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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Material use surveys must include the raw materials used in every part of the economy.
Chapter 3: The stages of human history are defined by their leading materials.
Chapter 4: The contemporary world devours an enormous range of materials.
Chapter 5: Material-flow accounting becomes simpler with a few methods – and recycling may be more attractive than you expect.
Chapter 6: Using materials more intelligently doesn’t ensure their use will fall – it requires more complex strategies than that.
Chapter 7: We possess the tools to cope with the growing material needs of modern civilization.
Description
Making the Modern World (2014) is a guide to humanity’s material consumption through history and into the future. These blinks explain the major material categories of our time and how we can effectively manage them as we move forward.
Who Should Listen
- Anyone interested in the material flow and consumption of modern society
- Every manufacturer, designer and product developer