Tim Jackson examines the influence of the Darwinian metaphor “the struggle for existence” on a variety of scientific theories which inform our current understanding of the prospects for sustainable development.
Anja Nygren analyses the social and political discourses related to environment and sustainable development in Costa Rica.
John M. Francis discusses nature conservation and the precautionary principle.
Philip Sarre argues that new environmental values are needed as the advanced industrial economy becomes global.
Nigel Dower discusses human development in relation to environmental ethics.
Herman Daly, Michael Jacobs, and Henryk Skolimowski respond to Wilfred Beckerman’s article “Sustainable Development: Is it a Useful Concept?” Environmental Values 3, 3 (1994): 191–209.
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.
This article looks at the discovery and storming of the Americas in relation to narratives of sustainability.
This study brings together research in a variety of disciplines to reconstruct the history of mining in Schwaz, Tirol.
Kelly Parker examines several kinds of growth, seeking to identify a sustainable form which could be adopted as normative for human society.
