Reference Publications

W.W. Norton & Company, Inc

California Bookwatch, July, 2006

W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.

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China and India are set to join existing power players as major consumers of resources and polluters too: discussions in both countries at all levels are analyzing paths to follow, from technological choices to economic and ecological concerns. Follow their course in STATE OF THE WORLD 2006: SPECIAL FOCUS: CHINA AND INDIA (039332771X $18.95), which considers actions businesses can take to promote socially conscious development in these nations. Chapters on sustainable development choices, pros and cons chart many of the issues affecting such decisions at both the national and regional levels, making this a 'must' for any who would understand modern India or China. Lester Brown's PLAN B 2.0: RESCUING A PLANET UNDER STRESS AND A CIVILIZATION IN TROUBLE (0393061620, $29.95) advocates using our technology to build a new economy based on energy-efficient designs and renewable resource paths: it goes beyond advocacy in telling how, from reallocating funding and understanding that the western economic models won't work for every country, to making the shift in a logical manner. Plan B has three parts: restructuring the global economy, working to eradicate poverty and reversing environmental destruction. Tall orders, to be sure: but Plan B is here thoughtfully laid out to achieve the seeming impossible--and with an understanding of world trends and cultures, too.