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Main Title Brave green world : how science can save our planet /
Author Forman, Chris
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Asher, Claire,
Publisher MIT Press,
Year Published 2021
OCLC Number 1157981699
ISBN 9780262044462; 0262044463
Subjects Climate change mitigation ; Industrial ecology ; Factory and trade waste ; Economic development--Environmental aspects ; Waste minimization ; Sustainability ; Pollution prevention ; Source reduction (Waste management)
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EKBM  QC903.F67 2021 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 04/04/2023
Collation 256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-251) and index.
Contents Notes
Planet energy -- Circular ecology -- Humanity's linear systems -- The 3D printer -- Synthetic biology -- Emergence -- Artificial intelligence algorithms -- The digital process -- The cities of the future -- Taking it further. "In nature, there is little chemical waste; nearly every atom is a resource to be utilized by organisms, ensuring that all the available matter remains in a perpetual cycle. By contrast, human systems of energy production and manufacturing are linear; the end product is waste. In 'Brave Green World, ' Chris Forman and Claire Asher show what our linear systems can learn from the efficient circularity of ecosystems. They offer an unblinkered yet realistic and positive vision of a future in which we can combine biology and manufacturing to solve our central problems of waste and pollution."--Back cover