Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword xiii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part one: Nature, land, and water
6. 1. Sustaining Humans and Nature as One: Ecological Science and Environmental Stewardship 11
7. 2. A Habitable Earth: Protecting Biodiversity through Natural Systems 20
8. 3. A Restoration Agenda for Native Forests 28
9. 4. Private Lands: The Future of Conservation in America 38
10. 5. Stewards of the Land: Harnessing American Agriculture for a Sustainable Future 46
11. 6. Toward an Evergreen Revolution: Sustainable Intensification in Smallholder Farming 55
12. 7. Found Water: Reuse and the Deconstruction of “Wastewater” 63
13. 8. People and the Ocean 3.0: A New Narrative with Transformative Benefits 72
14. Part two: Innovation and technology
15. 9. Red Lights to Green Lights: Toward an Innovation-Oriented Sustainability Strategy 87
16. 1. 0 Environmental Protection through Systems Design, Decision-Making, and Thinking 97
17. 11. Genomics as a Driving Force for Climate Change Response and Community Health 105
18. 12. There’s an App for That: Can Technology Save the Planet? 112
19. 13. Reimagining Solar Fuels to Power the Planet with Renewable Energy 122
20. 14. Fostering Energy Innovation for a Sustainable Twenty-First Century 128
21. 15. Building Climate Change Resilience by Design 137
22. 16. Bracing for Impact: Transforming the National Weather Service for the Climate Change Challenges Ahead 145
23. Part three: Law and policy
24. 17. Building Public and Political Will for Climate Change Action 155
25. 18. Broadening Action on Climate Change: The Paris Agreement Cannot Do It Alone 163
26. 19. Helping Kids Stand Up for Their Rights: The Role of Climate Change Litigation 173
27. 20. Environmental Justice for All Must Be a Human Right Enforceable in U.S. State Constitutions 183
28. 21. Reinventing Political Borders for Environmental and Social Harmony 192
29. 22. Deploying Machine Learning for a Sustainable Future 200
30. 23. Focusing the Environmental Protection Enterprise to Put Ideas and Policies into Action 209
31. 24. Science as a Foundation for Policy: The Case of Fracking 219
32. Part four: Resources, economics, and sustainable business
33. 25. Next-Generation Corporate Sustainability Leadership: New Lines of Accountability 231
34. 26. Making Companies Work for Society: Harnessing Global Financial Markets for Sustainability 241
35. 27. Waste and Materials Management: From Harm Reduction to Value Creation 250
36. 28. Can We Define Planetary Boundaries on the Human Use of Materials? 258
37. 29. Natural Capital, Equity, and the Sustainable Development Challenge 266
38. 30. International Carbon Pricing: The Role of Carbon Clubs 274
39. Part five: society, equity, and process
40. 31. Hip-Hop Sustainability: Toward Diversity in Environmental Communication 279
41. 32. Driving Systems Change through Networks 287
42. 33. Moral and Spiritual Contributions to a Flourishing Earth Community 297
43. 34. The Public Health Science of Environmental Justice 308
44. 35. Science by and for Citizens: A Historical Perspective 318
45. 36. In the Calm before the Storm: Prioritizing Preparedness for Natural Disasters 326
46. 37. Planetary Sustainability in the Urban Century 335
47. 38. Reimagining the City and Park for a Sustainable Urban Future 342
48. 39. Built to Learn: From Static to Adaptive Environmental Policy 353
49. 40. Why Big Ideas So Often Fail 361
50. Epilogue: How to Make Big Ideas Work 371
51. Acknowledgments 375
52. Keywords List 377
53. Contributors 379
54. Index 389