Change the World City by City: A Change Maker's Guide to Fast Forward Sustainability

by Leen Gorissen, Erika Meynaerts

• Defines the elements of success to urban change making

• Interdisciplinary and international approach to one of the greatest challenges to modern society

• Contains many cases of successful sustainability acceleration in European cities

New initiatives, ideas and products change the way we relate to one another and to our environment, as well as the way we define and fulfil our needs. They create opportunities for experimenting and learning, which can help our societies transition towards greater sustainability. But how can we implement transition in a useful way? This book examines the ways in which urban transition initiatives work, how they influence each other, and how they can make our cities thrive in a sustainable manner. Among others, it puts forward a view on the conditions that can aid accelerating change towards a sustainable low-carbon society, on possibilities for policy change, and on adaptive mechanisms that will improve decision making.

240 pages, Paperback

Published July 13, 2018

Reviews

[caroline · Rating 3 out of 5]

i was really debating between on whether i should give this book 3 or 4 stars and have settled on 3 because i feel like it was nothing burger. it really left very little impression on me despite it having so much to say? i really liked everything it was trying to say, all the themes, the advice, and so on...but it felt so repetitive and vague despite utilizing 5 cities as case studies with multiple examples that embody the "transition initiative" approach. i feel like it could have been WAY more specific than just "and then they got together and promoted this sustainble idea in their city!" i think where im at in my sustainability journey is that i want books to get into the nitty gritty. i get you have to organize, cool, but HOW. it kind of got into that in the end, which i appreciate, but it was still very much about fixing your attitude and approach rather than concrete advice. anyways, it's certainly not a bad book but for some reason it just did not wow me the way i was expecting it to :(

[Peter Vegel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Useful study of ecological city initiatives.