Sustainability Archives – Page 18 of 27 – Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy

How on Earth: Flourishing in a Not-For-Profit World by 2050

The transition from profit-based businesses to not-for-profit enterprises offers one of the most hopeful paths to a sustainable economy.

Whether it’s an apartment complex or an economy, the slumlord model of management can only lead to ruin and regret.

State of denial: it’s easier to pretend that unlimited economic growth can support an unlimited population, including immigrants.

A look at Canada, a nation with such potential to be a sustainability leader, reveals a tragedy of wasted potential.

Four hundred parts per million… it’s hard to fathom. Now more than ever we have to be wary of the “solutions” offered by the fossil fuel companies.

Writing a book can be a harrowing voyage, especially if you’re paddling upstream against the flood-stage current of conventional economic thinking.

Alexandra Paul says it’s time to put aside politeness when it comes to opening a dialogue about overpopulation.

China is playing a dangerous game based on a seductive (but faulty) economic theory.

Maybe pirates had a good idea about burying their loot — see how to disentangle yourself from the too-big-to-fail financial system.

Brent Blackwelder sees three possibilities (granted they’re long-shots) for overcoming the obstacles to an economic paradigm shift.