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DI"s 1st Annual Idea Index
Issue 1
The Real Wealth of the Nation - a new measure of wealth including environment, economy and society
Cosmopolitans vs Locals - the class system of the global economy?
Factor 10 - the call for a tenfold improvement in efficiency of energy/resource use
Ecological Debt - the consumption-related debt of industrialized nations
Biological Complexity - the idea that there is a fundamental order underlying natural selection leading to fairly stable patterns of evolution

Issue 2
Global Governance - strengthening leadership and management in an increasingly interdependent world
The Natural Step - four benchmarks for sustainable management
ISO 14000 - environmental management systems for global business
Green Budget Reform - government budgets as environmental and social management tools
Chaos, Complexity and Economy - a science of complexity for economies?

Issue 3
Traditional Knowledge - 'TK', part of the wider context of traditional peoples' rights
Environmental Justice - the new 'environmental and social protection' equation Corporate
Rights & Responsibilities - balancing corporate privileges with new social and environmental perogatives
Cyber-Rights - information democratization and access in the Electronic Age
House Thyself - a proposal for housing as a human right

Issue 4
Pop Sustainability - 'cultural creatives' help define sustainability
Do You Speak SD? - the new vocabulary of sustainability explained
Culture Jamming - the 90s information war, turning Ad Campaign imagery against itself
Global Overlays - communications tools for assessing development impacts and more
Global Citizens - people concerned about the welfare of future generations

Issue 5
Common Security - a new model of post-military security
Multi-stakeholder Paths to Peace - preventing or solving disputes through dialogue
Virtual Transparency - Internet-aided accountability
Sustainable Nations - lighting the way for the rest of us?
Water - sink or swim: the next great international security challenge?

Issue 6
Does Free Trade Need a Singapore Facelift? - linking trade to sustainable development
Letting the Fur Fly - of fur traders, leghold traps and traditional livelihoods
Billion Dollar Storms - insurance executives turn activist over the cost of climate change
Underlying Causes - when lasting solutions require action beyond any singular sector
Sustainable Suds? - a coming of age story for beer-makers and 'micro-breweries'