How to thrive in the next economy: designing tomorrow's world today / by John Thackara

By:

Thackara, John

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: Eng Publication details: London: Thames & Hudson, 2017.Description: 192 pISBN:

9780500292945

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DDC classification:

338.927 THA-H

Contents:

1.Changing : from do less harm to leave things better-- 2.Grounding : From heal the soil to think like a forest -- 3.watermarking From harvest the rain to river recovery-- 4.Dwelling form depave the city to pollinator pathways-- 5.Feeding From social farming -- 6.Clothing form dirt to sh

Summary: John Thackara has spent a lifetime roving the globe in search of design that serves human needs in a sustainable way. He believes that in our eagerness to find technological solutions to the big challenges faced by the human race, we have all too often ignored the astonishing creativity generated when people work together and in harmony with the world around them. Drawing on an inspiring range of examples, from a temple-led water management system in Bali that dates back hundreds of years to an innovative e-bike collective in Vienna, Thackara shows that below the radar of the mainstream media there are global communities creating a replacement economy from the ground up. Through a series of chapters each devoted to essential human concerns, he demonstrates that it is possible to live a rich and fulfilling life based on stewardship rather than exploitation of the natural environment.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Library, SPAB F-1	Non Fiction	338.927 THA-H (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		010511

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1.Changing : from do less harm to leave things better--
2.Grounding : From heal the soil to think like a forest --
3.watermarking From harvest the rain to river recovery--
4.Dwelling form depave the city to pollinator pathways--
5.Feeding From social farming --
6.Clothing form dirt to sh

John Thackara has spent a lifetime roving the globe in search of design that serves human needs in a sustainable way. He believes that in our eagerness to find technological solutions to the big challenges faced by the human race, we have all too often ignored the astonishing creativity generated when people work together and in harmony with the world around them. Drawing on an inspiring range of examples, from a temple-led water management system in Bali that dates back hundreds of years to an innovative e-bike collective in Vienna, Thackara shows that below the radar of the mainstream media there are global communities creating a replacement economy from the ground up. Through a series of chapters each devoted to essential human concerns, he demonstrates that it is possible to live a rich and fulfilling life based on stewardship rather than exploitation of the natural environment.

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