State of the World 2010: Transforming Cultures: From Consumerism to Sustainability

This is a definitive guide to culture and sustainable development ... If you are involved in changing our world, this is essential to reading!

World Watch presents ambitious agenda in this book. None of history generations have changed cultures altogether enough to be needed here ... The boldness of books is difficult to impress.

Editor of the World Watch Institute. The present state of the world in 2010: Cultural change: from consumerism to sustainable development. Washington State: World Watch Institute, 2010

Like a tsunami, consumerism swallowed human culture and the ecosystem of the earth. If left unresolved, we may face global calamities. However, if we lead this wave and deliberately turn our culture into the center of sustainable development, we must not only prevent disasters but also have to celebrate the era of sustainable development not. Age of Prosperity

In "World Current Status 2010: Transformation Culture", 60 distinguished researchers and practitioners are invited to join the world's leading institutions such as education, media, business and government, to relocate culture for sustainability , Tradition, and social movements. Development (correction of text from the Worldwatch Institute website)

Culture of the transformation of the world in 2010, published in 16 languages ​​by Worldwatch Research: From consuming type to sustainable development, we have a core question about the future of our species and the health of our planet I will present it. Does life live like a consumer today? You can download all the articles in the next report. There are many articles on this transformation in the Transforming Cultures blog. Here are other resources like powerpoint slides and how to read guides. The video can be obtained from here. For overseas version, please click here. For the youth version, please click here. If you are news media please see the news material.

The World of State (Book Series) 2010: Transforming culture: from consumption type to sustainable development - a report designed to analyze consumer culture paradigms designed and instructed by senior researcher, Worldwatch Erik Assadourian And the project. It includes 26 articles from 60 superior researchers and experts on consumerism, sustainability and cultural change and the basic facts about how society shifts from consumerism to sustainability And provide case studies. This report received positive comments from several respected scholars such as Bill McKibben, Tim Jackson, Gus Speth, and Muhammad Yunus. It has also been translated into eleven different languages ​​and has been modified for young audiences.

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* Senior research fellow of the Worldwatch Institute and Project Director of "World Situation 2010 - Cultural Change: From Consumerism to Sustainability". 1 For a discussion on expansion, see "The Current Status of the World in 2010: Changes and Declines in Consumer Culture: Change in Culture: From Consumerism to Sustainable Development". Their economic, social and consumption patterns are necessary to stabilize the climate and to prevent serious damage to human society. Sustainability of Current Consumption Patterns Before explaining the cultural changes required by consumerism it may be worthwhile to study why it is necessary first and foremost. Evidence clearly shows that current consumption patterns are unsustainable - which means they are destroying the long-term abilities that thrive on the planet.