272 pages, 7 x 9 1/2
b&w photos, drawings, graphs throughout
Paperback
Release Date:28 Mar 2012
ISBN:9781610910378
State of the World 2012
Creating Sustainable Prosperity
By The Worldwatch Institute
Island Press
In the 2012 edition of its flagship report, Worldwatch celebrates the
twentieth anniversary of the 1992 Earth Summit with a far-reaching
analysis of progress toward building sustainable economies. Written in
clear language with easy-to-read charts, State of the World
2012 offers a new perspective on what changes and policies will be
necessary to make sustainability a permanent feature of the world's
economies. The Worldwatch Institute has been named one of the top three
environmental think tanks in the world by the University of
Pennsylvania's Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program.
twentieth anniversary of the 1992 Earth Summit with a far-reaching
analysis of progress toward building sustainable economies. Written in
clear language with easy-to-read charts, State of the World
2012 offers a new perspective on what changes and policies will be
necessary to make sustainability a permanent feature of the world's
economies. The Worldwatch Institute has been named one of the top three
environmental think tanks in the world by the University of
Pennsylvania's Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program.
RELATED TOPICS:
Ecology, Environmental Studies, Natural History, Nature, Science, Technology & Society
The Worldwatch Institute is a Washington, DC-basednonprofit research and publishing organization dedicated to fosteringthe evolution of an environmentally sustainable society.
