The Sustainable Network: The Accidental Answer for a Troubled Planet"Companies with a stake in the technology industry or that have staked on the Internet (ala Google or Amazon or any of the thousands of small ecommerce companies around the world) are likely to pluck multiple nuggets of wisdom from her book." What technologies do we need to solve the complex environmental, economic, social, and political challenges facing us today? As this thought-provoking book reveals, one tool for enacting change is already at our fingertips: the global network. Consider the private domains of companies, governments, and institutions along with the public Internet: we have an immense communications network that connects billions of people in ways we never thought possible. In this book, author Sarah Sorensen clearly demonstrates why this network is the best sustainable technology available to help us tackle a wide range of problems. If each of us represents a node on this network, then it's time we realize the potential we hold. The Sustainable Network is a call to action, urging individuals, governments, markets, and organizations to put the power of this network to good use.
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Contents
Information Is King | 177 |
Evolution | 183 |
Network Time | 191 |
Political Sustainability | 197 |
Rocking the Vote | 205 |
The Right to Network Usage | 215 |
Challenges of the Networked World | 221 |
Network Defenses Dependon How Traffic Is Sent | 229 |
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Net Efficiencies Maximizing Resources While Minimizing Waste | 71 |
Whats So Smart About | 79 |
Dematerialization | 91 |
Detravelization | 97 |
What Is the Network How Is Telecommuting Enabled? | 107 |
Pushing the Boundaries | 113 |
Data Center | 127 |
Energy Efficiency Measurement | 137 |
Doing Good by Doing Right | 143 |
Is Broadband Really That Important? | 149 |
Sustainable Providers | 155 |
Net Neutrality | 163 |
Tearing Down Economic Boundaries | 169 |
I Am on the Net Therefore I Am Vulnerable | 237 |
Antisocial Network Engineering | 245 |
Protect the Net | 251 |
The Last Best Place to Attack Your Mobile | 261 |
Governments Role in Protecting the Networks Integrity | 269 |
21stCentury Warfare Cyberattacks | 277 |
Social Sustainability | 281 |
The Health Net | 287 |
Not by Accident Social Networking | 293 |
Our Relationship with the Network | 299 |
A Quick Cheat Sheet of Common Terms | 303 |
Notes | 313 |
Index | 337 |
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