The book deftly explores how we arrived at the point where climate change is no longer preventable and will continue even if we all adopt
sustainable alternatives the day after tomorrow.
Not exact matches
A paper product that can carry the weight of an adult and be composted within 100
days has emerged from Sweden to compete as a lightweight,
sustainable alternative to plastic.
It also has a
sustainable transportation initiative that credits employees up to $ 1 per
day for choosing
alternative methods for traveling to work, including walking, cycling, carpooling or riding mass transit.
Undoubtedly these are early
days, and many challenges remain in creating truly
sustainable biofuels, and certainly in creating truly
sustainable aviation — but unlike land and sea transportation, airlines have very few if any
alternatives to liquid fuels, so initiatives like this are an encouraging sign that aviation may be able to weather the inevitable transition to a post fossil - fuel economy.
The designers suggest an
alternative way of making things, a bit like back in the old
days, where knowledge is passed on to find accessible and
sustainable solutions.