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.
Nanotechnology and Global Sustainability uses nanotechnology the
product of applied scientific knowledge to control and utilize
matter at atomic and molecular scales as a lens through which to
explore the interrelationship between innovation, politics,
economy, and sustainability. This groundbreaking book addresses how
stakeholders can actively reshape agendas to create positive and
sustainable futures through this latest controversial,
cross-sectoral technology. It moves beyond issues of efficiency,
productivity, and utility, exploring the insights of 22
contributors from around the world, whose work spans the
disciplines of science and the humanities. Their combined
knowledge, reinforced with various case studies, introduces an
exciting prospect how we can innovate without economic growth.
This new volume in the Perspectives in Nanotechnology series is
edited by Dr. Donald Maclurcan and Dr. Natalia Radywyl. Dr.
Maclurcan is a social innovator and Honorary Research Fellow with
the Institute for Nanoscale Technology at the University of
Technology Sydney, Australia. Dr. Radywyl is a social researcher
and Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Culture and
Communication at the University of Melbourne, Australia. She is
also an Adjunct Research Fellow in the Faculty of Life and Social
Sciences at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne. This
book is written for a wide audience and will be of particular
interest to activists, scholars, policy makers, scientists,
business professionals, and others who seek an understanding of how
we might justly transition to sustainable societies.
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