"The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity's transformative impact on the environment, now asking: After doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it? That man should have dominion "over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth" is a prophecy that has hardened into fact. So pervasive are human impacts on the planet that it's said we live in a new geological epoch:...

"This book is written for anyone interested in the role of business in society. Companies should optimize the way their business impacts all of society, long into the future. It's a simple principle, but one that is nevertheless not often applied. Today, too often, companies still favor short term profits, over a more holistic impact"--

Sustainability Made Simple explores the relationship between everyday life and the intricate global environmental issues of today, illustrating how small changes in daily routines and mentalities can add up to a big impact.

As entertaining as it is informative, NOVA explores headline-grabbing innovations and discoveries from our past, present and future, demystifying the science and technology along the way, while highlighting the human side of people "who make science happen."

Companies seeking more sustainable product strategies should explore using biological (nonfossil) resources, waste streams, and manufacturing byproducts. New materials technologies and processes are replacing fossil-based ingredients with bio-based alternatives from the agriculture, forestry, and marine industries.

"The proposed book includes concepts, methodologies, and practices for achieving sustainability in business operations. The underlying concept is explained from two perspectives - organizational level and policy level. In former, all principles, techniques, and decision-making issues relevant to, sustainability at unit level, management of product recovery processes, and sustainability at integrated level, are captured. Content on policy level perspective...

Travel is at a tipping point. Tourists around the world are unintentionally destroying the very things they've come to see. From the Caribbean, to the streets of Delhi, and remote villages in Kenya, forgotten voices reveal the real conditions and consequences of one of the largest industries in the world. The role of the modern tourist is on trial.

"A proven, fast, inexpensive, practical way to cut greenhouse gas emissions and prevent catastrophic climate change. As climate change quickly approaches a series of turning points that guarantee disastrous outcomes, a solution is hiding in plain sight. Several countries have already replaced fossil fuels with low-carbon energy sources, and done so rapidly, in one to two decades. By following their methods, we could decarbonize the global economy...

"The twentieth century seemed to offer an unwavering path to prosperity: deadly diseases were disappearing, and breakthrough technologies were starting to solve many problems. But today, certainty about the course of civilization is giving way to doubt and disbelief. The world seems less comprehensible, less predictable, and more prone to surprises from cascading consequences like drought, raging fires, political upheaval, and financial collapse....

We all know that flying is bad for the climate. Before Corona, according to the Flightracker website, there were almost 200,000 flights every day. Every second, an aircraft took off or landed somewhere in the world. Corona has changed all that. Never before has the entire aviation industry come to a such a standstill. It's predicted that the industry will not recover until 2022 or 2023. But does that mean that by 2022 we will again be emitting the...