El. knyga: Envisioning a Sustainable and Desirable Future [World Scientific e-book]

Most of the 46 chapters are versions of articles published in Solutions journal, in a regular section on envisioning a future society in which all the correct changes have been made. They are concerned with changing modes of thought and making political and economic changes rather than forecasting some technological fix. Among the topics are think like an ecosystem, a virtual visit to a sustainable 2050, a development philosophy for Bhutan and the world, a vision of America the possible, envisioning a smaller and stronger economy, three steps to a sustainable free-market economy, teaching a university course in sustainable happiness. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

The ever-pressing challenge for the current generation of mankind is to develop a shared vision that is both desirable to the vast majority of humanity and ecologically sustainable. Creating a Sustainable and Desirable Future 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, namely Wendell Berry, Van Jones, Frances Moore Lappe, Peggy Liu, Hunter Lovins and Gus Speth.