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KICK the Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies to Save Our World - Hardcover

Rand, Tom

 
9780981295206: KICK the Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies to Save Our World
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0981295207 ISBN 13: 9780981295206
Verlag: Eco Ten Publishing, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

In KICK THE FOSSIL FUEL HABIT, author Tom Rand, (engineer, Cleantech authority, venture capitalist, pragmatic entrepreneur and philosopher) doesn t provide a "three-easy-steps" approach to fixing our dependence on fossil fuels. But he does show it's possible to do without them.By giving an in-depth look at ten technologies that together can bring a clean future, free of fossil fuels, Tom provides education and hope. This is a clarion call, a directive that we act quickly and collectively (governments, corporations and individuals) to provide future generations the opportunity to live in a sustainable world.Unique in being accessible to the general public, his message is not just important, but understandable and entertaining. His personal views and anecdotes are combined with a hardheaded engineering and business perspective. Beautiful color photographs bring the text to life.It is this generation s job to save the world we know for the next. KICK THE FOSSIL FUEL HABIT shows us how.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Tom Rand is the cofounder of Planet Traveler, the greenest hotel in North America, and the Lead Cleantech Advisor at MaRS Institute, which supports the commercialization of Canadian research and development. An entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and accomplished speaker, Rand was recently a featured TEDtalker at TEDxTO.

Tom Rand first grabbed attention as a software renegade in high school. Then he went legit, building a telecommunications software firm spanning three countries. After selling that company in 2005, Tom went after climate change full-time as a venture capitalist and founder of VCi Green Funds, Now, as the Lead Cleantech Advisor at the highly respected MaRS Discovery District in Toronto, Canada, he helps to bridge the worlds of science, innovation and business.

Tom believes the technologies we need to kick the fossil fuel habit already exist. But a world powered by clean technologies is not merely possible---it's necessary! Our very way of life, and that of our children, depends on it. As an advocate for both science and the environment, Tom brings to life that message of hope in this informative book.

Tom has a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from the University of Waterloo, a master's in science from the University of London, and a master's and doctorate in philosophy from the University of Toronto. He lives in Toronto and can often be found navigating the busy streets on his trusty bicycle---even through the Canadian winter.

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In KICK THE FOSSIL FUEL HABIT, author Tom Rand, (engineer, Cleantech authority, venture capitalist, pragmatic entrepreneur and philosopher) doesn t provide a "three-easy-steps" approach to fixing our dependence on fossil fuels. But he does show it's possible to do without them.By giving an in-depth look at ten technologies that together can bring a clean future, free of fossil fuels, Tom provides education and hope. This is a clarion call, a directive that we act quickly and collectively (governments, corporations and individuals) to provide future generations the opportunity to live in a sustainable world.Unique in being accessible to the general public, his message is not just important, but understandable and entertaining. His personal views and anecdotes are combined with a hardheaded engineering and business perspective. Beautiful color photographs bring the text to life.It is this generation s job to save the world we know for the next. KICK THE FOSSIL FUEL HABIT shows us how.

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Verlag
Eco Ten Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum
2010
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0981295207
ISBN 13 
9780981295206
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
240
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