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| MacGillivray, Alex, ed. | Accounting
for Change: Papers from an International Seminar. Toynbee Hall,
October 1994. London, GB: New Economics Foundation, 1995. 89p. Papers from a seminar on how to measure sustainable development and quality of life presented by a diverse range of people – from researchers and scientists to community activists. |
| McInerney, Francis and Sean White. | The Total
Quality Corporation: How 10 Major Companies Turned Quality and Environmental
Challenges to Competitive Advantage in the 1990s. New York: Truman
Talley Books, 1995. 325p. Assesses corporate values using the 'green is lean' test which was developed through extensive research showing that environmental indicators can be used as a proxy for an organization's efficiency. |
| Milon, J. Walter and Jason F. Shogren, eds. | Integrating
Economic and Ecological Indicators: Practical Methods for Environmental Policy
Analysis. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger, 1995. 214p. Examines emerging methods for integrating economic and ecological analysis and shows how it does or could contribute to economic and environmental policy decisions. Includes chapters on micro-level as well as macro-level indicators. |
| Tryzna, Thadders C., ed. | A Sustainable
World: Defining and Measuring Sustainable Development. Sacremento, California:
International Center for the Environment and Public Policy,1995.
272p. Discusses the meaning of "sustainability" and "sustainable development" and how sustainable development can be measured and closely examines indicators of sustainability and how they can be linked to performance goals. |
| Wann, David. | Deep Design:
Pathways to a Livable Future.. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 1996.
216p. Discussion of design for a post-industrial world which is efficient, compatible with nature and flexible. It considers cultural equity and seeks to incorporate living systems and the continuous recycling of materials. Looks at regenerative agricultural systems, workable community development and renewable energy, and develops design criteria and "multiple pathways". |
| von Weizsacker, Ernst, Amory B. Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins. | Factor Four:
Doubling Wealth – Halving Resource Use.
London, GB: Earthscan, 1997. 224p.Explains of the concept of
'factor four' – a strategy for an efficiency revolution where the "amount
of wealth extracted from one unit of natural resources can grow by at least a
factor of four" (publisher). Note: Previously published in German. |