Rather than making ever larger political unions, in the mistaken belief that this will bring peace and security, we should minimise the aggregation of power by returning to a patchwork of small, relatively powerless states, where leaders are accessible to and responsive to the people.
Inside The Green Economy - Promises and Pitfalls
By Thomas Fatheuer, Lili Fuhr and Barbara UnmuessigThis book puts the Green Economy to the test, its promises, consequences and blind spots.
- Can efficiency be a solution if it results in more consumption?
- Can we save nature by putting a price on the services it provides?
- Should we rely on technological solutions to save us?
Contributions Towards a Sustainable World - In Dialogue with Klaus Topfer
Edited by Falk Schmidt and Nick NuttallParks are key to the protection of nature and the to the conservation of cultural landscapes, but increasingly, they promote sustainable development.
9783865814791 | Published: April 2016 | Oekom
9780857843876 | Published: April 2016 | Oekom
Future of Food - State of the Art, Challenges and Options for Action
By Stephan Albrecht, Reiner Braun, Zoe Heuschkel, Francisco Marí and Julia PippigSustainable Food Case studies from around the world
9783865814197 | Published: April 2016 | Oekom
9780857843906 | Published: November 2013 | Oekom
The Nature of Sustainable Consumption and How To Achieve It - Results from the Focal Topic “From Knowledge to Action – New Paths towards Sustainable Consumption"
Edited by Rico Defila, Antonietta Di Giulio and Ruth Kaufmann- HayozThe impact of need and consumer behaviour on sustainable consumption.
9783865813022 | Published: April 2016 | Oekom
9780857843852 | Published: April 2016 | Oekom
The Politics of Sufficiency - Making It Easier To Live The Good Life
By Uwe Schneidewind and Angelika ZahrntThis book outlines a politics of sufficiency that will make it easier to live with fewer resources but with stronger relationships, enabling us to reduce the speed, complexity, clutter and commercialization currently blighting our lives.
Poverty Reduction through Social Business? - Lessons Learnt from Grameen Joint Ventures in Bangladesh
By Kerstin Maria HumbergNobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus and founder of Grameen Bank proposes a route out of poverty in this insightful work.
Irene Schoene puts forward an alternative economics that is not only relevant to our modern world of technology and industry, but which also shows an awareness of environmental considerations.
Beyond Flying - Rethinking air travel in a globally connected world
By Chris Watson Edited by Chris Watson With Chris Brazier, Rob Hopkins, Saci Lloyd, John Stewart, Kevin Anderson, Kate Andrews, Tom Bennion, Susan Krumdieck, Ed Gillespie, Adam Weymouth, Lowanna Doye and Nic SetonFourteen authors from around the world share their stories about how they came to the conclusion that reducing their air travel was necessary to avoid playing their part in climate change.
Changeology - How to enable groups, communities and societies to do things they’ve never done before
By Les RobinsonChangeology is about influencing the behaviour of human beings for the better. The book simplifies a vast body of theory and practice into six principles: buzz, hope, enabling environments, sticky solutions, ‘can do’ and the right inviter. These are explained with fascinating real-life stories and a look at the hard evidence.
Sustainability - A Cultural History reassesses the concept of sustainability using a range of fascinating historical instances of its application. The author considers the vision of Hans Carl von Carlowitz, and the journey takes in Francis of Assisi‘s thirteenth-century Canticle of the Sun, as well as Greek philosophers and Enlightenment scholars.
This book sets out a new business paradigm. Giles Hutchins presents the challenges to the prevailing ‘business as usual’ model, explains the pressing need for transformational change, and reveals the concepts and mindsets necessary to inspire the businesses of tomorrow.
Future Money explains how our money system is propelling us toward the self-destruction of our species – and what we should do about it. Future Money shows how our money system operates and could be reformed so it acts for the benefit of people and society rather than the opposite, and describes the obstacles that currently prevent that reform.