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Dancing With the Tiger: Learning Sustainability Step by Natural Step

Anouk Bertner — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:01:58 -0400

Making social and ecological change happen is not easy. At both

Sun Living: Developing Neighbourhoods with a One Planet Footprint

Kim Mackrael — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:29:01 -0500

If everyone in the word lived as most North Americans do, we would need five planets to support us. SuN LIVING demonstrates a practical approach to creating sustainable neighbourhoods. This beautifully illustrated, full colour guide shows how a collaborative planning and design process can produce dynamic, livable communities which support lifestyles that minimize our ecological impact.

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The Natural Step for Business: Wealth, Ecology and the Evolutionary Corporation

Anouk Bertner — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:04:15 -0400

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The Natural Step for Communities: How Cities and Towns can Change to Sustainable Practices

Anouk Bertner — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:22:34 -0400

Sustainability may seem like one more buzzword, and cities and towns like the last places to change, but

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The Natural Step Story: Seeding a Quiet Revolution (NEW: Now available in audiobook format!)

Anouk Bertner — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:57:09 -0400

NOW AVAILABLE IN AUDIOBOOK FORMAT! See details below...

It may be unlikely that a Swedish karate champion, family man, and cancer scientist could be at the center of developing a systems approach to life on Earth that could revolutionize the way humans operate in the world, but this is the story of just that: the idea and the man behind it.

As a cancer specialist, Karl-Henrik Robèrt faced a stream of parents who would sacrifice anything to save their children. Yet that same selflessness did not seem to extend to saving the environment, as debate on how to achieve sustainability was divided, with no agreement on universal principles. But Robèrt's experience convinced him that consensus on how to meet the most basic requirements of life should be possible.

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The Natural Step: Towards a Sustainable Society

Anouk Bertner — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:46:45 -0400

In this book, David Cook tells the story of the evolution of The Natural Step organisation from its start in Sweden to the present day. Whilst the fundamentals of TNS remain the same, it has responded to the ever-evolving sustainability debate. Based upon science and systems-thinking, the basic components of the TNS framework are laid out in the text.

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The Sustainability Champion’s Guidebook: How to Transform your Company

Anouk Bertner — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:39:07 -0400

Bob Willard, a long-time supporter, partner and board member of The Natural Step, has published a new book - The Sustainability Champion’s Guidebook: How to Transform your Company. The book is available now from New Society Publishers in both print and as an ebook.

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The Urban Food Revolution: Changing the Way We Feed Cities

Neil McCallum — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:33:15 -0400

After decades of food delivered by industrial agriculture based on cheap oil, we are learning the health costs to our own bodies and the biosphere are too great. A revolution in food – where, how, and when it’s grown is now sweeping urban centres. Read this book to see why it matters and how we can do it.

—David Suzuki, Co-Founder, David Suzuki Foundation

Canada

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