Epilogue: HOW TO MAKE BIG IDEAS WORK

Publication Type:

Book Chapter

Source:

A Better Planet: Forty Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future, Yale University Press, p.371–374 (2019)

ISBN:

9780300246247

URL:

http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvqc6gcq.45

Abstract:

<p>THIS VOLUME CONTAINS a range of ideas and perspectives on how to move society toward a more sustainable future&mdash;as has the collaborative Yale Environmental Dialogue process that helped shape this book. We hope the essays in A Better Planet will inspire ongoing conversation in government departments, communities, corporate boardrooms, media centers, laboratories, nongovernmental organizations, classrooms, and beyond. Diversity of thought, and even disagreement, builds a foundation for strong policy.We are aware of the dangers big ideas pose. They have led to breakthroughs in the past, but also disasters. The development of synthetic nitrogen fertilizer in the early 1900s,</p>