This unique book illustrates that in order to address the growing urgency of issues around environmental and resource limits, it is clear that we need to develop effective policies to promote durable changes in behaviour and transform how we view and consume goods and services. It suggests that...

"Google, Apple, Amazon, Uber: companies like these have come to embody innovation, efficiency, and success. How often is the environmental movement characterized in the same terms? Sadly, conservation is frequently seen as a losing battle, waged by well-meaning, but ultimately ineffective...

Framing the contract -- A contract with the Earth -- A matter of respect -- Missed opportunities -- Partnering for the Earth -- Entrepreneurial environmentalism -- Environmental philanthropy -- Revitalizing the natural world -- Leading the way to a better world -- From many, one

"Free market environmentalism is an optimistic paradigm for linking dynamic environments with dynamic economies using property rights and markets to provide incentives for good resource stewardship. This book provides a new paradigm for environmentalism, offering examples of how free market...

Die Beteiligung von Bürgern und Interessengruppen an der Gestaltung öffentlicher Vorhaben gewinnt in vielen Politikbereichen an Bedeutung. Gerade unter dem Gesichtspunkt der Nachhaltigkeit und angesichts immer komplexer werdender Problemlagen gelten partizipative Prozesse als geeignetes Mittel...