The No-Nonsense Guide to Degrowth and Sustainability (No-Nonsense Guides)

At first I found the information to be poorly organized and difficult to understand. But after the second chapter it gets much better and it's really informative.

An important and eye-opening read. Sustainability is more than just a question of reducing CO2 emissions; it is bound up with consumption, production, and ultimately our economic model. Interesting arguments, facts, and solutions outlined by the author.

A laundry list of the problems. A few solutions are listed in the last couple pages of the book.

Good discussion of the physical limits in every nations and how these ultimately create boom and bust cycles in the economy. The high rate of economic growth in China, for example, which is very strong and relies on material imports, will not go on a a high level forever. The authors are optimistic that government planning can reduce the severity of economic collapses. There are numerous charts, data summaries, and economic facts and figures that support the broad theory of a planned alteration of the scale of the world economy while maintaining quality of life and personal freedoms. Like other environment plans, though, free riders like China, Russia, Brazil, Indonesia, and to some extent Canada, US, India, and Australia, have a tendency to undo and even reverse progress made in Japan, South Korea, Denmark, Sweden, France and other more efficient and responsible nations.Since this book was written computer automation or computer assisted work has reduced the demand for many workers in the US. As some workers are displaced they can be employed by government in sustainability projects: replanting forests, conserving supermarket food by repackaging and freezing; making biochar for soil; and building large sea levees on bay channels or inlets for the purpose of creating new freshwater lakes.