RACE FOR SUSTAINABILITY: ENERGY, ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT AND ETHICS - Softcover

Hickson, Ken

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9814571350 ISBN 13: 9789814571357

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2013

Synopsis

"Even with the latest and best vehicles, machinery, technology and buildings, if we continue to use resources irresponsibly -- if we continue to waste food, water and energy -- we are not even in the race."This book looks at the sustainable issues and the accompanying opportunities, and leads readers on a fast track to clear the air and drive to a sustainable, low-carbon future. To focus on renewable energy and energy efficiency. To stop the burning and stop wasting resources. Read on and let the wealth of information in this book inspire you along your sustainability journey. Join the race and act soon.A portfolio of stories, essays, profiles and case studies covering the four E's of Sustainability: Energy, Economy, Environment and Ethics.

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From the Inside Flap:

This book looks at the sustainable issues and the accompanying opportunities, and leads readers on a fast track to clear the air and drive to a sustainable, low-carbon future. To focus on renewable energy and energy efficiency. To stop the burning and stop wasting resources. Read on and let the wealth of information in this book inspire you along your sustainability journey. Join the race and act soon.

A portfolio of stories, essays, profiles and case studies covering the four E's of Sustainability: Energy, Economy, Environment and Ethics.

About the Author:

Ken Hickson is a writer with his finger on the pulse and his heart in the right place. Energetic and prolific, he has been editing a fortnightly newsletter abc carbon express for the past five years. He has produced hundreds of talks, lectures and articles for media - in print and online - the world over. He is the author of four non-fiction works: Flight 901 to Erebus, The Future South, Forty: Building a Future in Singapore and The ABC of Carbon: Issues and Opportunities in the Global Climate Change Environment. A journalist and communications specialist in New Zealand for 20 years, he came to Asia in 1983 as a consultant for Singapore Airlines. He set up his own communications consultancy with clients like DHL, BMW, Intel, Hitachi, Canon and Lend Lease. In 1996, Hickson PR was acquired by Fleishman Hillard. Ken lived in Australia from end 2000 for ten years. He was in demand as a consultant, writer and lecturer (as an adjunct associate professor at the University of the Sunshine Coast). He returned to Singapore in September 2010 to establish Sustain Ability Showcase Asia (SASA).

About this edition

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 9814571350
• ISBN 13: 9789814571357
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 328