The Green Festival Reader: Fresh Ideas from Agents of Change

ISBN-13: 9781138467798 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Kevin Danaher

Opis

Grounded in practicality, this book explains the procedures for running a successful project and highlights the finer points of managing and controlling the project. Written specifically for those responsible for the hands-on managing of projects, the book is also useful to overall program managers and senior executives. Project managers will gain the confidence that comes from following a good recipe for success. Program managers will gain a perspective on the myriad of activities their project managers must perform to achieve a well-disciplined project. Senior managers will gain a perspective of the approach necessary at the beginning of a project to reduce the number of ill-advised projects and the effort required to achieve successful projects.

Spis treści

Introduction, KevinDanaher, AlisaGravitz; Part 1 The Global Crisis and a Prescription for Change; Chapter 1 Confronting the Facts of Climate Change, RossGelbspan; Chapter 2 The Great Turning, DavidKorten; Chapter 3 Nuclear Power? Forget about It!; Part 2 Challenging Business as Usual; Chapter 4 We Need a Green New Deal, DennisKucinich; Chapter 5 Corporate Power Is the Issue of the Day, RalphNader; Chapter 6 On Becoming an Ecopreneur, BenCohen; Part 3 Birthing the Green Economy; Chapter 7 Making the Green Economy Work for Everyone, VanJones; Chapter 8 Green Careers: The New Frontier, MarieKerpan; Chapter 9 Green Collar Jobs; Chapter 10 Accelerating the Shift to Green Energy, JeromeRingo; Chapter 11 Creating Green Worker Cooperatives, OmarFreilla; Part 4 Greening Your Home, Community, and Planet; Chapter 12 Creating Healthy Homes, DavidJohnston; Chapter 13 Where’s the Power?, Frances MooreLappé; Chapter 14 Top 10 Reasons to Support Locally Owned Enterprises; Chapter 15 Getting More Bang for Your Investment Buck, Tracy FernandezRysavy; Chapter 16 Climate Solutions at the Speed and Scale Necessary, AlisaGravitz; Chapter 17 Green Pricing versus Green Citizenship; Chapter 18 Redefining Leadership, HunterLovins; Chapter 19 Organize! Organize! Organize!, BillMcKibben; Chapter 20 Conclusion: Where Do We Go from Here?, KevinDanaher, AlisaGravitz;

O autorze

Kevin Danaher, Alisa Gravitz, Medea Benjamin