Andres R. Edwards

It's all about celebrating the togetherness and energising the positive vibrations of planetary oneness. Apparently sustainability doesn't involve any engineering, it's all running on Kumbaya songs. You can probably tell: I was disappointed with the direction the book chose to show the issue from.

A great companion book to Blessed Unrest, it discusses what is being done - and what you an do - to get involved in going beyond merely sustaining to finding new ways to live in this world. I wish they had had even more how-to, and plan to look at the extensive resource list in more detail. It is also too bad that Edwards started with the indigenous cultures section, because although it is a good chapter on an important idea, he might lose some people who think of it as too touchy-feely.

Concise overview of the concept and history of sustainability, and survey of the various statements and institutional programs that seek to build sustainability. A good reference. Now I'm off to find a history, explication, and critique of the movements.