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Jackson, Tim, "An Economic Reality Check"
Tim Jackson delivers a piercing challenge to established economic principles, explaining how we might stop feeding the crises and start investing in our future.
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The Geopolitics of Difference: Geographical Indications and Biocultural Otherness in the New Europe
This essay focuses on the intersection between biocultural diversity and markets by examining the application of Geographical Indications (GIs) in East European contexts as methods for protection of local culinary diversity.
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The AC Electrical Grid: Transitions into the Twenty-First Century
This essay discusses the history and future of the AC electrical grid. The article argues that the DC power generation and distribution pioneered by Edison can make a comeback.
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Animal Pasts, Humanised Futures: Living with Big Wild Animals in an Emerging Economy
This article looks at India’s colonial history and the effect that recent economic and political changes have had on the country’s relationship with wild animals.
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"Let the Environment Guide our Development"
Johan Rockstrom works to redefine sustainability, and identifies nine “planetary boundaries” that can guide us in protecting our planet’s many overlapping ecosystems.
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The River Runs Black. The Environmental Challenge to China's Future
In The River Runs Black, Elizabeth C. Economy examines China’s growing environmental crisis and its implications for the country’s future development.
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State of the World 2008: Innovations for a Sustainable Economy
In State of the World 2008: Innovations for a Sustainable Economy, researchers with the Worldwatch Institute and other leading experts highlight an array of economic innovations that offer new opportunities for long-term prosperity.
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State of the World 2009: Into a Warming World
State of the World 2009: Into a Warming World examines the policy changes needed to combat climate change and explores the economic benefits that could flow from the transition.
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State of the World 2010: Transforming Cultures: From Consumerism to Sustainability
In State of the World 2010: Transforming Cultures, sixty renowned researchers and practitioners describe how we can harness the world’s leading institutions—education, the media, business, governments, traditions, and social movements—to reorient cultures toward sustainability.
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State of the World 2012: Moving Toward Sustainable Prosperity
State of the World 2012: Moving Toward Sustainable Prosperity showcases creative policies and fresh approaches that are advancing sustainable development in the twenty-first century.