Sustainable Development

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! Principle K – Strengthen the Foundation From: Building Community View New Society Publishers	A Strong Social Foundation – Research Corner – Community Norms— Or, What is Normal? – Building a Stronger Social Foundation for Your Community – Case Study: Getting …	James S. Gruber	27	2020	$2.70 Add
From NEW! Principle L – Resolve Conflicts From: Building Community View New Society Publishers	Preventing Conflict – Research Corner – Understanding and Addressing Conflict – Case Study: Community-Driven Regional Land Use and Transportation Planning in Southern New …	James S. Gruber	25	2020	$2.50 Add
From Prologue and Foreword From: Escape from Overshoot View New Society Publishers	This is a prologue and foreword to Escape from Overshoot: Economics for a Planet in Peril by Peter A. Victor	Peter Victor A.	10	2023	$1.00 Add
From NEW! Purpose-Driven Firms and Why They are Successful From: The New Sustainability Edge: Redefining Business from Startups to Industry Leaders View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Wali, Ahmed, Rahman, and Ferdous explore how firms like Patagonia, Unilever, and Danone embed social and environmental missions into core operations, moving beyond profit maximisation.	Faisal Wali; Tanvir Ahmed	25	2025	$2.50 Add
From Rebuild: What You Build Matters, What You Don’t Build Matters More From: The New Carbon Architecture View New Society Publishers	In this chapter, the authors explore the difference between net-zero energy buildings and buildings with a low carbon footprint.	Larry Strain	7	2017	$0.70 Add
Resilience Imperative Cooperative Transitions to a Steady-state Economy New Society Publishers	We find ourselves between a rock and a hot place compelled by the intertwining forces of peak oil and climate change to reinvent our economic life at a much more local and regional scale. The …	Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty	400	2012	View
From Responding to Water Crises: A Tale of Four Cities From: Dry Run View New Society Publishers	In chapter 3, we looked at contemporary water crises in Australia, Atlanta and San Diego. We’ll learn what their successes can teach us about how to create effective water conservation …	Jerry Yudelson	21	2010	$2.10 Add
From Reweaving Our Economies Close to Home From: Resilience Imperative View New Society Publishers	Despite 60 years of global economic expansion, incomes over the last 30 years have stagnated. People who were once beneficiaries of spiralling growth are no longer participants. The migration of …	Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty	30	2012	$3.00 Add
From Seeking Pathways to Sustainable Food From: Resilience Imperative View New Society Publishers	Food production has been transformed from a local affair into a complex web of supply chains crisscrossing the planet that miraculously deliver a multitude of foodstuffs right to our doorstep. …	Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty	33	2012	$3.30 Add
From Seeking Strategic Pathways to Energy Sufficiency From: Resilience Imperative View New Society Publishers	Our energy diet has put us between a rock and a hot place. On one hand, we are hooked on oil and demand is increasing. On the other hand, if we do not radically reduce our fossil-fuel use, we …	Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty	19	2012	$1.90 Add
From Size Matters: Can Buildings Be Too Tall? From: The New Carbon Architecture View New Society Publishers	In this chapter, the author seeks to answer the question: are there limits to how much increases in urban density — especially via vertical growth — will contribute to rather than …	Ann Edminster	11	2017	$1.10 Add
From NEW! Social Business: Key to a Sustainable Future From: The New Sustainability Edge: Redefining Business from Startups to Industry Leaders View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Hasan presents social business, a non-dividend and socially driven enterprise model championed by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh.	Khalid Hasan	13	2025	$1.30 Add
From Step 1: Selecting Behaviors From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior View New Society Publishers	Whether you are developing a program to promote water efficiency, waste reduction, watershed protection, energy efficiency, modal transportation shifts, or virtually any other area related to …	Doug McKenzie-Mohr	11	2011	$0.11 Add
From Step 3: Developing Strategies – Norms & Sustainable Behaviour Social Norms: Building Community Support From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior View New Society Publishers	To date too little attention has been given to the significant impact that norms can have upon the adoption of sustainable behavior. If we are to make the transition to a sustainable future, it …	Doug McKenzie-Mohr	13	2011	$0.13 Add
From Step 3: Developing Strategies – Social Diffusion Social Diffusion: Speeding the Adoption of New Behaviors From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior View New Society Publishers	Both the mundane and important decisions of our lives are strongly affected by a process known as social diffusion or diffusion of innovations. In contrast with what nonpersonal sources of …	Doug McKenzie-Mohr	11	2011	$0.11 Add
From Step 3: Developing Strategies – Forgetting Prompts: Rembering to Act From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior View New Society Publishers	Numerous actions that promote sustainability are susceptible to the most human of traits: forgetting. Fortunately, “prompts” are effective in reminding people to engage in sustainable …	Doug McKenzie-Mohr	12	2011	$0.12 Add