State of the World 2010: Transforming Cultures: From Consumerism to Sustainability
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State of the World 2010: Transforming Cultures: From Consumerism to Sustainability (ISBN 978-0-393-33726-6) is a book by Worldwatch Institute
Worldwatch Institute
The Worldwatch Institute is a globally focused environmental research organization based in Washington, D.C. Worldwatch was named as one of the top ten sustainable development research organizations by Globescan Survey of Sustainability Experts.-Mission:...

, published by W. W. Norton & Company. The lead author and project director is Erik Assadourian.

Overview

State of the World 2010: Transforming Cultures: From Consumerism to Sustainability examines the institutions that shape cultural systems. The report includes 26 articles from 60 eminent researchers and experts on consumerism, sustainability and cultural change and provides information on how we can make the needed shift from consumerism to sustainability.

Contents

  • Table of Contents of State of the World 2010
  • Cover Image by Chris Jordan
    Chris Jordan (artist)
    Chris Jordan is an artist based in Seattle, Washington who is best known for his large scale works depicting mass consumption and waste, particularly garbage...

  • Foreword, by Muhammad Yunus
    Muhammad Yunus
    Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi economist and founder of the Grameen Bank, an institution that provides microcredit to help its clients establish creditworthiness and financial self-sufficiency. In 2006 Yunus and Grameen received the Nobel Peace Prize...

    , Founder, Grameen Bank
    Grameen Bank
    The Grameen Bank is a microfinance organization and community development bank started in Bangladesh that makes small loans to the impoverished without requiring collateral...

    , and 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
  • Preface, by Christopher Flavin
    Christopher Flavin
    Christopher Flavin is the President of the Worldwatch Institute, an independent research organization focused on natural resource and environmental issues, based in Washington, DC...

    , President, Worldwatch Institute
    Worldwatch Institute
    The Worldwatch Institute is a globally focused environmental research organization based in Washington, D.C. Worldwatch was named as one of the top ten sustainable development research organizations by Globescan Survey of Sustainability Experts.-Mission:...

  • The Rise And Fall Of Consumer Cultures, by Erik Assadourian
  • Traditions Old And New
  • Education’s New Assignment: Sustainability
  • Business And Economy: Management Priorities
  • Government’s Role In Design
  • Media: Broadcasting Sustainability
  • The Power Of Social Movements


See also


External links

  • Worldwatch Institute Transforming Cultures
  • http://www.worldwatch.org/sow10Endorsements for "State of the World 2009" by Muhammad Yunus
    Muhammad Yunus
    Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi economist and founder of the Grameen Bank, an institution that provides microcredit to help its clients establish creditworthiness and financial self-sufficiency. In 2006 Yunus and Grameen received the Nobel Peace Prize...

     and Bill McKibben
    Bill McKibben
    William Ernest "Bill" McKibben is an American environmentalist, author, and journalist who has written extensively on the impact of global warming. He is the Schumann Distinguished Scholar at Middlebury College...

     and Kalle Lasn
    Kalle Lasn
    Kalle Lasn is an Estonian Canadian author, magazine editor and activist. Near the end of World War II his family fled Estonia and Lasn spent his childhood in a German refugee camp. He was then resettled in Australia. In the 1960s, he founded a market research company in Tokyo, and in 1970, moved...

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  • Meet the Author UK, Erik Assadourian
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