Economics
A Book For Going Green--A User's Guide to the 21st Century.
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If you're looking for help in designing for sustainability--designing an economy, a society or a planet, check out this book from Worldchanging.com. At 600 pages, it is full of innovation and pragmatic solutions.
Yes, it leans left and it appears to downplay the role of markets as a possible solution (something that is working in Europe and the US). And I don't think it helps to have the first sentence to the intro on business be "Business doesn't have to be destructive." Nobody driving a SUV has to be destructive. Nice rich liberal folks building 10--50,000 square foot MacMansions in Aspen, Sante Fe or Montana don't have to be destructive. OK.
Here's just a bit of overview from the books site: