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Creating a Sustainable and Desirable Future:Insights from 45 Global Thought Leaders

Edited by Robert Costanza and Ida Kubiszewski

in World Scientific Books from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Creating a Sustainable and Desirable Future

Keywords: Envisioning; Sustainable Future; Desirable Future; Positive Future; Future History; Scenarios; World Views (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
ISBN: 9789814546881
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Why We Need Visions of a Sustainable and Desirable World , pp 3-8 Downloads
Robert Costanza and Ida Kubiszewski
Ch 2 Envisioning a Sustainable World , pp 9-14 Downloads
Donella Meadows
Ch 3 Why Everyone Should Be a Futurist? , pp 15-22 Downloads
William S. Becker
Ch 4 Think Like an Ecosystem, See Solutions , pp 23-30 Downloads
Frances Moore Lappé
Ch 5 What Would a Sustainable and Desirable Economy-in-Society-in-Nature Look Like? , pp 33-49 Downloads
Robert Costanza, Gar Alperovitz, Herman Daly, Joshua Farley, Carol Franco, Tim Jackson, Ida Kubiszewski, Juliet Schor and Peter Victor
Ch 6 Vision Statement for the Planet in 2050 , pp 51-53 Downloads
Ajay Bhave, Silvia Ceausu, Anand Deshmukh, Jessica Jewell, Wayne Pan and Jana Timm
Ch 7 Scenes from the Great Transition , pp 55-64 Downloads
Paul D. Raskin
Ch 8 Environmental History Exam 2052: The Last Half-Century , pp 65-71 Downloads
Les W. Kuzyk
Ch 9 A Virtual Visit to a Sustainable 2050 , pp 73-78 Downloads
Robert Costanza
Ch 10 Reflections on a Life Lived Well and Wisely , pp 79-83 Downloads
Joshua Farley
Ch 11 The Great Turnaround: How Natural Capital Entered the Economy? , pp 85-92 Downloads
Ronald Colman
Ch 12 How New Zealand Became a Green Leader? , pp 93-97 Downloads
John Peet
Ch 13 The New New York: 2050 , pp 99-107 Downloads
Barbara Elizabeth Stewart
Ch 14 Sustainability and Happiness: A Development Philosophy for Bhutan and the World , pp 111-112 Downloads
Jigmi Y. Thinley
Ch 15 Flourishing as a Goal of International Policy , pp 113-116 Downloads
Martin Seligman
Ch 16 What Else? , pp 117-120 Downloads
Wendell Berry
Ch 17 Let Us Envision Gender Equality: Nothing Else is Working , pp 121-124 Downloads
Jane Roberts
Ch 18 Another World: Finally Her(e) , pp 125-130 Downloads
Kavita N. Ramdas and Jamie Querubin
Ch 19 Policy Reform to 350 , pp 131-134 Downloads
Bill McKibben
Ch 20 The Great Transition to 350 , pp 135-138 Downloads
Dylan Walsh and Tess Croner
Ch 21 On Baselines That Need Shifting , pp 139-141 Downloads
Daniel Pauly
Ch 22 The Future of Roads: No Driving, No Emissions, Nature Reconnected , pp 143-170 Downloads
Richard T. T. Forman and Daniel Sperling
Ch 23 The New Security , pp 171-174 Downloads
Gary Hart
Ch 24 Green Accounting: Balancing Environment and Economy , pp 175-184 Downloads
Peter Bartelmus
Ch 25 A Vision of America the Possible , pp 185-188 Downloads
James Gustave Speth
Ch 26 The Way Forward: Survival 2100 , pp 191-200 Downloads
William E. Rees
Ch 27 An Integrating Story for a Sustainable Future , pp 201-209 Downloads
Mary Evelyn Tucker and Brian Thomas Swimme
Ch 28 It Is Time to Fight the Status Quo , pp 211-214 Downloads
Bill McKibben
Ch 29 Can We Avoid the Perfect Storm? , pp 215-221 Downloads
David W. Orr
Ch 30 Sustainable Shrinkage: Envisioning a Smaller, Stronger Economy , pp 223-232 Downloads
Ernest Callenbach
Ch 31 How to Apply Resilience Thinking: In Australia and Beyond? , pp 233-238 Downloads
Brian Walker
Ch 32 Endangered Elements: Conserving the Building Blocks of Life , pp 239-247 Downloads
Penny D. Sackett
Ch 33 Well-Being, Sufficiency, and Work-Time Reduction , pp 249-253 Downloads
Anders Hayden
Ch 34 Millennium Consumption Goals (MCGs) at Rio+20: A Practical Step Toward Global Sustainability , pp 255-262 Downloads
Mohan Munasinghe
Ch 35 Happiness and Psychological Well-Being: Building Human Capital to Benefit Individuals and Society , pp 263-267 Downloads
George W. Burns
Ch 36 Time for a Bold Vision: A New, Green Economy , pp 269-277 Downloads
Jones Van
Ch 37 A World That Works for All , pp 279-291 Downloads
L. Hunter Lovins
Ch 38 Fighting Poverty by Healing the Environment , pp 293-298 Downloads
Christine Loh
Ch 39 Re-Engineering the Planet: Three Steps to a Sustainable Free-Market Economy , pp 299-303 Downloads
Eckart Wintzen
Ch 40 Raising Gross National Happiness through Agroforestry , pp 305-308 Downloads
Pahuna Sharma-Laden and Croix Thompson
Ch 41 Building Bridges between Science and Policy to Achieve Sustainability , pp 309-315 Downloads
Katherine Richardson and Ole Wæver
Ch 42 Bringing Mozart to the Masses: Venezuela's Music Revolution , pp 317-320 Downloads
Maria Páez Victor
Ch 43 Creating the Schools of the Future: Education for a Sustainable Society , pp 321-329 Downloads
Peter M. Senge
Ch 44 A Values-Based Set of Solutions for the Next Generation , pp 331-340 Downloads
Tim Kasser
Ch 45 Teaching a University Course in Sustainable Happiness , pp 341-345 Downloads
Catherine O'Brien
Ch 46 The Time Has Come to Catalyze a Sustainable Consumerism Movement , pp 347-357 Downloads
Peggy Liu

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