The Ecology of Commerce

Informationen zum Autor Paul Hawken's bestselling books include Blessed Unrest , Natural Capitalism , and The Next Economy . He has also written dozens of articles, op-eds, and papers concerning the responsibility of business to the natural environment. His writings have appeared in the Harvard Business Review, Inc magazine, the Boston Globe , the Utne Reader , and more than a hundred other publications. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung “The first important book of the 21st century. It may well revolutionize the relationship between business and the environment.” —Don Falk, Executive Director, Society for Ecological Restoration   The Ecology of Commerce is the provocative national bestseller that addresses the necessity of merging good business practices with common sense environmental concerns. Nearly two decades after its initial publication, this controversial work by Paul Hawken has been revised and updated, arguing why business success and sustainable environmental practices need not—and, for the sake of our planet, must not—be mutually exclusive any longer. An essential work, Hawken’s The Ecology of Commerce belongs on the bookshelf of every concerned citizen—alongside Capitalism at the Crossroads by Stuart Hart and Al Gore’s Earth in the Balance and An Inconvenient Truth. ...

Product details

• Authors: Paul Hawken, Hawken Paul
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.10.2010
• EAN: 9780061252792
• ISBN: 978-0-06-125279-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; Sustainability, Business and Management, Corporate Finance, social and political philosophy, E-commerce: business aspects, History of specific companies / corporate history, Office and workplace, Business ethics and social responsibility, Development economics and emerging economies, Research and development management, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Sociology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: General, ECONOMICS: GENERAL, TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT: STRATEGY, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: BUSINESS, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Development / Sustainable Development, PHILOSOPHY: Political, Training & Development / Strategy, Economics / General, Environmental Studies / Business