Nanotechnology and global sustainability
"The rise of collaborative consumption, peer-to-peer systems, and not-for-profit social enterprise heralds the emergence of a new era of human collectivity. Increasingly, this consolidation stems from an understanding that big-banner issues—such as climate change—are not the root causes of our...
Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
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Format: | TEXT |
Language: | English |
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Boca Raton, FL
2011
CRC Press |
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Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19134485124919526679-Nanotechnology-and-global-sust.htm |
Summary: | "The rise of collaborative consumption, peer-to-peer systems, and not-for-profit social enterprise heralds the emergence of a new era of human collectivity. Increasingly, this consolidation stems from an understanding that big-banner issues—such as climate change—are not the root causes of our present global predicament. There is a growing and collective view that issues such as this are actually symptoms of a much more vicious, seemingly insurmountable condition: our addiction to economic, consumption, and population growth in a world of finite resources." |
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Physical Description: | 307 p. Paper |