Table of Contents
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
About the Editors xv
About the Contributors xvii
Part 1 Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Why We Need Visions of a Sustainable and Desirable World Robert Costanza Ida Kubiszewski 3
Chapter 2 Envisioning a Sustainable World Donella Meadows 9
Chapter 3 Why Everyone Should Be a Futurist? William S. Becker 15
Chapter 4 Think Like an Ecosystem, See Solutions Frances Moore Lappé 23
Part 2 Future Histories: Descriptions of a Sustainable and Desirable Future and How We Got There 31
Chapter 5 What Would a Sustainable and Desirable Economy-in-Society-in-Nature Look Like? Robert Costanza Gar Alperovitz Herman Daly Joshua Farley Carol Franco Tim Jackson Ida Kubiszewski Juliet Schor Peter Victor 33
Chapter 6 Vision Statement for the Planet in 2050 Ajay Bhave Silvia Ceausu Anand Deshmukh Jessica Jewell Wayne Pan Jana Timm 51
Chapter 7 Scenes from the Great Transition Paul D. Raskin 55
Chapter 8 Environmental History Exam 2052: The Last Half-Century Les W. Kuzyk 65
Chapter 9 A Virtual Visit to a Sustainable 2050 Robert Costanza 73
Chapter 10 Reflections on a Life Lived Well and Wisely Joshua Farley 79
Chapter 11 The Great Turnaround: How Natural Capital Entered the Economy? Ronald Colman 85
Chapter 12 How New Zealand Became a Green Leader? John Peet 93
Chapter 13 The New New York: 2050 Barbara Elizabeth Stewart 99
Part 3 Pieces of the Puzzle: Elements of the World We Want 109
Chapter 14 Sustainability and Happiness: A Development Philosophy for Bhutan and the World Jigmi Y. Thinley 111
Chapter 15 Flourishing as a Goal of International Policy Martin Seligman 113
Chapter 16 What Else? Wendell Berry 117
Chapter 17 Let Us Envision Gender Equality: Nothing Else is Working Jane Roberts 121
Chapter 18 Another World: Finally Her(e) Kavita N. Ramdas Jamie Querubin 125
Chapter 19 Policy Reform to 350 Bill McKibben 131
Chapter 20 The Great Transition to 350 Dylan Walsh Tess Croner 135
Chapter 21 On Baselines That Need Shifting Daniel Pauly 139
Chapter 22 The Future of Roads: No Driving. No Emissions, Nature Reconnected Richard T. T. Forman Daniel Sperling 143
Chapter 23 The New Security Gary Hart 171
Chapter 24 Green Accounting: Balancing Environment and Economy Peter Bartelmus 175
Chapter 25 A Vision of America the Possible James Gustave Speth 185
Part 4 Getting There 189
Chapter 26 The Way Forward: Survival 2100 William E. Rees 191
Chapter 27 An Integrating Story for a Sustainable Future Mary Evelyn Tucker Brian Thomas Swimme 201
Chapter 28 It Is Time to Fight the Status Quo Bill McKibben 211
Chapter 29 Can We Avoid the Perfect Storm? David W. Orr 215
Chapter 30 Sustainable Shrinkage: Envisioning a Smaller, Stronger Economy Ernest Callenbach 223
Chapter 31 How to Apply Resilience Thinking: In Australia and Beyond? Brian Walker 233
Chapter 32 Endangered Elements: Conserving the Building Blocks of Life Penny D. Sockett 239
Chapter 33 Well-Being, Sufficiency, and Work-Time Reduction Anders Hoyden 249
Chapter 34 Millennium Consumption Goals (MCGs) at Rio+20: A Practical Step Toward Global Sustainability Mohan Munasinghe 255
Chapter 35 Happiness and Psychological Well-Being: Building Human Capital to Benefit Individuals and Society George W. Burns 263
Chapter 36 Time for a Bold Vision: A New, Green Economy Van Jones 269
Chapter 37 A World That Works for All L. Hunter Lovins 279
Chapter 38 Fighting Poverty by Healing the Environment Christine Loh 293
Chapter 39 Re-Engineering the Planet: Three Steps to a Sustainable Free-Market Economy Eckart Wintzen 299
Chapter 40 Raising Gross National Happiness through Agroforestry Pahuna Shanna-Laden Croix Thompson 305
Chapter 41 Building Bridges between Science and Policy to Achieve Sustainability Katherine Richardson Ole Wæver 309
Chapter 42 Bringing Mozart to the Masses: Venezuela's Music Revolution Maria Páez Victor 317
Chapter 43 Creating the Schools of the Future: Education for a Sustainable Society Peter M. Senge 321
Chapter 44 A Values-Based Set of Solutions for the Next Generation Tim Kasser 331
Chapter 45 Teaching a University Course in Sustainable Happiness Catherine O'Brien 341
Chapter 46 The Time Has Come to Catalyze a Sustainable Consumerism Movement Peggy Liu 347
Index 359
