A Short List of Sustainability Books by Author
| Topic |
Author |
Title |
| Social justice |
Agyeman, Julian et al. |
Sustainable Communities and the Challenge of Environmental Justice |
| Social justice |
Agyeman, Julian et al. |
Just Sustainabilities: Development in an Unequal World |
| Spirtualism in Sustainability |
Anderson, Ray |
Mid Course Correction |
| Community development, Economics |
Anielski, Mark |
Economics of Happiness, The |
| Implementation |
Atkisson, Alan |
ISIS Agreement, The |
| Spirtualism in Sustainability |
Atkisson, Alan |
Believing Cassandra: An optimist looks at a pessimist's world |
| Life cycle assessment |
Baumann & Tillman |
Hitchhikers Guide to LCA |
| Climate change |
Bayon, R., Hawn, A., & Hamilton, K. |
Voluntary Carbon Markets |
| Design for Environment |
Benyus, Janine |
Biomimicry |
| Spirtualism in Sustainability |
Berry, Thomas |
Great Work: Our way into the future |
| Corporate Sustainability |
Blackburn, William |
Sustainability Handbook, The: The complete guide to achieving social, economic and environmental responsibility |
| Social change, urbanization, development |
Buchanan, Mark |
Ubiquity: The Science of History … or Why the World is Simpler than we think |
| Economics |
Cairncross |
Costing the Earth |
| Social change, urbanization, development |
Capra, F. |
Hidden Connections: A science for Sustinable Living |
| Ecological systems, toxics |
Carson, Rachel |
Silent Spring |
| Corporate Sustainability |
Chappell, Tom |
Soul of a Business, The |
| Sustainability in Academics |
Creighton |
Greening the Ivory Tower |
| Sustainability in Business |
Culbert, Samuel A. |
Radical Management |
| Social change, urbanization, development |
Deutschman, Alan |
Change or Die |
| Social change, urbanization, development |
Diamond, Jared |
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed |
| Social change, urbanization, development |
Diamond, Jared |
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies |
| Sustainable Development |
Doppelt, B. |
Leading Change Toward Sustainability: A change-management guide for business, government and civil society |
| Governance |
Dunphy et al. |
Corporate Governance and Sustainability: Challenges for Theory and Practice |
| Corporate Sustainability |
Dunphy et al. |
Organizational Change for Corporate Sustainability |
| Sustainable development |
Easterbrook, G. |
The Progress Paradox: How life gets better while people feel worse. |
| Contrarian views in environmentalism |
Easterbrook, Gregg |
A Moment on Earlth |
| Sustainable Development |
Edwards, A. |
Sustainability Revolution: Portrait of a Pradigm Shift |
| Sustainability in Business |
Ehrenfeld, J. |
Sustainability by Design |
| Social justice (in developed nations) |
Eisler, R. |
Real Wealth of Nations, The |
| Corporate Sustainability |
Elkington, John |
Cannibals with Forks: The triple bottom line of 21st century business |
| Implementation |
Epstein, M. |
Making Sustainability Work: Best Practices in Managing and Measuring Corporate Social, Environmental and Economic Impacts |
| Corporate strategy |
Esty, D. and Winston, A. |
Green to Gold |
| Climate change |
Flannery, T. |
Weather Makers, The: how man is changing the climate and what it means for life on earth |
| Corporate Sustainability |
Fullan, Michael |
Leadership and Sustainability:System Thinkers in Action |
| Design for Environment |
Fussler |
Driving Eco-Innovation, Fussler |
| Corporate Sustainability |
Galea, C. (Ed) |
Teaching Business Sustainability: Cases, Simulations and Experiential Approaches |
| Social change, urbanization, development |
Gladwell, M. |
Blink! The Power of Thinking without Thinking |
| Social change |
Gladwell, M. |
Tipping Point, The |
| Industrial Ecology |
Goleman, D. |
Ecological Intelligence |
| Sustainable Development |
Gore, A. |
Earth in the Balance (2nd edition) |
| Life cycle assessment |
Graedel, T. |
Streamlined Life Cycle Assessment |
| Community development |
Hallsmith, Gwendolyn |
Key to Sustainable Cities, The |
| Sustainable Development |
Hargroves, K. & Smith, M. |
Natural Advantage of Nations |
| Climate change |
Hartmann, T. |
The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: Revised and Updated: The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It's Too Late |
| Social change |
Hawken, P. |
Blessed Unrest |
| Economics |
Hawken, P. |
Ecology of Commerce |
| Economics |
Hawkins, P, Lovins, A. & Lovins, L.H. |
Natural Capitalism |
| Social change, marketing |
Heath, C. & Heath, D. |
Made to Stick |
| Climate change |
Hillman, M. et al. |
Suicidal Planet, The |
| Social change, urbanization, development |
Hiss, T. |
Experience of Place, The: A new way of looking at and dealing with our radically changing cities and countryside |
| Implementation |
Hitchcock, D. & Willard, M |
Business Guide to Sustainability, The |
| Implementation |
Hitchcock, D. & Willard, M. |
Step by Step Guide to Sustainability Planning, The |
| Corporate Sustainability |
Hoffman, A. |
Competitive Environmental Strategy |
| Corporate Sustainability |
Hollender, J. |
What Matters Most |
| Corporate Sustainability |
Holliday, C., Schmidheiny, S., Watts, P. |
Walking the Talk: the business case for sustainable development |
| Social change, civilizations |
Homer-Dixon, T. |
Upside of Down, The |
| Social change |
Kasser, T. |
High Price of Materialism, The |
| Design for Environment |
Keeney, R. |
Value Focused Thinking: A path to Creative Decision-making |
| Corporate Sustainability |
Kiuchi, Tachi and Shireman, Bill |
What We Learned in the Rainforest: Business Lessons from nature |
| Climate change |
Krupp, F. and Horn, M. |
Earth, The Sequel |
| Social change, urbanization, development |
Kurlansky, M. |
Cod: A biography of the fish that changed the world |
| Economics |
Landes, D. S. |
Wealth and Poverty of Nations |
| Implementation |
Laszlo |
Sustainable Company, The |
| Design for environment |
Lewis, H. & Gertsakis, J. |
Design + Environment |
| Contrarian views in environmentalism |
Lomborg, B. |
Skeptical Environmentalist, The |
| Climate change |
Lovelock, J. |
Revenge of Gaia |
| Spirtualism in Sustainability |
Luce, E. |
In Spite of the Gods |
| Design for environment |
McDonough, W. & Braungart, M |
Cradle to Cradle |
| Social change? |
McKenzie-Mohr, D & Smith, W |
Fostering Sustainable Behavior |
| Sustainable Development |
Meadows, D et al. |
Limits to Growth, The |
| Sustainable Development |
Meadows, D. et al. |
Beyond the Limits |
| Climate change |
Monbiot, G. |
Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning |
| Social movements |
Moyer, B. |
Doing Democracy |
| Community development |
Muir, D. |
Reflections in Bullough's Pond: Economy and Ecosystem in New England |
| Corporate Sustainability |
Nattrass, B. & Altomare, M. |
Dancing with the Tiger, |
| Climate change |
Pearce, F |
With Speed and Violence |
| Business strategy, technology, investments |
Pernick, R. & Wilder, C |
Clean Tech Revolution |
| Economics |
Porritt, J. |
Capitalism as if the World Matters |
| Social entrepreneurship (underdeveloped nations) |
Prahalad, CK |
Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, The |
| Spirtualism in Sustainability |
Quinn, D. |
Ishmael:An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit |
| Sustainability in Academics |
Rappaport and Creighton |
Degrees that Matter |
| Economics |
Rifkin |
Hydrogen Economy |
| Community development |
Rocky Mountain Institute |
Economic Renewal Handbook |
| Corporate Sustainability |
Romm, J. |
Cool Companies: How the Best Businesses Boost Profits and Productivity by Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
| Community development |
Roseland, M. |
Towards Sustainable Communities |
| Design for Environment |
Roszak, T. |
Voice of the Earth |
| Social change, urbanization, development |
Russell, P. |
Waking up in Time: Finding Inner Peace in Times of Accelerating Change |
| Corporate Sustainability |
Schaltegger & Wagner (eds.) |
Managing the Business Case for Sustainability: the integration of social, environmental and economic performance |
| Corporate Sustainability |
Schaltegger, Bennett & Burritt (eds.) |
Sustainability Reporting and Accounting |
| Chemicals/toxics |
Schapiro, M. |
Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products |
| Change management |
Scharmer, O. |
Theory U |
| Sustainability in Business |
Schendler, A. |
Getting Green Done |
| Economics |
Schumacher, E.F. |
Small is Beautiful |
| Social change, urbanization, development |
Schwartz, P. |
Art of the Long View:Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World |
| Sustainability in Academics |
Senge et al. |
Learning for Sustainability |
| Change management |
Senge, P., Scharmer, C.O., Jaworski, J. & Fflower, B. |
Presence: Exploring Profound Change in People, Organizaitons, and Society |
| Change management |
Senge, P., Smith, B., Kruschwitz, N., Laur, J., and Schley, S. |
Necessary Revolution, The |
| Sustainability in Business |
Senge, Peter M. |
5th Discipline |
| Social change, urbanization, development |
Shutkin, W. |
Land that Could Be, The: Environmentalism and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century |
| Social change, urbanization, development |
Vitek, B. and Jackson, W. |
The Virtues of Ignorance: Complexity, Sustainability, and the Limits of Knowledge |
| Design for Environment |
Vogel, S. |
Cats' Paws and Catapults: Mechanical Worlds of Nature and People |
| Developing nations, social design, low-tech engineering |
Weisman, A. |
Gaviotas: A village to reinvent the world |
| Corporate strategy, business case |
Willard, B. |
Sustainability Advantage |
| Corporate strategy, business case |
Willard, B. & Lovins |
Next Sustainability Wave, The |
| Risk and sustainability |
Wilson & Crouch |
Risk-Benefit Analysis |
| Sustainable Development |
Wilson, E. O. |
Consilience |
| Social change, urbanization, development |
World Watch Institute |
State of the World |
| Green building |
Yudelson, J. |
Green Building Revolution, The |
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