{"product_id":"visions-2100-stories-from-your-future-paperback","title":"Visions 2100: Stories from Your Future - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e 'Opportunity from 2100 forward is unimaginably vast and incredibly varied.' \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cem\u003e'Timing is everything, and it hurts to think we blew it.' \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bill McKibben, 350.org \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe future is a beautiful, if challenging, partner. Your choice is whether you take the risk in having a first date or whether you are happy to accept a life of regret.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The complex issue of climate change is one that our race is struggling to address. The solutions are not beyond us in any way. Technological solutions exist, scientific knowledge is plentiful, the world can afford the transition but still significant action eludes us. Rational arguments for rapid action abound. We do not need any more of those. What is needed is a different way of communicating that inspires and attracts the widest possible group of humans towards wanting to travel on this same journey. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As part of the VISIONS 2100 Project, this book tells of the power of Visions and invites the reader to create and share their own vision of a better world. Only by starting conversations of the future will we manage to build the world that we really want. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book balances worries about catastrophe with social and environmental improvements by referencing psychology, management thought, case studies and personal anecdotes. In also references the parallels between the world's journey and coping with the chronic illness of the author's wife. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book is framed around eighty short visions by some of the world's leading environmental thinkers including \u003cem\u003eMary Robinson, Christiana Figueres, Bill McKibben, Connie Hedegaard, Yvo de Boer\u003c\/em\u003e and many others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ewww.visions2100.com\u003c\/b\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 386\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 21, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47434286268637,"sku":"9781925341522","price":36.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/OuFNbcfoyT9781925341522.webp?v=1771373986","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/visions-2100-stories-from-your-future-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}