What Would a Sustainable and Desirable Economy-in-Society-in-Nature Look Like?

Robert Costanza, Gar Alperovitz, Herman Daly, Joshua Farley, Carol Franco, Tim Jackson, Ida Kubiszewski, Juliet Schor and Peter Victor

Chapter 5 in Creating a Sustainable and Desirable Future:Insights from 45 Global Thought Leaders, 2014, pp 33-49 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The most critical task facing humanity today is the creation of a shared vision of a sustainable and desirable society, one that can provide permanent prosperity within the biophysical constraints of the real world in a way that is fair and equitable to all of humanity, to other species, and to future generations…

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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