Brave Green World: How Science Can Save Our Planet

How we can harness cutting-edge biology and manufacturing to fight waste and pollution.

In Nature, there is little chemical waste; nearly every atom is a resource to be utilized by organisms, ensuring that all the available matter remains in a perpetual cycle. By contrast, human systems of energy production and manufacturing are linear; the end product is waste. In Brave Green World, Chris Forman and Claire Asher show what our linear systems can learn from the efficient circularity of ecosystems. They offer an unblinkered yet realistic and positive vision of a future in which we can combine biology and manufacturing to solve our central problems of waste and pollution.

Author: Chris Forman, Claire Asher
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 03/30/2021
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.70w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780262044462
ISBN10: 0262044463
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Global Warming & Climate Change
- Science | Life Sciences | Biology
- Technology & Engineering | Environmental | General

About the Author
Chris Forman is a physicist with a PhD in protein engineering, conducting research at Northwestern University into the organization of soft matter using experimental, theoretical, and computational approaches. Claire Asher is a biologist with a PhD in evolution and genetics, specializing in the behavior of ants. A widely published science writer, she has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Bloomsbury Theatre and appeared on BBC 4 and BBC Radio 4.