Hot, Flat And Crowded - Why The World Needs A Green Revolution

Informationen zum Autor Thomas L. Friedman has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize three times for his work with The New York Times , where he serves as the foreign affairs columnist, and is read by everyone from small-business owners to President Obama. Friedman is also the author of From Beirut to Jerusalem (1989), which won both the National Book Award and the Overseas Press Club Award, The Lexus and the Olive Tree (1999), Longitudes and Attitudes (2002), The World Is Flat (2005), which won the first Financial Times /Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award, and Hot, Flat, and Crowded (2008). He lives in Bethesda, Maryland. Klappentext Thomas Friedman's phenomenal THE WORLD IS FLAT helped millions of people see globalization in a new way. Now he takes a fresh, provocative look at the biggest challenge facing us today - our hot, flat and crowded world. Zusammenfassung Thomas Friedman's "Hot, Flat and Crowded" addresses the urgent need for change in the face of climate change and rapid population growth. He presents a bold strategy called 'Code Green' focusing on clean fuel, energy efficiency, and conservation to transform how we live and do business.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas L Friedman, Thomas L. Friedman
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.11.2009
• EAN: 9780141036663
• ISBN: 978-0-14-103666-3
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 23 mm
• Series: PRESS NF PB; PRESS NF PB
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Umweltschutz, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, Science / Environmental Science, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies