| "These are unexpectedly deep and moving conversations about where we can go, and where we must go, both as individuals and as a planet. This book is a hardheaded account of the sacredness of the earth, and what that implies for our work and society."
Bill McKibben, author of Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet
"John Ehrenfeld's thinking about our species and our place in the world is indeed a thing of beauty, as Andrew Hoffman's intelligent dialogue with him brings out on every page."
James Gustave Speth, author of America the Possible: Manifesto for a New Economy
"This is a deeply illuminating conversation between two sustainability thought leaders on whom I wish I had been able to eavesdrop. Now, happily and inspirationally, we all can."
John Elkington, Co-founder of ENDS, SustainAbility and Volans; author of The Zeronauts: Breaking the Sustainability Barrier
"A fresh, daring look at sustainable business. It takes no prisoners and does not try to please - it simply tells the brutal truth."
Joel Makower, Chairman and Executive Editor, GreenBiz Group Inc. |
| A new story, driven by being and caring, as opposed to having and needing, rooted in the beauty of complexity and arguing for a transformative cultural shift. "... unexpectedly deep and moving conversations about where we can go, and where we must go, both as individuals and as a planet." Bill McKibben We are pleased to announce the publication of Flourishing: A Frank Conversation about Sustainability. Order your copy from the Greenelaf website and receive 20% discount.
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| Flourishing
A Frank Conversation about Sustainability John R. Ehrenfeld and Andrew J. Hoffman
This astonishing book invites you into a conversation between a teacher, John R. Ehrenfeld, and his former student now professor, Andrew J. Hoffman, as they discuss how to create a sustainable world. Unlike virtually all other books about sustainability, this one goes beyond the typical stories that we tell ourselves about repairing the environmental damages of human progress.
Through their dialogue and essays that open each section, the authors uncover two core facets of our culture that drive the unsustainable, unsatisfying, and unfair social and economic machines that dominate our lives. First, our collective model of the way the world works cannot cope with the inherent complexity of today's highly connected, high-speed reality. Second, our understanding of human behavior is rooted in this outdated model. Driven by the old guard, sustainability has become little more than a fashionable idea. As a result, both business and government are following the wrong path - at best applying temporary, less unsustainable solutions that will fail to leave future generations in better shape. |
| Contents
1. Introduction I. CLARIFYING THE ISSUE 2. Sustainability Means Nothing Without an End in Sight 3. The Myths of Our Modern Culture 4. The Wrong-Headed Solutions of Corporate Sustainability 5. More Is Not Better II. LIVING WITH A DIFFERENT STORY 6. Reexamining What It Means to Be Human 7. Returning to Our Place in the Whole III. LOOKING TO THE FUTURE 8. Reasons to Be Hopeful Recommended Readings and Bibliography About the Authors Index |
| About the authors
John R. Ehrenfeld is a long-standing and influential voice in the sustainability debate. He was Director of the MIT Program on Technology, Business, and Environment. From 2000-2009, he served as Executive Director of the International Society for Industrial Ecology. He continues to do research, write, and teach, most recently at several emerging MBA for Sustainability programs. He is the author of Sustainability by Design: A Subversive Strategy for Transforming our Consumer Culture. Andrew J. Hoffman is the Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan. He serves as Director of the Frederick A. and Barbara M. Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise. Hoffman is co-editor of The Oxford Handbook on Business and the Natural Environment, author of Builder's Apprentice: A Memoir, and co-author of Memo to the CEO: Climate Change, What's Your Business Strategy?. |
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