Table of Contents of State of the World 2010
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Muhammad Yunus, Founder, Grameen Bank, and 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Preface
Christopher Flavin, President, Worldwatch Institute
State of the World: A Year in Review
Lisa Mastny with Valentina Agostinelli
THE RISE AND FALL OF CONSUMER CULTURES
Erik Assadourian
TRADITIONS OLD AND NEW
Engaging Religions to Shape Worldviews
Gary Gardner
Ritual and Taboo as Ecological Guardians
Gary Gardner
Environmentally Sustainable Childbearing
Robert Engelman
Elders: A Cultural Resource for Promoting Sustainable Development
Judi Aubel
From Agriculture to Permaculture
Albert Bates and Toby Hemenway
EDUCATION’S NEW ASSIGNMENT: SUSTAINABILITY
Early Childhood Education to Transform Cultures for Sustainability
Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson and Yoshie Kaga
Commercialism in Children’s Lives
Susan Linn
Rethinking School Food: The Power of the Public Plate
Kevin Morgan and Roberta Sonnino
What Is Higher Education for Now?
David W. Orr
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY: MANAGEMENT PRIORITIES
Adapting Institutions for Life in a Full World
Robert Costanza, Joshua Farley, and Ida Kubiszewski
Sustainable Work Schedules for All
Juliet Schor
Changing Business Cultures from Within
Ray Anderson, Mona Amodeo, and Jim Hartzfeld
Social Entrepreneurs: Innovating Toward Sustainability
Johanna Mair and Kate Ganly
Michael H. Shuman
GOVERNMENT’S ROLE IN DESIGN
Editing Out Unsustainable Behavior
Michael Maniates
Broadening the Understanding of Security
Michael Renner
Building the Cities of the Future
Peter Newman
Reinventing Health Care: From Panacea to Hygeia
Walter Bortz
Earth Jurisprudence: From Colonization to Participation
Cormac Cullinan
MEDIA: BROADCASTING SUSTAINABILITY
From Selling Soap to Selling Sustainability: Social Marketing
Jonah Sachs and Susan Finkelpearl
Media Literacy, Citizenship, and Sustainability
Robin Andersen and Pamela Miller
Music: Using Education and Entertainment to Motivate Change
Amy Han
THE POWER OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
Reducing Work Time as a Path to Sustainability
John de Graaf
Inspiring People to See That Less Is More
Cecile Andrews and Wanda Urbanska
Ecovillages and the Transformation of Values
Jonathan Dawson
Notes
Index
BOXES
1. Do High Consumption Levels Improve Human Well-being? by Erik Assadourian
2. The Essential Role of Cultural Pioneers, by Erik Assadourian
3. A Global Ecological Ethic, by Patrick Curry
4. Deepening Perceptions of Time, by Alexander Rose
5. Dietary Norms That Heal People and the Planet, by Erik Assadourian and Eddie Kasner
6. Sustainability and the Human-Nature Relationship, by Almut Beringer
7. Toy Libraries, by Lucie Ozanne and Julie Ozanne
8. Transformation of the California Academy of Sciences, by Gregory C. Farrington
9. Unresolved Questions in Environmental Education, by David C. Orr
10. Maximizing the Value of Professional Schools, by Erik Assadourian
11. A New Focus for Scientists: How Cultures Change, by Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich
12. The Folly of Infinite Growth on a Finite Planet, by Øystein Dahle
13. Upgrading the Corporate Charter, by Kevin Green and Erik Assadourian
14. Cradle to Cradle: Adapting Production to Nature’s Model,
by William McDonough and Michael Braungart
15. A Carbon Index for the Financial Market, by Eduardo Athayde
16. The U.N. Marrakech Process on Sustainable Consumption and Production,
by Stefanie Bowles
17. Making Social Welfare Programs Sustainable, by Kevin Green and Erik Assadourian
18. Principles of Earth Jurisprudence, by Cormac Cullinan
19. The Evolving Role of Environmental Journalism in India, by Raj Chengappa
20. Lights, Camera, Ecological Consciousness, by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
21. Art for Earth’s Sake, by Satish Kumar
22. Growing a Degrowth Movement, by Serge Latouche
23. The Slow Food Movement, by Helene Gallis
