Note: Front Cover -- Praise -- Title Page -- Rights Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Where is the Vision? -- Chapter 2: Other Worlds are Possible -- Chapter 3: Way Beyond Recycling - Off-the-Scale Alternatives to Stuff -- Chapter 4: After Transportation - Whole-System Redesign in the City -- Ahapter 5: Adaptation with Sass - Embracing Climate Change -- Chapter 6: A More-Than-Human World - Redesign for Connection -- Chapter 7: Fellowship with Animals - The Great Second Chance -- Chapter 8: The World's Great Liturgies - Toward a Celebratory Environmentalism -- Chapter 9: To the Stars - From Earthlings to Spacelings -- Chapter Notes -- Return of Thanks -- Index -- About the Author -- Books to Build a New Society.

Note: Intro -- Advance Praise -- Title Page -- Rights Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part One: Compass for Change -- Chapter 1: Introducing and Using the Natural Step Framework -- Chapter 2: Sustainability: The Trouble We Have Talking About It -- Chapter 3: The Natural Step Approach: Why Is It Useful? -- Part Two: Practices that Changed -- Chapter 4: The Eco-municipalities of Sweden: A Little Background -- Chapter 5: Changing to Renewable Energy Sources -- Chapter 6: Getting Away from Fossil-fueled Vehicles: Transportation and Mobility -- Chapter 7: Ecological Housing -- Chapter 8: Green Businesses -- Green Buildings -- Chapter 9: Journeys to Self-sufficiency: Community Eco-economic Development -- Chapter 10: Ecological Schools -- Ecological Education -- Chapter 11: Sustainable Agriculture: Growing Healthy -- Growing Locally -- Chapter 12: Dealing with Waste -- Chapter 13: Natural Resources: Protecting Biodiversity -- Chapter 14: Sustainable Land Use and Planning -- Part Three: How Communities Can Change -- Chapter 15: What Gets in the Way of Change? -- Chapter 16: Three Change Processes That Work -- Chapter 17: Steps to Change -- Chapter 18: Inside the Head of a Process Leader -- Epi logue -- Appendix A: Location Map -- Appendix B: Guide to Swedish Name Pronunciation -- Appendix C: National Association of Swedish Ecomunicipalities (SeKom) Members in 2002 -- References and Sources -- Endnotes -- Index -- About the Authors.

Note: BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS.

Note: Front Cover -- Sustainable Resource Management -- Sustainable Resource Management: Modern Approaches and Contexts -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Contributors -- Editors' biography -- Preface -- 1 - Evolution of the concept of sustainability. From Brundtland Report to sustainable development goals -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The concept of sustainable development -- 3. The definition of sustainable development -- 4. The trend of sustainable development -- 5. The evolution of sustainable development concept -- 6. Indicator development -- 7. Environmental sustainability -- 7.1 Social sustainability -- 7.2 Economic sustainable development -- 7.3 Context of sustainable development goals -- 7.4 Key Millennium Development Goal achievements -- 8. Sustainable development goals -- 8.1 Goal 1. End poverty everywhere in all of its forms -- 8.2 Goal 2. End hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture -- 8.3 Goal 3. Ensure healthy lives and promote welfare for all people -- 8.4 Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all -- 8.5 Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls -- 8.6 Goal 6. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all -- 8.7 Goal 7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all -- 8.8 Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all -- 8.9 Goal 9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and foster innovation -- 8.10 Goal 10. Reduce inequality within and among countries -- 8.11 Goal 11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable -- 8.12 Goal 12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns. , 8.13 Goal 13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts -- 8.14 Goal 14. Conserve and sustainably use oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development -- 8.15 Goal 15. Protect, restore, and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desert ... -- 8.16 Goal 16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all, and build ... -- 8.17 Goal 17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development -- 8.17.1 Finance -- 8.17.2 Technology -- 8.17.3 Capacity-building -- 8.17.4 Trade -- 8.17.5 Systemic issues -- 8.18 Sustainable development goals and targets 2030 -- 9. Conclusions -- References -- Further reading -- 2 - Areas of sustainability: environment, economy, and society -- 1. Areas of sustainability: environment, economy, and society -- 1.1 Pillars of social responsibility-social, economic, and environmental -- 1.1.1 Social pillar -- 1.1.2 Economic pillar -- 1.1.3 Environmental pillar -- 1.1.4 Corporate philanthropy -- 1.2 Interconnections between economic growth, energy consumption, social welfare, and sustainable quality of life -- 1.3 Limitations of stable economic growth -- 1.3.1 Growth and the rules of arithmetic -- 1.3.2 Stable growth in a confined space -- 1.3.3 Economic growth, increase in population, and energy resources consumption increase -- 1.3.4 Natural and environmental limitations of economic growth -- 1.3.4.1 European criteria for sustainable forest management -- 1.3.5 Change of climate conditions-global warming -- 2. Conclusion -- References -- Further reading -- 3 - Evolution and trends of sustainable approaches -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Emergence of sustainable development. , 3. Approaches to sustainability assessment: sustainability indicators and assessment based on life cycles -- 3.1 Sustainability assessment and indicators -- 3.2 Sustainability assessment approach based on life cycles (LCSA) -- 3.2.1 Life cycle assessment -- 3.2.2 Social life cycle assessment -- 3.2.3 Life cycle costing -- 4. Approaches to sustainable solutions -- 4.1 Products, services, and technology -- 4.2 Sustainable business models -- 4.2.1 Product-service system -- 4.2.2 Circular economy -- 4.2.3 Industrial symbiosis -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- 4 - Modern age of sustainability: supply chain resource management -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Sustainable supply chain management -- 3. Practices for a greener and more sustainable supply chain -- 3.1 Design for sustainability -- 3.2 Eco-efficiency -- 3.3 Eco-design -- 3.4 Green purchasing -- 3.5 Reverse logistics -- 4. Sustainability evaluation methods -- 4.1 Full LCA -- 4.2 Direct life cycle assessment -- 4.3 Streamlined life cycle assessment -- 4.4 Environmental labeling -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- Other references of interest -- 5 - Sustainable management of agricultural resources (agricultural crops and animals) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Sustainable management of agrobiodiversity -- 2.1 Biodiversity -- 2.2 Agrobiodiversity -- 2.2.1 Genetic agrobiodiversity -- 2.2.2 Specific agrobiodiversity -- 2.2.3 Ecosystem agrobiodiversity -- 2.2.4 Landscape agrobiogeodiversity -- 2.2.5 Loss of agrobiodiversity -- 2.2.6 Conservation of agrobiodiversity -- 3. Sustainable management of agricultural species -- 3.1 Agricultural plants (Crops) -- 3.2 Agricultural animals -- 3.2.1 Livestock biodiversity -- 4. Sustainable management of agroecosystems -- 4.1 Agroecology -- 4.2 Agroecosystems services -- 4.2.1 Agricultural crop services -- 4.2.2 Agricultural animals services -- 4.3 Agroecosystem health. , 4.4 Agroecosystems conservation -- 5. Sustainable management of agricultural landscapes -- 5.1 Agricultural landscape ecology -- 5.2 Sustainable management of agricultural landscapes -- 5.2.1 Agrolandscape services -- 5.2.2 Sustainable landscape management -- 6. Sustainable agriculture -- 6.1 Sustainable management of agricultural resources (sustainable management of crop and animal production) -- 6.1.1 Alternative agriculture -- 6.1.2 Intensive agriculture -- 6.1.3 Biodynamic agriculture -- 6.1.4 Ecological agriculture -- 6.1.5 Conservation agriculture -- 6.1.6 Organic agriculture -- 6.1.7 Permanent agriculture (permaculture) -- 6.1.8 Regenerative agriculture -- 6.1.9 Climate-smart agriculture -- 7. Sustainable rural development -- 7.1 Sustainable rural systems -- 7.1.1 Guidelines for sustainable rural systems -- 7.1.2 Sustainable crop production -- 7.1.2.1 Assessment and implementation of sustainable crop production -- 7.1.2.2 Sustainable crop production intensification -- 7.1.2.3 Sustainable crop production techniques -- 7.1.2.4 Sustainable management of crop nutrients -- 7.1.3 Sustainable animal production -- 7.1.3.1 Global agenda for sustainable livestock -- 7.1.3.2 Integrated crop-livestock production -- 7.2 Sustainable intensification of rural systems -- 7.2.1 Sustainable intensification of crop and animal production -- 7.2.1.1 Farming practices for sustainable intensification -- 8. Conclusions -- 8.1 The State of Food and Agriculture -- 8.2 The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World -- 8.3 Industrialized agriculture -- 8.4 Holistic agriculture -- 8.5 Agrobiodiversity -- 8.6 Agroecosystems and Agrolandscapes -- 8.7 Sustainable agriculture -- 8.8 Sustainable rural systems -- 8.9 Landscape approaches for climate-smart agriculture -- 9. Metascientific approach to sustainable management of agricultural resources. , 10. Covid-19 pandemic impacts on agriculture, food security and nutrition -- 10.1 COVID-19 pandemic -- 10.2 COVID-19 pandemic impact on food and agriculture -- 10.3 COVID-19 pandemic development and solutions -- The FAO COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Internet links -- 6 - Sustainable water resources -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Water resource management system -- 3. Water resource management: an integrated approach -- 3.1 Historical background -- 3.2 Review of water resource management frameworks -- 3.3 Key issues for sustainable water management -- 4. Interventions of modern computation techniques for sustainable water management -- 4.1 Decision-making model approach -- 4.2 Agent-Based Modeling -- 4.3 Machine learning approach -- 5. Concluding remarks -- References -- Further reading -- 7 - Minerals and metal Industry in the global scenario and environmental sustainability -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The vision of this study -- 3. The vast scientific doctrine of environmental sustainability -- 4. Sustainable resource management, integrated water resource management, and the vast vision for the future -- 5. Today's mineral and metal industry and the needs of environmental sustainability -- 6. Recent scientific advancements in the field of environmental sustainability -- 7. Recent scientific prowess and research endeavor in the field of environmental sustainability, wastewater treatment, and min ... -- 8. Industrial wastewater treatment and mineral and metal industry -- 9. Heavy metal and arsenic groundwater remediation and the future of mineral and metal industry -- 10. Future scientific recommendations and the future flow of scientific thoughts -- 11. Conclusion, summary, and scientific perspectives -- References -- 8 - Sustainable land use and management -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Land uses and changes. , 3. Impacts of land use changes.

Note: Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PART I. PROEMINENT PIONEERS OF NATURE CONSERVATION -- PART II. SOCIAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF CONSERVATION -- PART III. BIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENT -- PART IV. CONTRIBUTIONS TO CONSERVATION BIOLOGY -- PART V. CONSERVATION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT -- PART VI. NATURE CONSERVATION IN PRACTICE -- INDEX.

Note: Front cover -- Copyright -- Table of contents -- Brilliant features -- 1. Saint or sinner? -- 2. Hey, big spender -- 3. Clarity begins at home -- 4. Once more with feeling -- 5. Detox your home -- 6. Clean but green -- 7. Kiss pests goodbye -- 8. You've got the power -- 9. Low-impact DIY -- 10. Always read the label -- 11. The low impact consumer -- 12. Petal power -- 13. Warm and cosy -- 14. Burn naturally -- 15. Earth, wind and water -- 16. Good wood -- 17. If in drought ... -- 18. Eco shopping -- 19. Where the wild things are -- 20. Green gadgets -- 21. Clothes care -- 22. Let's step outside -- 23. Organic choice -- 24. Home-made goodies -- 25. First aid, naturally -- 26. Low power dressing -- 27. Your body, your skin -- 28. A change of sport? -- 29. Pets count too -- 30. The home farm -- 31. Garden green -- 32. The low water garden -- 33. Lovely, leafy compost -- 34. Grow your own -- 35. The good - and green - companions -- 36. Your very own mini eco-park -- 37. Right from the start -- 38. Lighten up -- 39. Help your PC live a little longer -- 40. Four wheels bad -- 41. Work for a better future -- 42. A clean break -- 43. The traveller's footprint -- 44. Your money where your mouth is -- 45. Outside the box -- 46. Way to go -- 47. Is there anybody out there? -- 48. Try a low carb diet -- 49. Cash, now! -- 50. An awfully green adventure -- 51. An eco friendly party -- 52. Eureco! You're getting there -- Brilliant resources -- The end... -- Index.

Note: COVER -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 What's New? -- 1 The Issues -- 2 The Arguments -- 3 The Organizations -- 4 The Thesis -- 2 A Green Theory of Value -- 1 The Good and the Valuable -- 2 A Taxonomy of Theories of Value -- 3 History and Process as Sources of Value -- 4 Naturalness as a Source of Value -- 5 Humanity and Nature -- Values and Valuers -- Humanity as Part of Nature -- 6 Green Corollaries -- Postmaterialism -- Irreplaceability -- Sustainability -- Futurity -- Liberation -- Authenticity -- 7 Green Heresies -- 3 The Unity of the Green Programme -- 1 Single-Issue Groups versus Catch-All Parties -- 2 A Unified Moral Vision -- 3 Claims of Consistency -- 4 Brown Evasions -- Mimicking Green Values -- Swamping Green Values -- 5 The Moral Weight of Countervailing Values -- Economic Growth -- Property Rights -- 6 Compromising Green Values -- 4 The Green Theory of Agency -- 1 Theories of Value and Theories of Agency -- A Separate Issue? -- Priorities -- 2 Principles of Green Political Action -- Democratic Participation -- Nonviolence -- 3 Principles of Green Party Organization -- Grassroots Democracy -- Rotation in Office -- 4 Principles of Green Political Structures -- Decentralization -- 'Think Globally, Act Locally' -- 5 Conclusion -- 5 Conclusions -- 1 The Fate of Green Politics -- 2 The Fate of the Earth -- Appendix: The Green Political Programme -- 1 Green Plans and Priorities -- 2 Ecology -- 3 Technology -- 4 The Economy -- 5 Social Relations -- 6 Foreign Relations -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index.

Note: Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Points of Departure: Introduction -- Re / creation -- Walking Through a Pandemic -- Rising Tides -- Recreating the San Gabriels -- Trail Mix -- Flower Power -- Embers -- Time to Pivot -- Fiery Past -- Burning Eyes -- Forest for the Trees -- Bonfire Politics -- LA is Burning! -- Enough is Enough -- Hot and Fast -- Architects of Smoke -- Unearthed -- America Fracked -- At Fault -- A California Nightmare -- Divest Now -- Carbon Sequestered -- Watersheds -- Upper Reaches -- The Water Beneath Our Feet -- Restoring Big Tujunga -- Danger Below -- Desert Waters -- Unquenchable Thirst -- Follow the Money -- Safe Havens -- This Land is Their Land -- Coastal Haze -- Unsanctified -- Marine Life -- Grand Design -- Grandmother Ocean -- Niche -- Homesteaded -- Defensible Space -- Air Flow -- Concrete Loss -- Code Green -- Build Up -- Re-Righting the City -- Growing Native -- Indigenous Grounds.

Note: Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by Bill McKibben -- Preface to the English Edition -- Translator's Note -- Introduction -- Alarmism? Hamburg 2050 -- What Does the Science Say? -- Let's Stop Making the Same Mistakes Over and Over Again -- We Are Possibilists -- An Invitation -- 1. Our Future is a Dystopia -- The Future Is No Longer a Promise -- Our Lives in a Multi-Optional World -- We Are Part of the Problem -- Nauru: The Canary in the Coal Mine -- 2. Because You Are Stealing Our Future -- A Scientifically Founded Fear of the Future -- This Crisis Could Have Been Prevented -- Not a Brave New World as We Like It -- A Global Question and a Globalized Generation -- Humanity Has a Deadline -- Who Is Stealing Our Future? -- The First Steps of a Marathon -- 3. We Lack a Utopia -- The End of History? -- No Planet B -- Lack of Imagination -- 4. The Climate Crisis is not an Individual Crisis -- The Luxury of Riding a Bicycle -- Green Guilt -- Shifting Baselines -- 5. The Climate Crisis is a Crisis of Responsibility -- Demanding Responsibility for the Future -- The Parable of Mourning the Future -- Institutionalizing Responsibility for the Future -- 6. The Climate Crisis is a Crisis of Communication -- This Is Your Crisis, Too -- A Problem of Vividness? -- Frames Instead of Facts -- Calculated Uncertainty -- Beyond Our Imagination -- The Climate of the Media -- How Do We Get Out of It? -- 7. The Climate Crisis is a Crisis of Fossil Capitalism -- The Fateful Belief in the Market -- A Price Tag on Nature is Supposed to Save Us. Seriously? -- The First Time as Tragedy, the Second Time as Farce -- 8. The Climate Crisis is a Crisis of Prosperity -- But We Are Doing So Well, Aren't We? -- We Are Living at the Expense of Others -- Voluntary Self-Deprivileging -- Doughnut for Future -- The "Good Life" as a Constitutional Goal? -- For a Green New Deal. , 9. The Climate Crisis is a Crisis of Justice -- The Price of Fossil Prosperity -- Intergenerational Justice -- Carbon Justice -- A Sexist Crisis -- Who Is Being Held Accountable? -- The New Social Question? -- 10. Educate Yourselves! -- The Gap Between Knowledge, Perception, and Action -- 1. Educate Yourselves about How to Educate Others -- 2. Tell the Truth, the Whole Truth -- 3. Educate (Yourselves) about the Beginning of the End -- 4. Spread the Word -- 5. Educate Yourselves about Each Other -- 11. Start Dreaming! -- 1. Moral Stretching Exercises -- 2. Looking Back from the Dystopian Future -- 3. Imagine! -- 4. Think Utopian -- 12. Get Organized! -- Sorry, I Don't Have Time to Protest -- Why Organize? -- 3.5 Percent -- 1. Discover the Why -- 2. Open Your Eyes -- 3. Team Up and Look Out for Each Other -- 4. Copy from Each Other -- 5. Come to Stay -- 6. Make Demands of Those around You -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes.

Note: Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- More Than Promises -- 21st-Century Environmental Policy -- Capitalism X.0 -- Science for the Planet -- The Supply Chain Paradox -- The Future of Energy Is Bright (and Breezy) -- The Future of Food -- We Are Living in a Material World -- Human Systems and the Environment -- A Blueprint to 2050 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.