Adapt and Thrive by Peter J Mcmanners

Adapt and Thrive by Peter J Mcmanners

Part 1 outlines the coming of the Sustainable Revolution. The policy of globalisation is sucking resources from the earth at an increasing rate, driving activities to places of lowest environmental and social standards; whilst the policy of sustainability is seeking to persuade people, organisations and corporations to behave responsibly towards social issues and the environment. Our current mechanisms of capitalism cannot handle these diverging forces. The established order of how we run society and institutions is set to be overthrown and the landscape reconfigured. Many elements within society will have to adapt or die. We will all be affected and will all have to respond; but throughout this disruption business will be the most effective agent for change. Out of this, a new reality will emerge, based on selfish determination to construct successful, sustainable societies. In Part 2, a wide range of issues are examined; from climate change, energy and agriculture to transportation, manufacturing and urban living. Predictions as to how society will evolve are linked with innovative proposals to ensure that our future will be sustainable and profitable for those who lead the adaptation. There are huge opportunities which can be exploited by companies with vision and agility. Part 3 shows the way to force the pace of change. Improving our capital markets and extending our economics can focus society on better social provision and protection of the environment. Business can do more than merely survive the transition, but can thrive on the opportunities which arise. Forcing the pace of change is not only vital because the health of our planet is at risk, but also because there are profits to be made from saving the world.

'Governments and businesses who are currently unable to see beyond the current political term/share price will oppose this book, but in twenty years they will be quoting it as the "Bible for Survival"..' Finnish newspaper Etela-Suomen Sanomat 'Few writers have the cross discipline perspective to bring such a wide range of issue together.' That's Green: green and environmental news from around the world. '... an important contribution to the debate on corporate responsibility. Maybe one good thing coming out of the credit crunch is a dawning that a focus on the bottom line, without due regard to the broader responsibility that a business has is unsustainable.' Professor Anne Gregory, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Leeds Metropolitan University. '... as a business student with entrepreneurial goals for the future I found this book to be very insightful about the needs and opportunities of the future sustainable world.' Tony Paxton, MBA programme member, Helsinki. "Adapt and Thrive" reads like a breezy textbook, with both well-researched historical and topical details; yet it also is driven by one man's passion to bring about change. Sustainable Industries magazine, United States.

Peter McManners is described as both a 'green business guru' and a 'hard-edged environmentalist'. His views over the transition to a sustainable society are radical and uncompromising. The seeds of his ideas were sown in the late 1970s as a young engineering student at Durham University where, in designing a solar water heating system, he was surprised that such systems were not universally applied. Peter's interest in the environment continued to grow as he pursued a military career. His interests led him to become a military mapping expert, surveying remote parts of the world. He was smitten with the beauty of the continent of Africa but ashamed of much of the negative influence exerted by other outsiders and concerned for the environmental damage being caused. This was the spur to starting research into global databases and environmental monitoring, graduating from Edinburgh University's MSc in Geographic Information Systems with distinction. After completing an MBA in 2000, Peter started to commit to paper the central ideas which had been starting to coalesce; drawing on lessons from engineering, environment, business and other areas. In 2002 he won a prize in the Oxford Science Writing Competition for his article 'Is Carbon the Culprit?' From summer 2004 until summer 2008, McManners lived with his family in Finland to have more time to write. This is a country that features at the top of world league tables for both environmental stewardship and competiveness, and has influenced his writing. Peter McManners teaches Strategic Direction and the Global Business Environment on the Henley MBA. He has taught in the UK, Scandinavia and Germany. Recent papers include: 'Cities for People: Removing Cars from Urban Life' to a conference at the London School of Economics 2007; 'Putting an Economic Value to Land in Its Natural State' at the Institute of Green Economics Conference, Oxford University in 2008 and 'Adapt and Thrive: The Sustainable Revolution' at the Institute of Green Economics Conference, Oxford University in 2009. McManners is a regular columnist on sustainability issues and writes a weekly blog at www.petermcmanners.com.

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ISBN 13	9780955736902
ISBN 10	0955736900
Titre	Adapt and Thrive
Auteur	Peter J Mcmanners
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Type de reliure	Hardback
Éditeur	Susta Press
Année de publication	2008-02-21
Nombre de pages	273
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