Category Archives: Books

New Book: Sustainable Economics

Posted on February 20, 2015 by lolinda

New book Sustainable EconomicsContext, Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st Century Practitioner. (Greenleaf Publishing) Targeted at enabling the modern business student and practitioner to disentangle the complex debate relating to sustainability, this book provides the tools necessary to lead their … Continue reading →

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Introduction to Ecological Economics Second Edition

Posted on January 20, 2015 by lolinda

Robert Costanza’s new book: Introduction to Ecological Economics, Second Edition. This edition is a major update and expansion of the 1997 first edition. Ecological economics explores new ways of thinking about how we manage our lives and our planet to … Continue reading →

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[NEW BOOK] Degrowth: A Vocabulary for a New Era

Posted on December 3, 2014 by lolinda

Degrowth: A Vocabulary for a New Era edited by Giacomo D’Alisa, Federico Demaria and Giorgos Kallis (Routledge, 2014) Degrowth is a rejection of the illusion of growth and a call to repoliticize the public debate colonized by the idiom of … Continue reading →

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Limits of Economic Knowledge – New Book

Posted on September 23, 2014 by lolinda

Limits of Economic and Social Knowledge by Stephen J. DeCanio (Palgrave Macmillan 2014) is now available in both Kindle and hardcover editions:  

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VALUING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

Posted on September 10, 2014 by lolinda

Methodological Issues and Case Studies Edited by K.N. Ninan, Centre for Economics, Environment and Society, Bangalore, India and Co-Chair, Panel on Methodological Assessment of Scenarios and Modelling of Biodiversity and Ecosystem (IPBES), United Nations, Bonn, Germany. Foreword by Robert Costanza … Continue reading →

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Transdisciplinary Sustainability Studies: A Heuristic Approach

Posted on July 1, 2014 by lolinda

Edited by Katri Huutoniemi, Petri TapioRoutledge – 2014 – 216 pagesSeries: Routledge Studies in Sustainability Arising out of human-environment interaction, sustainability problems resist disciplinary categories and simple solutions. This book offers a fresh approach to practical and methodological concerns in … Continue reading →

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Creating a Sustainable and Desirable Future

Posted on April 18, 2014 by lolinda

Just released – a new edited book titled: “Creating a Sustainable and Desirable Future: Insights from 45 Global Thought Leaders” that I think might interest you. The book offers a broad, critical discussion of what a sustainable and desirable future … Continue reading →

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Power to the People

Posted on January 15, 2014 by lolinda

Just published – POWER TO THE PEOPLE – by Astrid Kander Power to the People Power to the People:Energy in Europe over the Last Five CenturiesAstrid Kander, Paolo Malanima & Paul Warde Cloth | 2014 | $39.50 / £27.95 | … Continue reading →

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Sustainability Economics

Posted on July 10, 2013 by lolinda

An Introduction By Peter Bartelmus Published May 24th 2012 by Routledge Series: Routledge Textbooks in Environmental and Agricultural Economics The book is a concise introduction to an emerging field within economics. Drawing on numerous disciplines, including environmental science, environmental and … Continue reading →

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Good News for Ecological Economics!

Posted on June 21, 2013 by lolinda

The newly released Impact Factors show that Ecological Economics, the journal of the International Society for Ecological Economics, has again strengthened its position by an increased Impact Factor : 2.85  (UP from 2.713) If you’d like to see the most-cited … Continue reading →

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Renewable Energy World Free Download

Posted on May 14, 2013 by lolinda

FREE BOOK DOWNLOAD Renewable Energy World and Other Adventures in Sustainability  By Roy Morrison Free Kindle download: http://www.ecocivilizationweebly.com/index.html

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Gender and Green Governance in Paperback

Posted on April 30, 2013 by lolinda

New in Paperback Gender and Green Governance The Political Economy of Women’s Presence Within and Beyond Community Forestry Bina Agarwal528 pages | 11 Boxes, 12 Figures, 94 Tables | 234x156mm978-0-19-968302-4 | Paperback | July 2013 (estimated)Also available as: Hardback Price: … Continue reading →

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Enough is Enough

Posted on January 15, 2013 by lolinda

Today, I am happy to announce the work of two Center for Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE) staff members, Rob Dietz and Dan O’Neill. They have published a new book, titled Enough is Enough: Building A Sustainable Economy … Continue reading →

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Ecological Economics from the Ground Up

Posted on December 1, 2012 by lolinda

Ecological Economics from the Ground Up takes a unique and much-needed bottom-up approach to teaching ecological economics and political ecology, using case studies that focus on a wide range of internationally relevant topics, to teach the principles, concepts, methods and … Continue reading →

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Economics for Environmental Studies

Posted on September 21, 2012 by lolinda

The new book by Alfred Endres and Volker Radke on Economics for Environmental Studies: A Strategic Guide to Micro- and Macroeconomics has been published by Springer in September, 2012. The book is meant both as an introductory text for undergraduate … Continue reading →

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