{"product_id":"9789814546904","title":"Creating a Sustainable and Desirable Future: Insights from 45 Global Thought Leaders","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe major challenge for the current generation of mankind is to develop a shared vision of a future that is both desirable to the vast majority of humanity and ecologically sustainable. \u003ci\u003eCreating a Sustainable and Desirable Future\u003c\/i\u003e offers a broad, critical discussion on what such a future should or can be, with global perspectives written by some of the world's leading thinkers, including: Wendell Berry, Van Jones, Frances Moore Lappe, Peggy Liu, Hunter Lovins, Gus Speth, Bill McKibben, and many more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy We Need Visions of a Sustainable and Desirable World \u003ci\u003e(Robert Costanza and Ida Kubiszewski)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnvisioning a Sustainable World \u003ci\u003e(Donella Meadows)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy Everyone Should Be a Futurist? \u003ci\u003e(William S Becker)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThink Like an Ecosystem, See Solutions \u003ci\u003e(Frances Moore Lappé)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFuture Histories: Descriptions of a Sustainable and Desirable Future and How We Got There:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat Would a Sustainable and Desirable Economy-in-Society-in-Nature Look Like? \u003ci\u003e(Robert Costanza, Gar Alperovitz, Herman Daly, Joshua Farley, Carol Franco, Tim Jackson, Ida Kubiszewski, Juliet Schor, and Peter Victor)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVision Statement for the Planet in 2050 \u003ci\u003e(Ajay Bhave, Silvia Ceausu, Anand Deshmukh, Jessica Jewell, Wayne Pan, and Jana Timm)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScenes from the Great Transition \u003ci\u003e(Paul D Raskin)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnvironmental History Exam 2052: The Last Half-Century \u003ci\u003e(Les W Kuzyk)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Virtual Visit to a Sustainable 2050 \u003ci\u003e(Robert Costanza)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReflections on a Life Lived Well and Wisely \u003ci\u003e(Joshua Farley)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Great Turnaround: How Natural Capital Entered the Economy? \u003ci\u003e(Ronald Colman)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow New Zealand Became a Green Leader? \u003ci\u003e(John Peet)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe New New York: 2050 \u003ci\u003e(Barbara Elizabeth Stewart)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePieces of the Puzzle: Elements of the World We Want:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSustainability and Happiness: A Development Philosophy for Bhutan and the World \u003ci\u003e(Jigmi Y Thinley)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlourishing as a Goal of International Policy \u003ci\u003e(Martin Seligman)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat Else? \u003ci\u003e(Wendell Berry)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLet Us Envision Gender Equality: Nothing Else is Working \u003ci\u003e(Jane Roberts)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnother World: Finally Her(e) \u003ci\u003e(Kavita N Ramdas and Jamie Querubin)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolicy Reform to 350 \u003ci\u003e(Bill McKibben)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Great Transition to 350 \u003ci\u003e(Dylan Walsh and Tess Croner)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn Baselines That Need Shifting \u003ci\u003e(Daniel Pauly)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Future of Roads: No Driving, No Emissions, Nature Reconnected \u003ci\u003e(Richard T T Forman and Daniel Sperling)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe New Security \u003ci\u003e(Gary Hart)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreen Accounting: Balancing Environment and Economy \u003ci\u003e(Peter Bartelmus)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Vision of America the Possible \u003ci\u003e(James Gustave Speth)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGetting There:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Way Forward: Survival 2100 \u003ci\u003e(William E Rees)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn Integrating Story for a Sustainable Future \u003ci\u003e(Mary Evelyn Tucker and Brian Thomas Swimme)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt Is Time to Fight the Status Quo \u003ci\u003e(Bill McKibben)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCan We Avoid the Perfect Storm? \u003ci\u003e(David W Orr)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSustainable Shrinkage: Envisioning a Smaller, Stronger Economy \u003ci\u003e(Ernest Callenbach)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to Apply Resilience Thinking: In Australia and Beyond? \u003ci\u003e(Brian Walker)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEndangered Elements: Conserving the Building Blocks of Life \u003ci\u003e(Penny D Sackett)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWell-Being, Sufficiency, and Work-Time Reduction \u003ci\u003e(Anders Hayden)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMillennium Consumption Goals (MCGs) at Rio+20: A Practical Step Toward Global Sustainability \u003ci\u003e(Mohan Munasinghe)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHappiness and Psychological Well-Being: Building Human Capital to Benefit Individuals and Society \u003ci\u003e(George W Burns)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTime for a Bold Vision: A New, Green Economy \u003ci\u003e(Van Jones)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA World That Works for All \u003ci\u003e(L Hunter Lovins)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFighting Poverty by Healing the Environment \u003ci\u003e(Christine Loh)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRe-Engineering the Planet: Three Steps to a Sustainable Free-Market Economy \u003ci\u003e(Eckart Wintzen)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRaising Gross National Happiness through Agroforestry \u003ci\u003e(Pahuna Sharma-Laden and Croix Thompson)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilding Bridges between Science and Policy to Achieve Sustainability \u003ci\u003e(Katherine Richardson and Ole Wæver)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBringing Mozart to the Masses: Venezuela's Music Revolution \u003ci\u003e(Maria Páez Victor)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreating the Schools of the Future: Education for a Sustainable Society \u003ci\u003e(Peter M Senge)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Values-Based Set of Solutions for the Next Generation \u003ci\u003e(Tim Kasser)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeaching a University Course in Sustainable Happiness \u003ci\u003e(Catherine O'Brien)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Time Has Come to Catalyze a Sustainable Consumerism Movement \u003ci\u003e(Peggy Liu)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReadership:\u003c\/b\u003e Undergraduates, professionals, researchers, and anyone interested in what a sustainable and desirable future might look like.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47185298981104,"sku":"9789814546904","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789814546904_p0.jpg?v=1763691230","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789814546904","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}