Location: Collingwood, VIC, AU
The book, Resetting the Compass: Australia’s Journey Towards Sustainability, sets out Australia’s environmental problems in their global context and explains what is now needed to fix them. It also illustrates how ecological sustainability can be achieved together with economic, social and cultural sustainability. The book, authored by David Yencken and Debra Wilkinson, examines the pressures on the environment from population growth, consumption patterns and technological change. The specific actions needed to deal with each of the problems identified are described in detail.