Pathways to Our Sustainable Future: A Global Perspective from Pittsburgh

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Price
$30.00  $27.90
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
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Pages
328
Dimensions
6.0 X 8.9 X 0.8 inches | 1.35 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780822965015

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About the Author
Patricia M. DeMarco is a visiting research professor at Carnegie Mellon University and a senior scholar at Chatham University in Pittsburgh. She is also a former executive director of the Rachel Carson Homestead Association and director of the Rachel Carson Institute at Chatham University. DeMarco has spent a thirty-year career in energy and environmental policy in both private and public sector positions, and currently serves as councilwoman for the Borough of Forest Hills, Pennsylvania. In 2017 she was honored with the Freudenburg Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences.
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Patricia DeMarco has been a tireless advocate of sustainability in the City of Pittsburgh for many years. Through the leadership and guidance she exemplifies, Pittsburgh has become a model for urban centers everywhere in creating sustainable practices for present and future generations. This book serves as an outstanding guide to successful public and private partnerships that can lead these efforts going forward.-- "Mayor William Peduto, City of Pittsburgh"
Patricia DeMarco dissects the enormous and global challenge we face using coherent frames and salient examples. She lets us conceive the scope of this challenge yet feel confident that we can address it. Weaving together science, spirituality, ethics, justice, and hard-nosed political analysis, DeMarco reinvigorates Rachel Carson's timeless message of environmental wellbeing for new audiences.-- "David Hassenzahl, President, Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences"
Can Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, whose steel mills and blast furnaces helped to power America's industrial era a century ago now be a catalyst in creating a clean, prosperous, just and healthy future? Patricia DeMarco starkly lays out the disastrous course along which humanity is steering planet Earth. But she shows an alternative pathway and presents myriad examples how the transformation of Pittsburgh can lead toward sustainability for all.-- "David Blockstein, chief scientist, National Council for Science and the Environment"