num_pages: 368
description: The revolutionary follow-up to Chris Turner's Governor General's Literary Award and National Business Book Award nominee The Geography of Hope.The most vital project of the twenty-first century is a shift from our unsustainable way of life to a sustainable one--a great lateral leap from a track headed for economic and ecological disaster to one bound for renewed prosperity. In The Leap  Chris Turner presents a field guide to making that jump drawing on recent breakthroughs in state-of-the-art renewable energy cleantech and urban design. From the solar towers of sunny Spain to the bike paths and pedestrianized avenues of the world's most livable city--Copenhagen Denmark--to the nascent green-collar economies rejuvenating the former East Germany and the American Rust Belt he paints a vivid portrait of a new sustainable world order already up and running.In his 2007 book The Geography of Hope  Chris Turner wrote about an emerging world of cleantech possibility. This led to a two-year stint as sustainability columnist for the Globe and Mail  during which many of the fringe developments covered in his book became vital. By the time those two years were up his reporting tracks were being retraced by mainstream outlets like the New York Times . In The Leap  he once again charts the world's near-future course.
language: English
title: The Leap: How to Survive and Thrive in the Sustainable Economy
publisher: Random House Canada