| Acknowledgments |
xi |
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| Foreword by David W. Orr |
xii |
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| Introduction: Portrait
of the Sustainability Revolution |
1 |
| Anatomy of Social Revolutions |
3 |
| Movements and Revolutions |
5 |
| The Five Characteristics of the
Sustainability Revolution |
6 |
| A Revolution of Interconnections |
9 |
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| Chapter 1: The Birth of
Sustainability |
11 |
| The Context |
11 |
| Environmentalism: The Precursor
to Modern Sustainability |
12 |
| Contemporary Environmentalism:
The Roots of Sustainability |
15 |
| The Emergence of Sustainability:
Brundtland (1987) and Rio (1992) |
16 |
| The Core of Contemporary Sustainability:
The Three Es |
20 |
| The Three Es Plus One: Education |
23 |
| The Methodology: Fundamental Principles |
23 |
| Criteria for Selecting Principles |
25 |
| Principles as Songlines |
26 |
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| Chapter 2: Sustainability
and Community |
29 |
| Interdependence at All Levels |
29 |
| Ontario Round Table on Environment
and Economy (ORTEE) Model Principles |
31 |
| Principles of Sustainable Development
for Minnesota |
33 |
| The Netherlands National Environmental
Policy Plan (NEPP) |
37 |
| The Earth Charter |
41 |
| International Council of Local
Environment Initiatives (ICLEI) |
46 |
| Integrating Sustainability Values
at All Community Levels |
47 |
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| Chapter 3: Sustainability
and Commerce |
49 |
| Beyond “Business
as Usual” |
49 |
| Adopting Sustainable Strategies |
51 |
| The Precautionary Principle |
55 |
| The Natural Step |
58 |
| The Houston Principles |
64 |
| The CERES Principles |
67 |
| The ICC Charter and ISO 14000 |
72 |
| Environmental Assessments and
Green Taxes |
72 |
| A New Business Model |
74 |
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| Chapter 4: Sustainability
and Natural Resources |
75 |
| The Contradictions of Resource
Extraction |
75 |
| American Petroleum Institute (API)
Environmental, Health and Safety Principles |
77 |
| Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
Principles and Criteria of Forest Stewardship |
81 |
| Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)
Principles and Criteria for Sustainable Fishing |
84 |
| The Asilomar Declaration for Sustainable
Agriculture |
89 |
| Natural Resources at a Crossroads |
96 |
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| Chapter 5: Sustainability
and Ecological Design |
97 |
| Designing with Nature |
97 |
| The Hannover Principles |
99 |
| The Five Principles of Ecological
Design |
102 |
| The Todds’ Principles
of Ecological Design |
104 |
| The Sanborn Principles |
106 |
| US and World Green Building Councils:
The LEEDing Edge |
109 |
| An Interdependent Perspective |
111 |
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| Chapter 6: Sustainability
and the Biosphere |
113 |
| Our Role in the Biosphere |
113 |
| Deep Ecology's Basic Principles |
114 |
| Charter of Rights and Responsibilities
for the Environment |
116 |
| Biomimicry Principles |
118 |
| Permaculture Principles |
120 |
| A Biocentric Perspective |
122 |
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| Chapter 7: Future Pathways |
123 |
| Principles: Scopes, Sectors and
Types |
123 |
| Seven Common Themes |
128 |
| Hopeful Signs |
130 |
| Our General Predicament |
132 |
| Seeking an Alternative Path |
134 |
| Beyond Green: A New Vision of
the Future |
137 |
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| Resources |
141 |
| Organizations |
141 |
| Online Publications/Newsletters/List
Servers |
164 |
| Additional Principles |
167 |
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| Annotated Bibliography |
169 |
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| Notes |
183 |
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| Index |
201 |
