Publisher description: Agriculture, when done sustainably, holds an important key to mitigating climate change. The United Nations estimates that the global agricultural sector could potentially reduce and remove 80 to 88 percent of the carbon dioxide that it currently produces. By tapping into...

Mangos from India, pasta from Italy, coffee from Colombia: Every day, we are nourished by a global food system that relies on our planet remaining verdant and productive. But current practices are undermining both human and environmental health, resulting in the paradoxes of obesity paired with...

On our current trajectory, severe disruptions to national and regional food systems are highly likely to happen - the main question is when. This report, commissioned by the UN DESA as a strategic input to SD21 and the Rio discussions, focuses on vital areas and offers a collection of up to date...

About Island Press -- State of the World 2012: MOVING TOWARD SUSTAINABLE PROSPERITY -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- State of the World:A Year in Review -- State of the World 2012: MOVING TOWARD SUSTAINABLE PROSPERITY -- Chapter 1: Making the Green Economy Work for...

1. Seeding the sustainable economy / Gary Gardner and Thomas Prugh -- 2. A new bottom line for progress / John Talberth -- 3. Rethinking production / L. Hunter Lovins -- 4. The challenge of sustainable lifestyles / Tim Jackson -- 5. Meat and seafood : the global diet's most costly ingredients /...