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.
This article argues that in a risky world and a risk-averse society even under the assumptions of weak sustainability the circumstances under which different forms of capital may be substituted are limited.
This paper discusses one especially vigorous wing of the satoyama revitalization movement in Japan: the mobilization to recreate forests that produce highly valued matsutake mushrooms.
Self-sufficiency has become a dominant priority of rural sustainability in Japan. The paper examines a community mapping initiative that empowers regional residents to rediscover the character of their depleted surroundings.
In this article, Baylor L. Johnson argues that in a tragedy of the commons there is no reasonable expectation that individual, voluntary action will succeed.
This paper examines the social implications of sustainable consumption through an empirical study of a local organic food initiative.
Joachim Schuetz argues that sustainability should be interpreted as a quest for conscious adoption of a global systems identity.
Anja Nygren analyses the social and political discourses related to environment and sustainable development in Costa Rica.
Giuseppe Munda presents a systematic discussion, mainly for non-economists, on economic approaches to the concept of sustainable development.
I.G. Simmons examines the basic thesis that environmental values must spring from the economic relations of human societies.
