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A Finer Future

Creating an Economy in Service to Life

By: L. Hunter Lovins,Stewart Wallis,Anders Wijkman,John Fullerton

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A Finer Future

Creating an Economy in Service to Life

By: L. Hunter Lovins,Stewart Wallis,Anders Wijkman,John Fullerton

The blueprint for an inspiring regenerative economy that avoids collapse and works for people and the planet. Humanity is in a race with catastrophe. Is the future one of global warming, 65 million migrants fleeing failed states, soaring inequality, and grid-locked politics? Or one of empowered entrepreneurs and innovators working towards social change, leveling the playing field, and building a world that works for everyone? While the specter of collapse looms large, A Finer Future demonstrates that humanity has a chance - just - to thread the needle of sustainability and build a regenerative economy through a powerful combination of enlightened entrepreneurialism, regenerative economy, technology, and innovative policy. The authors - world leaders in business, economics, and sustainability - gather the environmental economics evidence, outline the principles of a regenerative economy, and detail a policy roadmap to achieving it, including: Transforming finance and corporations Reimagining energy, agriculture, ecosystems, and the nature of how we work Enhancing human well-being Delivering a world that respects ecosystems and human community. Charting the course to a regenerative economy is the most important work facing humanity and A Finer Future provides the essential blueprint for business leaders, entrepreneurs, environmentalists, politicians, policymakers, and others working to create a world that works for people and the planet. AWARDS SILVER | 2020 Eric Zencey Prize SILVER | 2018 Nautilus Book Awards: Ecology & Environment BRONZE | 2018 Foreword INDIES: Business & Economics

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New Society Publishers

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1771422874

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Natural Disasters

Acts of God or Acts of Man?

By: Anders Wijkman,Lloyd Timberlake

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Natural Disasters

Acts of God or Acts of Man?

By: Anders Wijkman,Lloyd Timberlake

Originally published in 1984 Natural Disasters shows how misleading the term “natural disaster” can be. Forces of nature such as earthquakes, cyclones and extreme variations in weather can trigger disasters, but in many Third World countries it is environmental degradation, poverty and rapid population growth which turn a natural hazard into major disaster. This book questions whether the rich nations’ usual response to disaster – fast, short-lived emergency assistance – is any longer adequate. Today, most major disasters are “development” gone wrong, development which puts millions of poor people on the margins of existence. Disaster relief alone is like bandaging a rapidly growing wound. The appropriate response must include an element of true development – development which reduces rather than increases vulnerability to disasters.

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150

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Routledge

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1000708152

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9781000708158

Bankrupting Nature

Denying Our Planetary Boundaries

By: Anders Wijkman,Johan Rockström

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Bankrupting Nature

Denying Our Planetary Boundaries

By: Anders Wijkman,Johan Rockström

This powerful book shows us that we are in deep denial about the magnitude of the global environmental challenges and resource constraints facing the world. Despite growing scientific consensus on major environmental threats as well as resource depletion, societies are largely continuing with business as usual, at best attempting to tinker at the margins of the problems. The authors argue that regardless of whether governments respond to the economic crisis through additional stimulus packages or reduced government spending, environmental and resource constraints will remain. The crisis will be exacerbated by the combination of climate change, ecosystem decline and resource scarcity, in particular crude oil. The concept of Planetary Boundaries is introduced as a powerful explanation of the limits of the biosphere to sustain continued conventional growth. The book breaks the long silence on population, criticizing donor countries for not doing enough to support the education of girls and reproductive health services. It is shown that an economy built on the continuous expansion of material consumption is not sustainable. De-growth, however, is no solution either. The growth dilemma can only be addressed through a transformation of the economic system. A strong plea is made for abandoning GDP growth as the key objective for development. The focus should instead be on a limited number of welfare indicators. The trickle-down concept is seriously questioned, to be replaced by one of sufficiency. Rich countries are called upon to hold back their material growth to leave room for a rising living standard among the poor. Alternative business models are presented, such as moving from products to services or towards a circular economy based on re-use, reconditioning and recylcing – all with the aim of facilitating sustainable development. A Report to the Club of Rome

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1136263934

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Come On!

Capitalism, Short-termism, Population and the Destruction of the Planet

By: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker,Anders Wijkman

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Capitalism, Short-termism, Population and the Destruction of the Planet

By: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker,Anders Wijkman

Current worldwide trends are not sustainable. The Club of Rome’s warnings published in the book Limits to Growth are still valid. Remedies that are acceptable for the great majority tend to make things worse. We seem to be in a philosophical crisis. Pope Francis says it clearly: our common home is in deadly danger. Analyzing the philosophical crisis, the book comes to the conclusion that the world may need a “new enlightenment”; one that is not based solely on doctrine, but instead addresses a balance between humans and nature, as well as a balance between markets and the state, and the short versus long term. To do this we need to leave behind working in ”silos” in favor of a more systemic approach that will require us to rethink the organization of science and education. However, we have to act now; the world cannot wait until 7.6 billion people have struggled to reach a new enlightenment. This book is full of optimistic case studies and policy proposals that will lead us back to a trajectory of sustainability. But it is also necessary to address the taboo topic of population increase. Countries with a stable population fare immensely better than those with continued increase. Finally, we are presenting an optimistic book from the Club of Rome.

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149397419X

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A Finer Future

Creating an Economy in Service to Life

By: L. Hunter Lovins,Stewart Wallis,Anders Wijkman,John Fullerton

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Creating an Economy in Service to Life

By: L. Hunter Lovins,Stewart Wallis,Anders Wijkman,John Fullerton

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New Society Publishers

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1550926918

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A Good Disruption

Redefining Growth in the Twenty-First Century

By: Martin Stuchtey,Per-Anders Enkvist,Klaus Zumwinkel

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A Good Disruption

Redefining Growth in the Twenty-First Century

By: Martin Stuchtey,Per-Anders Enkvist,Klaus Zumwinkel

A Good Disruption describes how disruptive technology can be used to combat the economic challenges of our age and sets out an inspirational vision of a more effective and sustainable growth model. Disruptive technology is one of the defining economic trends of our age, transforming one major industry after another. But what is the true impact of such disruption on the world's economies, and does it really have the potential to solve global problems such as low growth, inequality and environmental degradation? The provocative answer is that such disruption could indeed solve many of these issues, but that it won't... at least, not on its current trajectory. A Good Disruption highlights some of the huge costs that are at stake, and argues that managing such disruption will be the defining business challenge of the next decade. In order for us to meet that challenge, the book sets out a bold and inspirational vision for a more robust and sustainable economic model. Rich in relevant case studies, and incorporating industry examples from around the world, A Good Disruption accomplishes the remarkable feat of synthesizing key contemporary trends into a coherent world view of how to seize the potential of our collective futures. This is essential reading for policy makers, politicians, business executives and social scientists, as well as anyone who wants a deeper understanding of the impact of disruptive technology and how it can be transformed into a major force for the global good.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472939808

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Competitiveness, Localised Learning and Regional Development

Specialization and Prosperity in Small Open Economies

By: Heikki Eskelinen,Ingjaldur Hannibalsson,Anders Malmberg,Peter Maskell,Eirik Vatne

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Competitiveness, Localised Learning and Regional Development

Specialization and Prosperity in Small Open Economies

By: Heikki Eskelinen,Ingjaldur Hannibalsson,Anders Malmberg,Peter Maskell,Eirik Vatne

Drawing on a rich literature and case study material from selected industries, and elaborating on key concepts such as firms and competencies, industries and industrial systems, and competitiveness and prosperity, this book sets out to answer three broad research questions: * What is competition about in today's economy? * Why do geographical areas (local milieus, cities, regions, countries) specialize in particular types of economic activity, and why do patterns of specialization, once in place tend to be so tremendously durable? * How can high-cost regions in general and small industrialized countries in particular sustain competitiveness and prosperity in an increasingly globally integrated world economy? This book points the way out of a dilemma created by recent industrial theory and policy: is it possible for countries which are not destined to be leading high-tech powers to take advantage of the current conjuncture of increasingly open-markets.

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Routledge

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1134734832

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Anticipating The Wealth of Nations

The Selected Works of Anders Chydenius, 1729–1803

By: Anders Chydenius

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Anticipating The Wealth of Nations

The Selected Works of Anders Chydenius, 1729–1803

By: Anders Chydenius

The book consists of eleven of the most important writings of Anders Chydenius, an eighteenth century pioneer of freedom and democracy. Thematically they touch upon subject areas such as the freedom of trade and industry, emigration, the monetary system of the Swedish realm in the eighteenth century, the freedom of the press (or as Chydenius said: the freedom of writing and printing), the freedom of information, the rights of the rural working class and the freedom of religion. The book also includes a comprehensive biography of Chydenius written by Lars Magnusson together with commentaries and explanatory notes to each text.

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1136623507

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Bankrupting Nature

Denying Our Planetary Boundaries

By: Anders Wijkman,Johan Rockström

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Denying Our Planetary Boundaries

By: Anders Wijkman,Johan Rockström

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Come On!

Capitalism, Short-termism, Population and the Destruction of the Planet

By: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker,Anders Wijkman

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Capitalism, Short-termism, Population and the Destruction of the Planet

By: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker,Anders Wijkman

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