The Ecology of Commerce

The Ecology of Commerce
Author: Paul Hawken
Publisher:
Total Pages: 253
Release: 1995
Genre: Economic development
ISBN: 9781857992168

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Paul Hawken believes that the impending ecological catastrophe cannot be prevented by individuals - only big business is powerful and influential enough to reverse the present trend. In this book he sets out to show the need for a new relationship between governments and businesses, believing that their present collusion against the public is undemocratic.

The Ecology of Commerce

The Ecology of Commerce
Author: Paul Hawken
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1994-06-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0887307043

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Outlines a series of economic strategies for business that will reverse global environmental and social degradation.

The Ecology of Commerce Revised Edition

The Ecology of Commerce Revised Edition
Author: Paul Hawken
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2013-03-05
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0062281461

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The world has changed in the seventeen years since the controversial initial publication of Paul Hawken's Ecology of Commerce, a stirring treatise about the perceived antagonism between ecology and business. Yet Hawken's impassioned argument—that business both causes the most egregious abuses of the environment and, crucially, holds the most potential for solving our sustainability problems—is more relevant and resonant than ever. Containing updated and revised material for a new audience, The Ecology of Commerce presents a compelling vision of the restorative (rather than destructive) economy we must create, centered on eight imperatives: Reduce energy carbon emissions 80 percent by 2030 and total natural resource usage 80 percent by 2050. Provide secure, stable, and meaningful employment to people everywhere. Be self-organizing rather than regulated or morally mandated. Honor market principles. Restore habitats, ecosystems, and societies to their optimum. Rely on current income. Be fun and engaging, and strive for an aesthetic outcome.

Natural Capitalism

Natural Capitalism
Author: Paul Hawken
Publisher: Little, Brown
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2007-10-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0316031534

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There are no more reespected voices in the environmental movement than these authors, true counselors on the direction of twenty-first-century business. With hundreds of thousands of books sold worldwide, they have set the agenda for rational, ecologically sound industrial development. In this inspiring book they define a superior & sustainable form of capitalism based on a system that radically raises the productivity of nature's dwindling resources. Natural Capitalism shows how cutting-edge businesses are increasing their earnings, boosting growth, reducing costs, enhancing competitiveness, & restoring the earth by harnessing a new design mentality. The authors offer dozens of examples of businesses that are making fourfold or even tenfold gains in efficiency, from self-heating & self-cooling buildings to 200-miles-per-gallon cars, while ensuring that workers aren't downsized out of their jobs. This practical blueprint shows how making resources more productive will create the next industrial revolution

Regeneration

Regeneration
Author: Paul Hawken
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2021-09-21
Genre: Science
ISBN: 052550849X

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A radically new understanding of and practical approach to climate change by noted environmentalist Paul Hawken, creator of the New York Times bestseller Drawdown Regeneration offers a visionary new approach to climate change, one that weaves justice, climate, biodiversity, equity, and human dignity into a seamless tapestry of action, policy, and transformation that can end the climate crisis in one generation. It is the first book to describe and define the burgeoning regeneration movement spreading rapidly throughout the world. Regeneration describes how an inclusive movement can engage the majority of humanity to save the world from the threat of global warming, with climate solutions that directly serve our children, the poor, and the excluded. This means we must address current human needs, not future existential threats, real as they are, with initiatives that include but go well beyond solar, electric vehicles, and tree planting to include such solutions as the fifteen-minute city, bioregions, azolla fern, food localization, fire ecology, decommodification, forests as farms, and the number one solution for the world: electrifying everything. Paul Hawken and the nonprofit Regeneration Organization are launching a series of initiatives to accompany the book, including a streaming video series, curriculum, podcasts, teaching videos, and climate action software. Regeneration is the inspiring and necessary guide to inform the rapidly spreading climate movement.

Growing a Business

Growing a Business
Author: Paul Hawken
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1988-10-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0671671642

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The companion volume to the public television series explains what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur.

The Next Economy

The Next Economy
Author: Paul Hawken
Publisher:
Total Pages: 262
Release: 1984
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

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Green Capitalism?

Green Capitalism?
Author: Hartmut Berghoff
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2017-05-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0812249011

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Can capitalism ever truly be environmentally conscious? Green Capitalism? Business and the Environment in the Twentieth Century provides a historical analysis of the relationship between business interests and environmental initiatives over the past century.

Can Business Save the Earth?

Can Business Save the Earth?
Author: Michael Lenox
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2018-05-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1503606198

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Increasingly, business leaders are tasked with developing new products, services, and business models that minimize environmental impact while driving economic growth. It's a tall order—and a call that is only getting louder. In Can Business Save the Earth?, Michael Lenox and Aaron Chatterji explain just how the private sector can help. Many believe that markets will inevitably demand sustainable practices and force them to emerge. But Lenox and Chatterji see it differently. Based on more than a decade of research and work with companies, they argue that a bright green future is only possible with dramatic innovation across multiple sectors at the same time. To achieve this, a broader ecosystem of players—including inventors, executives, customers, investors, activists, and governments—all must play a role. The book outlines how and the extent to which each group can serve as a driver of green growth. Then, Lenox and Chatterji identify where economic incentives currently exist, or could exist with institutional change, and ultimately address the larger question of how far well-coordinated efforts can take us in addressing the current environmental crisis.

Sustainability

Sustainability
Author: Scott T. Young
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 441
Release: 2013
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1412982847

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'Sustainability' offers a comprehensive treatment of the relationship between business and sustainability.