environment

HOW CAN WE LIVE WITHIN
THE LIMITS OF OUR PLANET?

Our life support systems are facing catastrophic threats. We must find new ways of existing within the constraints of the only earth we have.

A Civic Economy of Provisions

Marvin T. Brown

An economy built around civic relations instead of property relations: focusing on the civic economics of provision

A Framework for Shaping Sustainable Lifestyles

Lewis Akenji, Huizhen Chen

How social norms and institutions can shape sustainable lifestyles in varying contexts

Building a Sustainable and Desirable Economy-in-Society-in-Nature

Robert Costanza, Gar Alperovitz, Herman E. Daly, Joshua Farley, Carol Franco, Tim Jackson, Ida Kubiszewski, Juliet Schor, and Peter Victor

How our economy can transition to a more sustainable, equitable model

Challenging Consumerism: Toward Living Well Sustainably

Emmanuel Prinet

Major takeaways from SCORAI’s sustainable production and consumption workshop

Environmental Justice and Economic Degrowth: An Alliance between Two Movements

Joan Martínez-Alier

The relationship between environmental justice and degrowth movements in the Global North

Eugene Memorandum: The Role of Cities in Advancing Sustainable Consumption

Sustainable Consumption and Research Action Initiative

Cities and their roles in the future of consumption and sustainability

Green Economy at Community Scale

Tim Jackson, Peter A. Victor

Greening the economy at the local level will bring jobs, prosperity, and help us address the environmental challenges we’re facing.

Is Decoupling GDP Growth from Environmental Impact Possible?

James D. Ward, Paul C. Sutton, Adrian D. Werner, Robert Costanza, Steve H. Mohr, Craig T. Simmons

Why we should change our economic growth policies based on the realities of decoupling

Limits Revisited

Tim Jackson, Robin Wesbter

We are rapidly approaching environmental limits in our search for economic growth

Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the Safe Operating Space for Humanity

Johan Rockström, Will Steffen, Kevin Noone, Åsa Persson, F. Stuart III Chapin, Eric Lambin, Timothy M. Lenton, Marten Scheffer, Carl Folke, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Björn Nykvist, Cynthia A. de Wit, Terry Hughes, Sander van der Leeuw, Henning Rodhe, Sverker Sörlin, Peter K. Snyder, Robert Costanza, Uno Svedin, Malin Falkenmark, Louise Karlberg, Robert W. Corell, Victoria J. Fabry, James Hansen, Brian Walker, Diana Liverman, Katherine Richardson, Paul Crutzen, and Jonathan Foley

Humanity has transgressed 3 of 9 planetary boundaries within which we can safely operate