hazards the world might be facing with the current trends towards urbanization.

However, the book has a largely positive and constructive tone, with extensive use of examples and case studies of locales using innovative methods for protecting the environment and even attempting to reducing pollutants that might be global in their impacts. Case studies span the world - from Los Angeles to Timbuktu. The "city" provides a structure for problem-solving.

The book overall is comprehensive, with excellent writing and editing - some chapters are replete with data while others are written in a sweeping "big picture" context with long-term recommendations for future directions. This is a great resource for researchers, policy-makers, students, and anyone interested in understanding the risks and opportunities for the urban landscape.

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G. Mulholland
satisfaction guaranteed!!!!!!!
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2008
The book was received in flawless condition, and service was prompt. I wish everything I'd invest in is this good.

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Joe Sheehan
The truth can be convenient
Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2007
Especially when the issues are surveyed in Worldwatch's annual review.

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