Roadmap for Global Sustainability -- Rise of the Green Communities
暫譯: 全球永續發展藍圖 -- 綠色社群的崛起

隨著消費者需求的逐漸增加以及工業消耗的激烈，世界面臨資源枯竭、氣候變化、土壤和空氣劣化以及水質惡化的危機。我們現在知道，以人類福祉為代價的生產模式是不可持續的。本書簡要說明了我們如何達到這種情況，並提供了克服此問題的建議。它邀請最優秀的創業人才以及科學和技術專業知識，來圍繞可持續社區、服務和行業發展可持續經濟。

先前相關方所識別的一個主要障礙是如何在不對環境造成傷害的情況下，適應新興的經濟增長，特別是在資源枯竭的情況下。本書提供了解決方案，創造出一種需求，推動一場保護下一代在健康環境中生活權利的新革命。這場可持續性革命需要整合經濟、環境和社會因素，以及通過綠色活動實施可持續性的實際方面，這些內容在全書中都有討論。

本書提出了一種全球化的概念，鼓勵創造力和創新以實現可持續性。透過這種全球可持續性方法（真正的全球化），無論是富裕國家還是貧窮國家都將受益於全球可持續性的方法。這將縮小貧富之間的差距。發展中國家可以在不經歷許多與這些技術發展相關的成長痛苦的情況下，獲得當前技術的好處。隨著合作的優勢、改善的互動和協調能力以及對全球問題的意識，政府能夠更好地朝著共同目標合作。

本書呈現了一條可持續性路線圖，將各種概念整合在一起，這些概念在之前的作者中是獨立處理的，並將它們聯繫起來以建立基本的實踐步驟。成功實施可持續性路線圖的流程和方向也在書中詳細討論。

作者首次利用可持續社區為居民創造更好的生活品質，同時最小化資源的使用，以滿足當前需求並確保未來世代有足夠的資源。這些綠色社區為當地經濟創造了新產業，並改善了公共健康，為市民帶來了更多希望。可持續交通、可再生能源、回收、清潔水和城市森林有助於創造更宜居的社區，並幫助控制全球氣候變化。它們涉及所有市民，並將當地價值觀納入決策過程中。

Salah M. El-Haggar has more than 30 years' experience in Energy and Sustainable Development consulting and university teaching. He is presently the Professor of Energy and Sustainable Development, Mechanical Engineering Department at the American University in Cairo (AUC), Egypt. He has been a visiting Professor at Washington State University and at University of Idaho, USA. Dr. El-Haggar's has 24 Academic Honors, grants and awards. He received the outstanding teaching award from AUC in 1995 as well as a number of outstanding trustees' awards. In 2009, he received excellence in Research and creative endeavour award from AUC. In 2012, Dr. he received Provost Award in recognition of the innovations in Environmental Science and Engineering as well as Distinguished Service Award of 25 years of services at AUC. Dr. El-Haggar has 220 scientific publications in Environmental, Sustainable Development and Energy fields, 53 invited presentations, 57 technical reports, 16 books, and 15 book chapters. He developed a new concept to assess the life cycle of a product according to cradle-to-cradle concept instead of cradle-to-grave concept used worldwide until today. This concept was developed based on 30 years of intensive and continual effort at AUC and was documented in two books. The first book published in 2007 by Elsevier Academic Press is entitled Sustainable Industrial Design and Waste Management: Cradle-to-Cradle for Sustainable Development. The second book published in 2015 by AUC Press is entitled Sustainability and Innovation: The Next Global Industrial Revolution. These two books are the first books worldwide to demonstrate the concept of cradle-to-cradle to protect not only the environment but also the natural resources in terms of business plans. Dr. El-Haggar developed the first and the only Sustainable Development labs worldwide located in Mechanical Engineering Department at AUC.

Aliaa Samaha is dedicated to increasing knowledge and awareness about the environment and associated challenges through her unique combination of environmental experience coupled with her extensive educational experience. Aliaa received her undergraduate degree in Construction Engineering and MSc in Environmental Engineering from The American University in Cairo, Egypt. She received her MA in Secondary Science Education from The College of New Jersey, USA. Aliaa is a Registered Environmental Assessor in the State of California, a member of the Northern California Chapter of the Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers, a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and a member of the Syndicate of Professional Engineers in Cairo. Aliaa is also a certified teacher in the state of New Jersey. She has twofold experience in the environmental field, having worked in Egypt both on the governmental and on the consultancy sides of it. She worked with the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency in Cairo as an Industrial Pollution Specialist in the Egyptian Pollution Abatement Project. She also worked with Chemonics, an international consultancy, on over 30 environmental audits of factories in the food, pharmaceutical, chemical and metallurgical industry. Her work included making recommendations to improve industrial compliance to environmental standards. Aliaa gained extensive engineering experience working with the environmental consultancy, ATC Associates inc. in Pleasanton, California on managing projects of site investigation, monitoring and remediation projects. Aliaa routinely prepared Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessment reports and was part of the team handling the closure activities for a landfill facility, Geothermal Inc. Landfill, Lake Country, CA, used to dispose of geothermal wastes. She was involved in environmental monitoring during construction at the Emeryville Mall Brownfield site in Oakland, California. Aliaa currently teaches at the Graduate School of Education in the American University in Cairo at their STEAM Professional Educator's Diploma. She also shares her environmental experience at Hayah International Academy by teaching an Environmental Systems and Societies course in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program. She aspires to combine her background in both the fields of environment and education to provide support in developing the necessary skills and expertise to address environmental challenges, and fostering attitudes, motivations, and commitments to make informed decisions and take responsible action for sustainable development.

Salah M. El-Haggar 擁有超過 30 年的能源與可持續發展諮詢及大學教學經驗。他目前是埃及開羅美國大學 (AUC) 機械工程系的能源與可持續發展教授。他曾擔任美國華盛頓州立大學及愛達荷大學的訪問教授。El-Haggar 博士獲得了 24 項學術榮譽、獎助金和獎項。他於 1995 年獲得 AUC 的傑出教學獎，以及多項傑出受託人獎。2009 年，他獲得 AUC 的研究與創新卓越獎。2012 年，El-Haggar 博士因在環境科學與工程領域的創新而獲得教務長獎，並因在 AUC 服務 25 年而獲得傑出服務獎。El-Haggar 博士在環境、可持續發展和能源領域發表了 220 篇科學論文，進行了 53 次受邀演講，撰寫了 57 份技術報告，出版了 16 本書籍和 15 章書籍。他開發了一種新的概念，以搖籃到搖籃（cradle-to-cradle）概念來評估產品的生命週期，而不是目前全球使用的搖籃到墳墓（cradle-to-grave）概念。這一概念是基於在 AUC 進行的 30 年密集且持續的努力而開發的，並在兩本書中有所記錄。第一本書於 2007 年由 Elsevier Academic Press 出版，名為 可持續工業設計與廢物管理：可持續發展的搖籃到搖籃。第二本書於 2015 年由 AUC Press 出版，名為 可持續性與創新：下一次全球工業革命。這兩本書是全球首本展示搖籃到搖籃概念的書籍，旨在保護環境及自然資源，並考慮商業計劃。El-Haggar 博士在 AUC 機械工程系開發了全球首個也是唯一的可持續發展實驗室。

Aliaa Samaha 致力於通過她獨特的環境經驗與廣泛的教育經驗相結合，增進對環境及相關挑戰的知識和認識。Aliaa 在埃及開羅美國大學獲得建築工程學士學位及環境工程碩士學位。她在美國新澤西州的新澤西學院獲得中學科學教育碩士學位。Aliaa 是加州的註冊環境評估師，並且是北加州危險材料管理認證學會的成員、美國土木工程師學會的成員，以及開羅專業工程師公會的成員。Aliaa 也是新澤西州的認證教師。她在環境領域擁有雙重經驗，曾在埃及的政府部門和諮詢公司工作。她曾在開羅的埃及環境事務局擔任工業污染專家，參與埃及污染減少計劃。她還曾與國際諮詢公司 Chemonics 合作，對食品、製藥、化學和冶金行業的 30 多家工廠進行環境審計。她的工作包括提出改善工業遵守環境標準的建議。Aliaa 在加州普萊森頓的環境諮詢公司 ATC Associates inc. 工作，獲得了豐富的工程經驗，負責管理場地調查、監測和修復項目。Aliaa 定期準備第一和第二階段環境場地評估報告，並參與處理加州湖國的 Geothermal Inc. 垃圾填埋場的關閉活動，該填埋場用於處理地熱廢物。她還參與了加州奧克蘭的 Emeryville Mall 棕地項目建設期間的環境監測。Aliaa 目前在埃及開羅美國大學的教育研究所教授 STEAM 專業教育文憑課程。她還在 Hayah International Academy 教授國際文憑課程中的環境系統與社會課程，分享她的環境經驗。她希望結合自己在環境和教育領域的背景，提供支持以發展應對環境挑戰所需的技能和專業知識，並培養做出明智決策和採取負責任行動以實現可持續發展的態度、動機和承諾。