by Wendy McGuinness | Jan 1, 2009 | Book Reviews
Julie Morgenstern Hachette Australia, Paperback, $35 We have a very long To-Do list for 2009 at Sustainable Future, so we felt that it was apt to review a book we have been using to help us clear our desks for the New Year. Julie Morgenstern is a professional...
by Wendy McGuinness | Dec 1, 2008 | Book Reviews
The Urban Age Project by the London School of Economics and Deutsche Bank’s Alfred Herrhausen Society Phaidon, Hardback, $100 We end 2008 with a favourite of ours at Sustainable Future. The Endless City is a tome of a book, and is one you could easily spend hours...
by Wendy McGuinness | Nov 1, 2008 | Book Reviews
By Thomas L. Friedman Allen Lane, Hardback, $54.99 “In the green revolution we’re having, everyone’s a winner, nobody has to give up anything, and the adjective that most often modifies “green revolution” is “easy”. That’s not a revolution. That’s a party. We’re...
by Wendy McGuinness | Oct 1, 2008 | Book Reviews
By Alan Weisman Virgin Books, $29.99 In this tour of a world without humankind, Weisman investigates the idea that Earth could be better off without us. Though Weisman acknowledges that the complete extinction of the human species is an unlikely event, the threats of...
by Wendy McGuinness | Sep 1, 2008 | Book Reviews
By Robert J. Shapiro St. Martin’s Press, $44.95 Former U.S Undersecretary of Commerce, Robert J. Shapiro, outlines the three forces he believes will most significantly shape our future as being globalisation, aging populations and America’s position as an unrivalled...
by Wendy McGuinness | Aug 1, 2008 | Book Reviews
By Jerome C. Glenn, Theodore J. Gordon and Elizabeth Florescu 2008 State of the Future explores possible and desirable futures based on the current state of the world. This is the twelfth report in the series and builds on all previous research and analysis asking the...
