A Sustainable Economy For The 21st Century

Author : Juliet Schor
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781609803094

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A Sustainable Economy for the 21st Century by Juliet Schor Pdf

In this groundbreaking pamphlet, Juliet Schor, author of The Overworked American, examines how Americans can begin making the shift away from a resource-destructive society to one that values the environment, community, and quality of life above business and profit. She a traces back how after W.W.II, Americans had hoped that technology and social investment would yield shorter work weeks, more pay, and complete healthcare. Instead, we work more, get paid less, and maintain an indecent adult minimum wage. Where did we go wrong? Schor's pamphlet charts an economic vision based that aims to reduce work hours, increase leisure, create new work schedules that are not operating on a "male" model of employment, create green quotas and industry-wide environmental standards, alternative housing and transportation, raise minimum wage, restructure labor relations, change corporate culture, and promote social accountability. The pamphlet "sets the guideposts," writes Noam Chomsky, "for constructive thinking and action to save our country from becoming a plaything for investors and transnational corporations, and to place its fate in the hands of its citizens."

Author : Juliet Schor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Sustainable development
ISBN : 1884519113

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A Sustainable Economy for the 21st Century by Juliet Schor Pdf

Author : Keith Skene,Alan Murray
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351286183

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Sustainable Economics by Keith Skene,Alan Murray Pdf

This book marks a milestone in Economics publishing. Sustainable Economics is *the* subject of the moment, as businesses across the globe face up to peak oil prices, climate instability, increasingly complex environmental legislation and the challenge of adapting to a new business landscape. Sustainable Economics: Context, Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st Century Practitioner debugs the language of sustainable development. It explores the strengths and weaknesses of the many and diverse schools of thought. The book enables the modern business student and practitioner to disentangle the complex, often convoluted debate relating to sustainability, and it provides the tools necessary to lead their organizations through the murky waters of current times and prepare for the challenges of the future. Eschewing the linear – take, make and waste – approach of current business and manufacturing thinking, this book revisits the ecological models underpinning recent economic sustainability theory, and re-examines the consequences of modern ecological thought upon business strategies relating to sustainability. A chapter is also dedicated to the "circular economy", already in common parlance at policy levels in the UK, and notably in China and other developing countries.Packed with the most recent research papers, Sustainable Economics is an essential resource for the 21st-century business practitioner and legislator.The book is supported with a large array of teaching and learning material, for both formal and informal use, ranging from role play to data analysis which are available on request with the purchase of this book.

Author : Michael Carley,Phillipe Spapens
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351548762

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Sharing the World by Michael Carley,Phillipe Spapens Pdf

This work proposes a framework based on the concept of a fair distribution of environmental space to include the diverse needs of North and South. Drawing on research in 38 countries, it aims to give an equitable basis for global development in order to achieve sustainable consumption by the year 2050. The environmental space approach seeks to explain the limitations of the global market economy as a tool of development and to give us the means to alter it in order to achieve a genuine quality of life, rather than simple economic growth. In addition, this book seeks to urge all countries and peoples to consider and evaluate the environmental space approach and to join in a movement towards sustainable production and consumption for the 21st century.

Author : Chris Turner
Publisher : Random House Canada
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780307359247

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The Leap by Chris Turner Pdf

The revolutionary follow-up to Chris Turner's Governor General's Literary Award and National Business Book Award nominee, The Geography of Hope. The most vital project of the twenty-first century is a shift from our unsustainable way of life to a sustainable one--a great lateral leap from a track headed for economic and ecological disaster to one bound for renewed prosperity. In The Leap, Chris Turner presents a field guide to making that jump, drawing on recent breakthroughs in state-of-the-art renewable energy, cleantech and urban design. From the solar towers of sunny Spain to the bike paths and pedestrianized avenues of the world's most livable city--Copenhagen, Denmark--to the nascent "green-collar" economies rejuvenating the former East Germany and the American Rust Belt, he paints a vivid portrait of a new, sustainable world order already up and running. In his 2007 book, The Geography of Hope, Chris Turner wrote about an emerging world of cleantech possibility. This led to a two-year stint as sustainability columnist for the Globe and Mail, during which many of the fringe developments covered in his book became vital. By the time those two years were up his reporting tracks were being retraced by mainstream outlets like the New York Times. In The Leap, he once again charts the world's near-future course.

Author : Mohan Munasinghe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 689 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108404150

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Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century by Mohan Munasinghe Pdf

Provides a rigorous analysis of sustainable development that includes practical, policy-relevant, global case studies, explained concisely and clearly.

Author : Dexter Colboyd Dunphy
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1865082287

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Sustainability by Dexter Colboyd Dunphy Pdf

framework of principles and practices.

Author : Brian Hurley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1682850447

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Sustainable Strategies for Business and Economic Development in the 21st Century by Brian Hurley Pdf

Human activities like business have a tremendous impact on the ecology. The role of sustainable business set-ups is to keep a check on these ecological impacts. This book is intended to serve as a valuable reference on all topics concerned with business and economic sustainability. It is a collective contribution of internationally renowned experts of this discipline encompassing a wide gamut of topics in a coherent manner. Some of the topics that have been covered include techniques to minimize environmental impact, strategies for corporate sustainability, corporate social responsibility, etc. This book is highly recommended for students, academicians and professionals pursuing economics and allied fields of study.

Author : John W. Day,Charles Hall
Publisher : Springer
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781493932436

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America’s Most Sustainable Cities and Regions by John W. Day,Charles Hall Pdf

This book takes you on a unique journey through American history, taking time to consider the forces that shaped the development of various cities and regions, and arrives at an unexpected conclusion regarding sustainability. From the American Dream to globalization to the digital and information revolutions, we assume that humans have taken control of our collective destinies in spite of potholes in the road such as the Great Recession of 2007-2009. However, these attitudes were formed during a unique 100-year period of human history in which a large but finite supply of fossil fuels was tapped to feed our economic and innovation engine. Today, at the peak of the Oil Age, the horizon looks different. Cities such as Los Angeles, Phoenix and Las Vegas are situated where water and other vital ecological services are scarce, and the enormous flows of resources and energy that were needed to create the megalopolises of the 20th century will prove unsustainable. Climate change is a reality, and regional impacts will become increasingly severe. Economies such as Las Vegas, which are dependent on discretionary income and buffeted by climate change, are already suffering the fate of the proverbial canary in the coal mine. Finite resources will mean profound changes for society in general and the energy-intensive lifestyles of the US and Canada in particular. But not all regions are equally vulnerable to these 21st-century megatrends. Are you ready to look beyond “America’s Most Livable Cities” to the critical factors that will determine the sustainability of your municipality and region? Find out where your city or region ranks according to the forces that will impact our lives in the next years and decades. Find out how: ·resource availability and ecological services shaped the modern landscape ·emerging megatrends will make cities and regions more or less livable in the new century ·your city or region ranks on a “sustainability” map of the United States ·urban metabolism puts large cities at particular risk ·sustainability factors will favor economic solutions at a local, rather than global, level ·these principles apply to industrial economies and countries globally. This book should be cited as follows: J. Day, C. Hall, E. Roy, M. Moersbaecher, C. D'Elia, D. Pimentel, and A. Yanez. 2016. America's most sustainable cities and regions: Surviving the 21st century megatrends. Springer, New York. 348 p.

Author : Juliet Schor,Betsy Taylor
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2003-01-20
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0807004553

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Sustainable Planet by Juliet Schor,Betsy Taylor Pdf

Can we find ways of living that are sustainable and deeply satisfying, that ensure economic and political democracy, and are passionate about beauty, elegant design, and the wildness of nature? The contributors to Sustainable Planet say we can, and offer 16 remarkable visions of how to get from here to there, including: * Specific proposals from citizen and labor coalitions that articulate a positive alternative to the free-trade model of globalization * The emergence of local food systems that allow us to eat fresher, better tasting food while protecting family farms and conserving the environment * New thinking about industrial design and engineering that is leading to production systems which generate no waste * How we might create a fashion industry that weds aesthetic pleasure with social justice * Five economic policy recommendations that could move us toward a sustainable economy * What you can do to create a real sense of community where you live * A road map for building the political will to change the system before it's too late. This anthology grew out of the work of the Center for a New American Dream (CNAD), a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping Americans change the way they consume to improve quality of life, protect the environment, and promote social justice.

Author : María José Bastante-Ceca,Jose Luis Fuentes-Bargues,Levente Hufnagel,Florin-Constantin Mihai,Corneliu Iatu
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781789849769

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Sustainability Assessment at the 21st century by María José Bastante-Ceca,Jose Luis Fuentes-Bargues,Levente Hufnagel,Florin-Constantin Mihai,Corneliu Iatu Pdf

The sustainability of the human society is endangered by the global human-ecological crisis, which consists of many global problems that are closely related to each other. In this phenomenon, the global population explosion has a central role, because more people have a larger ecological footprint, a larger consumption, more intensive pollution, and a larger emission of carbon dioxide through their activities.This book presents the current state of sustainability and intends to provide the reader with a critical perspective of how the 21st century societies must change their development model facing the new challenges (internet of things, industry 4.0, smart cities, circular economy, sustainable agriculture, etc.), in order to achieve a more liveable world.

Author : Michael Harrison Smith
Publisher : Earthscan
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849773133

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The Natural Advantage of Nations by Michael Harrison Smith Pdf

This book is more than just a 'palliative care' guide for the planet - it is about innovation, solutions, competitiveness and profitability. At work, at home and as members of society, our generation has an opportunity - to be part of the obligation - and an exciting solution in restoring the balance. The authors present a bold vision for the future and demonstrate how we can get there, drawing on lessons of competitive advantage theory and the latest in sustainability, economics, innovation, business and governance theory and practice. The result is nothing less than the most authoritative and comprehensive guide to date, to building the new ecologically sustainable economy. For further information about The Natural Edge Project and to view the book's online companion, visit www.naturaledgeproject.net.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1998-01-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264174283

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Sustainable Development OECD Policy Approaches for the 21st Century by OECD Pdf

This publication provides an overview and analysis of trends in Sustainable Development and identifies policy gaps and trade-offs that have been encountered and points to future options.

Author : Pardeep Singh,Pramit Verma,Daniela Perrotti,K.K. Srivastava
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128223659

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Environmental Sustainability and Economy by Pardeep Singh,Pramit Verma,Daniela Perrotti,K.K. Srivastava Pdf

Environmental Sustainability and Economy contains the latest practical and theoretical concepts of sustainability science and economic growth. It includes the latest research on sustainable development, the impact of pollution due to economic activities, energy policies and consumption influencing growth and environment, waste management and recycling, circular economy, and climate change impacts on both the environment and the economy. The 21st century has seen the rise of complex and multi-dimensional pathways between different aspects of sustainability. Due to globalization, these relationships now work at varying spatiotemporal scales resulting in global and regional dynamics. This book explores the complex relationship between sustainable development and economic growth, linking the environmental and social aspects with the economic pillar of sustainable development. Utilizing global case studies and interdisciplinary perspectives, Environmental Sustainability and Economy provides a comprehensive account of sustainable development and the economics of environmental protection studies with a focus on the environmental, geographical, economic, anthropogenic and social-ecological environment. Includes extensive interdisciplinary coverage, including intersectional topics such as environmental pollution and economic growth, resource utilization and circular economy, climate change and emissions, and sustainable solutions and green behavior Discusses market innovations and strategies through the lens of global case studies in sustainability and economic growth Bridges the gap between environmental studies and economics to reflect sustainable practices for enhancing environmental protection in response to climate change

Author : Jennifer Moore Bernstein,Robert O. Vos
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781789730999

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SDG12 - Sustainable Consumption and Production by Jennifer Moore Bernstein,Robert O. Vos Pdf

This book takes a wide-ranging and non-dogmatic view of SDG12, tackling various approaches as to how production and consumption can provide for human well-being while minimizing destructive effects on the biophysical environment.