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Our Chelsea Green Authors : Herbert Girardet

Herbert Girardet

Herbert Girardet is an author, filmmaker, and consultant focusing on sustainable development. He is director of programs of the World Future Council, and a former chairman of the Schumacher Society in the U.K. He is a recipient of a U.N. Global500 Award for outstanding environmental achievements. His previous books include The Gaia Atlas of Cities, 1992 and 1996; Cities, People, Planet: Urban Development and Climate Change, 2004 and 2008; and Surviving the Century: Facing Climate Change and Other Global Challenges, 2007.

    Herbert's Books

    Creating Sustainable Cities

    How can we improve the experience and ecological footprint of cities--explore that and more in this Schumacher briefing.

    A Renewable World

    Energy, Ecology, Equality

    We have turned our home planet into a disposable world, using resources as though there were no tomorrow. It is time to make it a renewable world instead.