How can we become sustainable, as individuals and as a society? These are really big questions in the face of the many and complex challenges facing us today, wherever we may live. It involves, as the author points out, a fundamental shift in the way we think, primarily, and then a whole lot of changes, some small, others much bigger, in the way we live.

How can we become sustainable, as individuals and as a society? These are really big questions in the face of the many and complex challenges facing us today, wherever we may live. It involves, as the author points out, a fundamental shift in the way we think, primarily, and then a whole lot of changes, some small, others much bigger, in the way we live. Almost everything covered, however, is eminently doable for most of us – especially considering the options. Put another way, it becomes clear that there will be change in how we live, sooner rather than later, according to the latest scientific information. This covers a range of aspects of our lives, from energy and other key resource utilisation and the costs thereof, through our economic and production systems, lifestyle choices, down to the food we eat, where it comes from and how it's produced. This book offers many insights into what the picture of 'sustainability' looks like. Less a 'how to' than a conceptual framework, it offers a way of thinking that allows us to reframe how we go about living our lives, utilising limited resources and adapting to our changing world before the changes are upon us and overwhelm us.

Paul Murray Earthscan 

ISBN 978 1 84971 240 8