The Economy Of The Earth

Author : Mark Sagoff
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1139468006

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The Economy of the Earth by Mark Sagoff Pdf

Mark Sagoff draws on the last twenty years of debate over the foundations of environmentalism in this comprehensive revision of The Economy of the Earth. Posing questions pertinent to consumption, cost-benefit analysis, the normative implications of neo-Darwinism, the role of the natural in national history, and the centrality of the concept of place in environmental ethics, he analyses social policy in relation to the environment, pollution, the workplace, and public safely and health. Sagoff distinguishes ethical from economic questions and explains which kinds of concepts, arguments, and processes are appropriate to each. He offers a critique 'preference' and 'willingness to pay' as measures of value in environmental economics and defends political, cultural, aesthetic, and ethical reasons to protect the natural environment.

Author : Lester R. Brown
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134205264

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Eco-Economy by Lester R. Brown Pdf

In 1543, Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus challenged the view that the sun revolved around the earth, arguing instead that the earth revolved around the sun. His paper led to a revolution in thinking. In Lester Brown's brilliant and invigorating account of the industrial economy, he shows how a rethink of its fossil fuel-based, throwaway ethos is necessary to ensure that it works with, not against, the natural environment. The issue now is whether the environment is part of the economy or the economy is part of the environment. Brown argues the latter, pointing out that treating the environment as part of the economy has produced an economy that is destroying its natural support systems. One of the foremost experts on the new economic opportunities, Brown shows the vast economic potential and environmental gains that exist from eliminating the waste and destruction of current consumption. He describes how the global economy can be restructured to make it compatible with the earth's ecosystem so that economic progress can continue, with high standards of living and secure employment for all, while conserving resources and restoring the environment. In the new economy, wind farms replace coal mines, hydrogen-powered fuel cells replace internal combustion engines, and cities are designed for people, not cars. Eco-Economy is a map of how to get from here to there. It is an essential guide to the economy of the 21st century and will be compelling reading for business readers and environmentalists alike looking for ways to build a better future.

Author : Daniel J. Fiorino
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
ISBN : 9780190605803

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A Good Life on a Finite Earth by Daniel J. Fiorino Pdf

Worlds colliding -- What is green growth? -- Ecology and economy : partners or antagonists? -- Ecological governance -- Inequality and green growth -- The green growth policy agenda -- Prospects and politics in the US -- Can change happen?

Author : Peter Brown,Peter G. Brown,Geoffrey Garver
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2009-02-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781576758557

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Right Relationship by Peter Brown,Peter G. Brown,Geoffrey Garver Pdf

Our current economic system is unsustainable. Its fundamental elements, unlimited growth, and endless wealth accumulation fly in the face of the fact that the Earth's resources are clearly finite. In this work, the authors offer a comprehensive new economic model.

Author : Lester Brown
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781136540752

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World on the Edge by Lester Brown Pdf

In this urgent time, World on the Edge calls out the pivotal environmental issues and how to solve them now. We are in a race between political and natural tipping points. Can we close coal-fired power plants fast enough to save the Greenland ice sheet and avoid catastrophic sea level rise? Can we raise water productivity fast enough to halt the depletion of aquifers and avoid water-driven food shortages? Can we cope with peak water and peak oil at the same time? These are some of the issues Lester R. Brown skilfully distils in World on the Edge. Bringing decades of research and analysis into play, he provides the responses needed to reclaim our future.

Author : Gaylord Nelson,Susan M. Campbell,Paul A. Wozniak
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2002-11-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780299180430

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Beyond Earth Day by Gaylord Nelson,Susan M. Campbell,Paul A. Wozniak Pdf

Gaylord Nelson’s legacy is known and respected throughout the world. He was a founding father of the modern environmental movement and creator of one of the most influential public awareness campaigns ever undertaken on behalf of global environmental stewardship: Earth Day. Nelson died in 2005, but his message in this book is still timely and urgent, delivered with the same eloquence with which he articulated the nation’s environmental ills throughout the decades. He details the planet’s most critical concerns—from species and habitat losses to global climate change and population growth. In outlining strategies for planetary health, Nelson inspires citizens to reassert environmentalism as a national priority. Included in this reprint is a new preface by Gaylord Nelson’s daughter, Tia Nelson.

Author : Patrick U. Petit
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781412844383

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Earth Capitalism by Patrick U. Petit Pdf

Today a deepening global recession is causing economic hardships for all kinds of businesses. Earth Capitalism attributes the crisis to inappropriate macroeconomic policies and excessive expansion of financial institutions in blind pursuit of profit, lack of self-discipline among financial institutions, and the failure of supervision and regulation to keep up with financial innovations. Collectively, these are some of the main causes of the current global economic malaise. Petit argues that human greed and insatiability are the true source of disparities around the world. Greed is the reason why we are depleting the Earth’s natural resources and destroying its ecosystems. He argues that instead, a good life should be based on balanced give-and-take. When we take something from society or the Earth, we have to maintain a balance by giving something equivalent back. Happiness is founded on gratitude for what one has, and one should engage in an overall appraisal of life, not what one lacks. He believes the same principle should be applied to management of the Earth’s natural resources and goods. The current global crisis impels us to create a responsible capitalism, one that benefits all living beings on this planet. It reminds us to live a simpler life based on true well-being and life-satisfaction, but simple living is not about living in poverty. As its subtitle suggests, Earth Capitalism’s contributors present leading edge economic concepts, business models, and best practices that show the path toward creation of responsible capitalism—a viable scenario emerging from the current global economic and financial crisis.

Author : Ryan David Kiggins
Publisher : Springer
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137364241

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The Political Economy of Rare Earth Elements by Ryan David Kiggins Pdf

The contributors argue that rare earths are essential to the information technology revolution on which humans have come to depend for communication, commerce, and, increasingly, engage in conflict. They demonstrate that rare earths are a strategic commodity over which political actors will and do struggle for control.

Author : Donnie Maclurcan,Jennifer Hinton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0990369005

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How on Earth by Donnie Maclurcan,Jennifer Hinton Pdf

In fact, many not-for-profit (NFP) enterprises are now outperforming their for-profit counterparts - connected to a process described by economic theorist Jeremy Rifkin as the eclipse of capitalism . In the U.S., for example, credit unions offer their 96 million members consistently higher returns on deposits, lower loan rates and, since the beginning of the 2008 financial crisis, have increased their total assets by 30%, compared to a 6.5% increase by for-profit banks during the same period. Indeed, not-for-profit entities have marked advantages in terms of finance, human resources, productivity, innovation, governance, value creation and market reputation. The rise of NFP business provides the first real opportunity to address the dual crises of our time. Financial inequality, as shown in economist Thomas Piketty s recent work, is an inherent tendency of capitalism.^

Author : The World Bank
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1464817499

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The Economic Case for Nature by The World Bank Pdf

The Economic Case for Nature

Author : David C. Korten
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781626562929

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Change the Story, Change the Future by David C. Korten Pdf

The international bestselling author of When Corporations Rule the World shares a vital new vision for changing humanity’s self-destructive course. We humans live by stories, says David Korten, and the stories that now govern our society have set us on a self-destructive path. In Change the Story, Change the Future, Korten offers a new story that lets us reimagine society and navigate the critical needs of our time. Korten calls our current story Sacred Money and Markets. Money, it tells us, is the measure of all worth and the source of all happiness, while inequality and environmental destruction are unfortunate but unavoidable. Although many recognize that this story promotes bad ethics, bad science, and bad economics, it will remain our guiding story until replaced by one that aligns with our deepest understanding of the universe and our relationship to it. To guide our path to a viable human future, Korten offers a story he calls Sacred Life and Living Earth. It is grounded in a cosmology that affirms we are living beings born of a living Earth itself born of a living universe. Our health and well-being therefore depend on an economy that works in partnership with the Earth's community of life. Offering a hopeful vision, Korten lays out the transformative impact adopting this story will have on every aspect of human life and society.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:760418132

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The Limits to Growth by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lester R.
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Environmental economics
ISBN : 8125022031

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Eco-Economy:Building An Economy For The Earth by Lester R. Pdf

Eco-Economy discusses the need for a dramatic shift in our worldview by asking the urgent question: Is the environment part of the economy or the economy part of the environment? Lester Brown argues the latter, pointing out that treating the environment as part of the economy has produced an economy that is destroying its natural support system. In this book, Brown describes how to restructure the global economy to make it compatible with the earth s eco-system so that economic progress can continue.

Author : Edward Barbier
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-31
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
ISBN : 9781108830829

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Economics for a Fragile Planet by Edward Barbier Pdf

As global environmental challenges mount, this book offers a policy blueprint for building a safer, sustainable and more inclusive world.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Earth Sciences and Resources,Committee on Earth Resources,Committee on Critical Mineral Impacts of the U.S. Economy
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008-03-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780309112826

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Minerals, Critical Minerals, and the U.S. Economy by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Earth Sciences and Resources,Committee on Earth Resources,Committee on Critical Mineral Impacts of the U.S. Economy Pdf

Minerals are part of virtually every product we use. Common examples include copper used in electrical wiring and titanium used to make airplane frames and paint pigments. The Information Age has ushered in a number of new mineral uses in a number of products including cell phones (e.g., tantalum) and liquid crystal displays (e.g., indium). For some minerals, such as the platinum group metals used to make cataytic converters in cars, there is no substitute. If the supply of any given mineral were to become restricted, consumers and sectors of the U.S. economy could be significantly affected. Risks to minerals supplies can include a sudden increase in demand or the possibility that natural ores can be exhausted or become too difficult to extract. Minerals are more vulnerable to supply restrictions if they come from a limited number of mines, mining companies, or nations. Baseline information on minerals is currently collected at the federal level, but no established methodology has existed to identify potentially critical minerals. This book develops such a methodology and suggests an enhanced federal initiative to collect and analyze the additional data needed to support this type of tool.