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Hot, flat and crowded : why the world needs a green revolution - and how we can renew our global future / Thomas L. Friedman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Allen Lane, 2008.Description: 438 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781846141294 (hbk.)
  • 184614129X (hbk.)
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Contents:
Includes index. -"Friedman explains how global warming, rapidly growing populations, and the astonishing expansion of the world's middle class through globalization have produced a planet that is 'hot, flat, and crowded'. In just a few years, it will be too late to fix things - unless there is a worldwide effort to replace our wasteful, inefficient energy practices with a strategy for clean energy, energy efficiency, and conservation that Friedman calls Code Green, This is a great challenge, Friedman explains, but also a great opportunity, and one that we cannot afford to miss. He argues that this cannot happen without American commitment and leadership." "In vivid, entertaining chapters, Friedman makes it clear that the green revolution we need is like no revolution the world has seen. It will be the "biggest innovation project in history; it will he hard, not easy; and it will change everything, from what you put into your car to what you see on your electric bill. But the payoff will be more than just cleaner air. It will inspire us to summon all the intelligence, creativity, boldness and concern for the common good that are our greatest human resources." "Hot, Flat, and Crowded is classic Thomas L. Friedman: fearless, incisive, forward-looking, and rich in surprising common sense about the challenge - and the promise - of the future."--BOOK JACKET.
Review: "Friedman explains how global warming, rapidly growing populations, and the astonishing expansion of the world's middle class through globalization have produced a planet that is 'hot, flat, and crowded'. In just a few years, it will be too late to fix things - unless there is a worldwide effort to replace our wasteful, inefficient energy practices with a strategy for clean energy, energy efficiency, and conservation that Friedman calls Code Green."--BOOK JACKET.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Thomas L Friedman's The World is Flat was one of the biggest global bestsellers of any kind in 2005 and 2006. With his unique combination of analysis, reportage and call to action, Friedman now addresses the biggest crisis in the world - climate change - and argues that we haven't even begun to acknowledge and react to the true scale of the problem yet. At the moment, he says, we aren't having a pro-green revolution, we're having a green party - a lot of good feelings, some nice bits of green branding, and a lot of hot air. If we're going to have the real green revolution we need, we must acknowledge that unless we change, we die.

Friedman will show that 'green is better' - and that America and the world need to 'think green' as they thought 'red white and blue' after the 9/11 attacks- he will redefine green as geopolitical, strategic, and patriotic. Then he will show that if we're going to make a real difference, we need a disruptive green revolution- Friedman describes what 'the four disruptions' should be, and provides concrete examples of 'better, smarter, healthier, greener'. He shows that we need to change our leaders, not just our light bulbs, and that if we are going to get this right, we need to change ourselves from the 'me-generation' into the 'regeneration'.

This is sure to be one of the most talked about and best-selling nonfiction books in the world in 2008.

Includes index.

Includes index. -"Friedman explains how global warming, rapidly growing populations, and the astonishing expansion of the world's middle class through globalization have produced a planet that is 'hot, flat, and crowded'. In just a few years, it will be too late to fix things - unless there is a worldwide effort to replace our wasteful, inefficient energy practices with a strategy for clean energy, energy efficiency, and conservation that Friedman calls Code Green, This is a great challenge, Friedman explains, but also a great opportunity, and one that we cannot afford to miss. He argues that this cannot happen without American commitment and leadership." "In vivid, entertaining chapters, Friedman makes it clear that the green revolution we need is like no revolution the world has seen. It will be the "biggest innovation project in history; it will he hard, not easy; and it will change everything, from what you put into your car to what you see on your electric bill. But the payoff will be more than just cleaner air. It will inspire us to summon all the intelligence, creativity, boldness and concern for the common good that are our greatest human resources." "Hot, Flat, and Crowded is classic Thomas L. Friedman: fearless, incisive, forward-looking, and rich in surprising common sense about the challenge - and the promise - of the future."--BOOK JACKET.

"Friedman explains how global warming, rapidly growing populations, and the astonishing expansion of the world's middle class through globalization have produced a planet that is 'hot, flat, and crowded'. In just a few years, it will be too late to fix things - unless there is a worldwide effort to replace our wasteful, inefficient energy practices with a strategy for clean energy, energy efficiency, and conservation that Friedman calls Code Green."--BOOK JACKET.

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