Herbert Girardet is co-founder of the World Future Council. His ten books include Earthrise (1992), The Gaia Atlas of Cities (1992), Creating Sustainable Cities (1999), Cities, People, Planet (2004), Shaping our Future (2005), and Surviving the Century (2007). He has produced 50 TV documentaries on sustainable development and is a recipient of a UN Global 500 Award "for outstanding environmental achievements".[1][2][3]