Green Accounting: Balancing Environment and Economy

Peter Bartelmus

Chapter 24 in Creating a Sustainable and Desirable Future:Insights from 45 Global Thought Leaders, 2014, pp 175-184 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The High-Level Meeting on Happiness and Well-Being at the United Nations on 2 April 2012, called for “realizing the world we all want.” But what is it we all want? Is it maximum well-being or happiness, or is it just meeting our needs, as proclaimed by the popular definition of sustainable development?1 Happiness, needs, and development goals are holistic and, to a great extent, nonmaterial. They are also hard to define, measure, and implement…

Keywords: Envisioning; Sustainable Future; Desirable Future; Positive Future; Future History; Scenarios; World Views (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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