The Human Quest

Book review by Revmodo

admin — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:03:23 +0000

“The book shares examples of necessary steps toward sustainability, including a shift to renewable energy and sustainable agriculture. Most critical, they say, is a change in mindset. We need to stop thinking of the environment as something ‘out there’ and separate, and realize that it is a part of us; we also need to understand how quickly we must act.”

“Though Rockström’s words and Klum’s stunning photographs make it clear how urgent and immense the challenge is, the book ends with optimism. ‘We have the intelligence, the creativity, the technological know-how, and the power to steer clear of a disastrous future,’ Rockström writes.”

Read the full review here!

Book review by El Universal

admin — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:44:53 +0000

The mexican newspaper “El Universal” has reviewed “The Human Quest”. ”The human quest” emphasizes the world’s urgent state and that we need to change mentality, we have to find new ways to achieve happiness and prosperity. These new ways will help us to grow and engage with the world in a realistic level in terms of its limited resources. ”

Read El Universal’s review here. (In Spanish)

Book review by Boulder Weekly

admin — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:15:23 +0000

“Through the ‘language of art and science’, writer Johan Rockström and photographer Mattias Klum work to steer the world’s ‘drivers’ down a different road. Without a serious change, they argue, we are doomed to a future in which the ‘world drives at an ever faster pace toward the escarpment, along our unsustainable and undesirable development highway’.”

Read Weekly Boulder’s review here!

Book review by Onearth

admin — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 08:31:30 +0000

“The Human Quest is more than your everyday coffee-table book. Only a limited edition was actually printed in book form, distributed free to delegates at the Rio+20 conference in June. Now the rest of us can buy it for our iPads and smart phones, with video features to complement a compelling array of charts and graphs, rousing calls for action on climate change and sustainable development by Bill Clinton and former Norwegian prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, and scores of stunning images by the veteran National Geographic photographer Mattias Klum…”

Read Onearths review here.

Book review by CultureLab

admin — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 08:28:56 +0000

“In The Human Quest scientist Johan Rockstrom and photographer Mattias Klum make a compelling case for why we need to stay within environmental boundaries. They make a persuasive case, and their plea gains emotional impact from Klum’s spectacular photographs. The e-book also includes video clips that add extra richness…”

Read CultureLabs review here.

Mattias Klum promotes the book on Swedish Radio

admin — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 10:31:37 +0000

Mattias Klum promotes the The Human Quest on Swedish Radio P4. Listen to the interview here. (Only in Swedish)

Book review of The Human Quest

admin — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:04:46 +0000

“Filled with exquisite photos, easy-to-read prose, and clear and concise diagrams, the authors eloquently describe where we are at and scenarios for where we could go.” “We have a fiduciary duty to listen to this clarion call, consider its ramifications, and discuss incorporating these outcomes into our financial systems.”

Read the full review at Mongabay.com here.

The Human Quest on National Geographic News

admin — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:49:00 +0000

National Geographic News writes about The Human Quest from location at Rio+20.

Book launch and exhibition in Rio de Janeiro

admin — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:15:53 +0000

In context of the High-Level Dialogue on Global Sustainability in Rio de Janeiro the book and the exhibition The Human Quest, was successfully launched to world Leading scientists, Policy makers and H.R.H. King Carl XVI Gustaf and H.M. Queen Silvia of Sweden. The High-Level Dialogue was organized by The Brazilian Foundation for Sustainable Development and the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Global Sustainability.

In Rio 1992 one of the main organizers of the UN Conference on the Environment was the Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Mr Israel Klabin now President of The Brazilian Foundation for Sustainable Development and honorable host for the evening.

The authors Johan Rockström and Mattias Klum presented the book together with Niclas Kjellström-Matseke, CEO of the Swedish Postcode Lottery. The Swedish Postcode Lottery is the main supporter to the book and the exhibition.

The Human Quest available as ebook

admin — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:50:22 +0000

The Human Quest is now available as an ebook. The ebook version will be available on the iBookstore and other selected retailers from June 16.

The ebook will feature exclusive video clips by Mattias Klum.
Read the preview here.

Rockström promotes the book on Swedish TV4

admin — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 10:53:14 +0000

Johan Rockström promotes The Human Quest, on Swedish TV4. Click here to see the interview (in Swedish).

The Human Quest to launch at Rio+20 in June

admin — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:19:01 +0000

This June, The Human Quest will be officially launched at the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Earth Summit 2012). The book launch event will take place alongside a high level roundtable providing world leaders with strategic guidance and science-based support for a transition to global sustainability, organized by the Stockholm Resilience Centre in collaboration with Fundação Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável (FBDS) directed by Israel Klabin. A new traveling exhibition based on the
book’s contents will also be unveiled during the events.

Stay tuned for more details over the coming weeks.

Klum and Rockstrom lecture in Stockholm

admin — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:15:48 +0000

On November 21, 2012, the book’s authors will present a joint lecture based on ideas from The Human Quest during the Swedish Wind Energy annual conference on Renewable Energy, entitled VIND 2012. This event is one of the largest meeting places for the wind industry, gathering more than 1,500 participants and 100 exhibitors and inspiring them in their work developing wind power as an important source of renewable energy.

Klum and Rockstrom upcoming lectures in Seattle

admin — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:45:00 +0000

On April 29-30 and May 1, 2012 at Seattle’s Benroya Hall, the book’s authors Mattias Klum and Johan Rockström will deliver a series of lectures, entitled The Big Picture: Celebrating Our Planet, Envisioning Our Future as part of the

National Geographic Live lecture series. This lecture will be based on ideas from The Human Quest, blending award-winning imagery with groundbreaking insights on how humans can continue to flourish on a healthy planet. Click here for more information or to purchase tickets online for these events.

Planet under Pressure 2012 in London

admin — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:02:11 +0000

From March 26-29, Mattias Klum Tierra Grande will participate in Planet Under Pressure 2012, a major international conference focusing on solutions to the global sustainability challenge. The conference aims to provide a comprehensive update of the pressure planet Earth is now under, discuss solutions at all scales to move societies on to a sustainable pathway, and provide scientific leadership towards the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development – Rio+20.

Mattias Klum Tierra Grande and Stockholm Resilience Centre will have an exhibit in the data visualization mezzanine to promote the widely anticipated book, The Human Quest: Prospering Within Planetary Boundaries, written by Mattias Klum and Johan Rockström, with Foreword by President Bill Clinton. Stockholm Resilience Center will also have a stand throughout the conference, and the book will be officially launched at the Rio+20 Earth Summit in June.

For more information on the conference: www.planetunderpressure2012.net