how to survive and thrive in the sustainable economy /
First Statement of Responsibility
Chris Turner
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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360 pages ;
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23 cm
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes index
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The crises in our economic system, our energy supply, and our climate are converging. Solving these crises requires a fundamental change in our frame of reference--a decisive shift not so much in technology as in technique. In The Leap, award-winning journalist Chris Turner presents a field guide to making the jump from our current system of energy supply and consumption to a sustainable model that succeeds across the socioeconomic spectrum. It is an integrated approach, one that he calls a "great leap sideways," because it is a lateral leap that anyone can make: not escaping from, but moving toward