Herbert Girardet

Herbert Girardet brings a German-British perspective to writing, filmmaking, lecturing, and sustainability consulting about cities and ecological limits. He has written books and produced television documentaries on sustainable development, receiving a United Nations Global 500 Award for environmental achievement. Surviving the Century, which he edited, was the first major publication from the World Future Council. Earthscan issued the collection in 2007, bringing together contributors on climate disruption, renewable energy, sustainable cities, local agriculture, rainforest protection, production systems, trade, and democracy. Girardet's role as the council's program director connected the book's arguments with an international policy organization focused on future generations. His related titles, including Cities, People, Planet and Creating Regenerative Cities, examine the material flows linking urban life to the wider biosphere. Surviving the Century belongs to this sustained effort to pair environmental diagnosis with practical institutional and civic responses.