Mike Berners-Lee is founder of Small World Consulting, which advises both small and large companies on sustainability. But what is most pressing, what are the knock-on effects of our actions, and what should we do first? Should we all become vegetarian? Can we continue to fly? Should we allow fracking? How can we control technology? Does it all come down to population growth? Berners-Lee argues that there are things we can do, and he offers some practical advice and inspiring ideas for what we can all do to help humanity thrive.Ĭopies of Mike Berners-Lee’s new book There is no Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years are available for sale from the publisher. Sustainability expert Mike Berners-Lee looks at the big environmental challenges facing Earth and offers some guidance on what we can all do to help humanity thrive on our only planet.įeeding the world, climate change, biodiversity, antibiotics, plastics – the list of concerns seems endless. This is the big-picture perspective on the environmental and economic challenges of our day, laid out in one place, and traced through to the underlying roots - questions of how we live and think.The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the Department of Geography and Environment present a talk by Mike Berners-Lee.
But what is most pressing, and what should we do first? Do we all need to become vegetarian? How can we fly in a low-carbon world? How can we take control of technology? And, given the global nature of the challenges we now face, what on Earth can any of us do, as individuals? Mike Berners-Lee has crunched the numbers and plotted a course of action that is full of hope, practical, and enjoyable.
Completely updated edition the big picture of how humanity can combat the climate emergency, from a leading environmental author.įeeding the world, climate change, biodiversity, antibiotics, plastics, pandemics - the list of concerns seems endless.
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