economy

First published in 1977, Steady-State Economics caused a sensation because of Herman E. Daly’s radical view that “enough is best.”

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.

Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution reveals how today’s global businesses can be both environmentally responsible and highly profitable.

The Ecology of Commerce outlines the environmentally destructive aspects of many current business practices, and offers the vision of businesses adopting new practices to promote environmental restoration.

In State of the World 2013: Is Sustainability Still Possible?, scientists, policy experts, and thought leaders attempt to restore the meaning to sustainability as more than just a marketing tool.

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.

The 2014 edition, marking the Institute’s fortieth anniversary, examines both barriers to responsible political and economic governance as well as gridlock-shattering new ideas.

In The River Runs Black, Elizabeth C. Economy examines China’s growing environmental crisis and its implications for the country’s future development.

Johan Rockstrom works to redefine sustainability, and identifies nine “planetary boundaries” that can guide us in protecting our planet’s many overlapping ecosystems.

In their article, John O’Neill and Clive L. Splash analyse how local processes of envrionmental decision-making can enter into good policy-making processes.