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1 online resource : text file, PDF |
| Contents |
Chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 A Sand County Almanac Aldo Leopold (1949) -- chapter 2 Silent Spring Rachel Carson (1962) -- chapter 3 Unsafe At Any Speed Ralph Nader (1965) -- chapter 4 The Population Bomb Paul L. Ehrlich (1968) -- chapter 5 Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth R. Buckminster Fuller (1969) -- chapter 6 The Limits to Growth Donella H. Meadows, Dennis L. Meadows, / Jørgen Randers and William W. Behrens III (1972) -- chapter 7 Small Is Beautiful E.F. Schumacher (1973) -- chapter 8 Gaia James Lovelock (1979) -- chapter 9 The Turning Point Fritjof Capra (1982) -- chapter 10 Our Common Future ('The Brundtland Report') World Commission on Environment and Development (1987) -- chapter 11 The Dream of the Earth Thomas Berry (1988) -- chapter 12 A Fate Worse Than Debt Susan George (1988) -- chapter 13 Staying Alive Vandana Shiva (1989) -- chapter 14 Blueprint for a Green Economy David Pearce, Anil Markandya and / Edward B. Barbier (1989) -- chapter 15 For the Common Good Herman Daly and John B. Cobb Jr (1989) -- chapter 16 Human Scale Development Manfred Max-Neef (1989) -- chapter 17 Changing Course Stephan Schmidheiny and the Business Council for Sustainable Development (BCSD) (1992) -- chapter 18 The Ecology of Commerce Paul Hawken (1993) -- chapter 19 Maverick Ricardo Semler (1993) -- chapter 20 When Corporations Rule the World David C. Korten (1995) -- chapter 21 Biomimicry Janine M. Benyus (1997) -- chapter 22 Cannibals with Forks John Elkington (1997) -- chapter 23 The Hungry Spirit Charles Handy (1997) -- chapter 24 Banker to the Poor Muhammad Yunus (1998) -- chapter 25 The Crisis of Global Capitalism George Soros (1998) -- chapter 26 Factor Four Ernst von Weizsäcker, Amory B. Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins (1998) -- chapter 27 False Dawn John Gray (1998) -- chapter 28 Development as Freedom Amartya Sen (1999) -- chapter 29 No Logo Naomi Klein (1999) -- chapter 30 Natural Capitalism Paul Hawken, Amory B. Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins (1999) -- chapter 31 Business as Unusual Anita Roddick (2000) -- chapter 32 The Mystery of Capital Hernando de Soto (2000) -- chapter 33 The Civil Corporation Simon Zadek (2001) -- chapter 34 Fast Food Nation Eric Schlosser (2001) -- chapter 35 The Skeptical Environmentalist Bjørn Lomborg (2001) -- chapter 36 Cradle to Cradle William McDonough and Michael Braungart (2002) -- chapter 37 Globalization and its Discontents Joseph E. Stiglitz (2002) -- chapter 38 The Corporation Joel Bakan (2004) -- chapter 39 Presence Peter Senge, C. Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski and / Betty Sue Flowers (2004) -- chapter 40 The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid C.K. Prahalad (2004) -- chapter 41 The River Runs Black Elizabeth C. Economy (2004) -- chapter 42 Capitalism as if the World Matters Jonathon Porritt (2005) -- chapter 43 Capitalism at the Crossroads Stuart L. Hart (2005) -- chapter 44 Collapse Jared Diamond (2005) -- chapter 45 The End of Poverty Jeffrey D. Sachs (2005) -- chapter 46 The Chaos Point Ervin Laszlo (2006) -- chapter 47 Heat George Monbiot (2006) -- chapter 48 An Inconvenient Truth Al Gore (2006) -- chapter 49 When the Rivers Run Dry Fred Pearce (2006) -- chapter 50 The Economics of Climate Change Nicholas Stern (2007) |
| Summary |
"This unique title draws together in one volume some of the best thinking to date on the pressing social and environmental challenges we face as a society. These are the Top 50 Sustainability Books as voted for by the University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership's alumni network of over 3,000 senior leaders from around the world. In addition to profiles of all 50 titles, many of the authors share their most recent reflections on the state of the world and the ongoing attempts by business, government and civil society to create a more sustainable future. Many of these authors have become household names in the environmental, social and economic justice movements from Rachel Carson, Ralph Nader and E.F. Schumacher to Vandana Shiva, Muhammad Yunus and Al Gore. Others, such as Aldo Leopold, Thomas Berry and Manfred Max-Neef, are relatively undiscovered gems, whose work should be much more widely known. By featuring these and other seminal thinkers, The Top 50 Sustainability Books distils a remarkable collective intelligence one that provides devastating evidence of the problems we face as a global society, yet also inspiring examples of innovative solutions; it explores our deepest fears and our highest hopes for the future. It is a must-read for anyone who wants to tap into the wisdom of our age."--Provided by publisher |
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Sustainability -- Bibliography
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Sustainable development -- Bibliography
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Business Ethics.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Sustainable Development.
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Sustainability
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Sustainable development
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| Genre/Form |
Bibliographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1351279076 |
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9781351279079 |
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