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Climate change is currently presented by campaign groups and scientists as an impossibly daunting threat. On the face of it, it would seem we must make impossible sacrifices if we want to do our bit for the environment and lead more sustainable, less damaging lives. This book shows that isn't the case at all. It brings together household names who share a conviction that, on the contrary, living well needn't cost the earth - and will tell you why and how. Their collective vision, covering areas from architecture and politics to food and happiness, will completely reframe the way you think about climate change and what you're willing to do about it. Far from the usual doom and gloom, many here argue that climate change presents a once-in-a-century opportunity to address a whole basket of problems with energy and imagination. If we get things right, instead of an environmental apocalypse we could end up in a win-win situation - with both more satisfying lives and robust answers to these pressing, seemingly unsurmountable, problems. Contributions to include: Richard Rogers on architecture; Kevin McCloud on design; Hugh Fearnely-Whittingstall on sustainable food; George Monbiot, Rosie Boycott, Zac Goldsmith, David Cameron on good politics; Brian Eno, Thom Yorke and Tom Hodgkinson on having a good time; Anita Roddick and Will Hutton on good business and work; and, Alain de Botton, Oliver James, Rowan Pelling, Susie Orbach on love, pleasure, happiness. 
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