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The overuse of sand is 'one of the major sustainability challenges of the 21st-century.'
- United Nations Environment Program, 2019
Sand is the hidden foundation of our society. In Sand Stories, Kiran Pereira maps out the big picture of why it is the most consumed commodity on the planet after water. The book also examines the impacts of our seemingly insatiable demand for sand on our global Sustainable Development Goals.
The concern is that sand is a non-renewable resource and not every kind of sand is useful. While the number of sand's uses beyond glass and concrete is growing, its sources are not. The good news is that there are solutions to this alarming global problem including those that foster a circular economy. We now need the political will to enact them.
Contents
List of Illustrations
Abbreviations
Foreword
Section 1 How sand is deeply embedded in our lives
•1• The Making of an Oxymoron
•2• Hiding in Plain Sight
•3• The Gorilla in the Room
•4• Fashion for Food
•5• The Backbone of Nearly Everything
•6• Why Mark Twain Would Have Been Surprised
•7• In Pursuit of the Holy Grail
Section 2 The big picture: how everything is interconnected
•8• The Dark Side of Development
•9• Cracking the Cradle
•10• Builders Versus Fishermen
•11• The Currency of Development
•12• Private Gain at Public Expense
•13• White in a New Light
•14• When the Edges Start Fraying
Section 3 Exploring solutions
•15• The Anthropocene Circle of Life
•16• Is Architecture the Bridge?
•17• Tapping the Untapped
•18• Leaving a Beautiful Legacy
•19• Racing Toward the 'Sunrice'
•20• Can Big Data Save the Big Blue?
•21• Looking into the Magic Mirror
•22• She is Key
•23• Through the Eyes of Faith
•24• The Final Answer Lies in the Sandpit
Acknowledgements
References
Index
