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Who Rules the Earth? - How Social Rules Shape Our Planet and Our Lives (Paperback)
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Who Rules the Earth? - How Social Rules Shape Our Planet and Our Lives (Paperback)
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Worldwide, half a million people die from air pollution each
year-more than perish in all wars combined. One in every five
mammal species on the planet is threatened with extinction. Our
climate is warming, our forests are in decline, and every day we
hear news of the latest ecological crisis. What will it really take
to move society onto a more sustainable path? Many of us are
already doing the "little things" to help the earth, like recycling
or buying organic produce. These are important steps-but they're
not enough. In Who Rules the Earth?, Paul Steinberg, a leading
scholar of environmental politics, shows that the shift toward a
sustainable world requires modifying the very rules that guide
human behavior and shape the ways we interact with the earth. We
know these rules by familiar names like city codes, product design
standards, business contracts, public policies, cultural norms, and
national constitutions. Though these rules are largely invisible,
their impact across the planet has been dramatic. By changing the
rules, Ontario, Canada has cut the levels of pesticides in its
waterways in half. The city of Copenhagen has adopted new planning
codes that will reduce its carbon footprint to zero by 2025. In the
United States, a handful of industry mavericks designed new rules
to promote greener buildings, and transformed the world's largest
industry into a more sustainable enterprise. Steinberg takes the
reader on a series of journeys, from a familiar walk on the beach
to a remote village deep in the jungles of Peru, helping the reader
to "see" the social rules that pattern our physical reality and
showing why these are the big levers that will ultimately determine
the health of our planet. By unveiling the influence of social
rules at all levels of society-from private property to government
policy, and from the rules governing our oceans to the dynamics of
innovation and change within corporations and communities-Who Rules
the Earth? is essential reading for anyone who understands that
sustainability is not just a personal choice, but a political
struggle.
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