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Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments -- Foreword / David W Orr -- Introduction: Portrait Of The Sustainability Revolution: -- Anatomy of social revolutions -- Movements and revolutions -- Five characteristics of the sustainability revolution -- Revolution of interconnections -- Birth Of Sustainability: -- Context -- Environmentalism: the precursor to modern sustainability -- Contemporary environmentalism: the roots to sustainability -- Emergence of sustainability: Brundtland (1987) and Rio (1992) -- Core of contemporary sustainability: the three Es -- Three Es plus one: education -- Methodology: fundamental principles -- Criteria for selecting principles -- Principles as songlines -- Sustainability And Community: -- Interdependence at all levels -- Ontario round table on environment and economy (ORTEE) model principles -- Principles of sustainable development for Minnesota -- Netherlands National Environmental Policy Plan (NEPP) -- Earth charter -- International council of local environment initiatives (ICLEI) -- Integrating sustainability values at all community levels -- Sustainability And Commerce: -- Beyond "business as usual" -- Adopting sustainable strategies -- Precautionary principle -- Natural step -- Houston principles -- CERES principles -- ICC charter and ISO 14000 -- Environmental assessments and green taxes -- New business model -- Sustainability And Natural Resources: -- Contradictions of resource extraction -- American Petroleum Institute (API) environmental, health and safety principles -- Forest stewardship council (FSC) principles and criteria of forest stewardship -- Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) principles and criteria for sustainable fishing -- Asilomar declaration for sustainable agriculture -- Natural resources at the crossroads -- Sustainability And Ecological Design: -- Designing with nature -- Hannover Principles -- Five principles of Ecological Design -- Todd's Principles Of Ecological Design -- Sanborn Principles -- US and World Green Building Councils: the LEEDing edge -- Interdependent perspective -- Sustainability And The Biosphere: -- Our role in the biosphere -- Our role in the biosphere -- Deep ecology's basic principles -- Charter of rights and responsible for the environment -- Biomimicry principles -- Permaculture principles -- Biocentric perspective -- Future Pathways: -- Principles: scopes, sectors and types -- Seven common themes -- Hopeful signs -- Our general predicament -- Seeking an alternative path -- Beyond green: a new vision of the future -- Resources: -- Organizations -- Online publications/newsletters/list servers -- Additional principles -- Annotated bibliography -- Notes -- Index.…”

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Table of Contents: “…Electricity ; Other energy sources -- Extractive industries. Petroleum ; Natural gas ; Other minerals -- Transportation and communications. …”
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