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Contributors | |
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About the Author | |
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Preface | |
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Sustainability, Economics, and the Environment | |
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Sustainability | |
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Environmental Impacts | |
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Population | |
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Sustaining the Environment | |
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Global Warming and the Greenhouse Effect | |
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Economics | |
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Envisioning and Implementation of a Sustainable Society | |
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Dynamic Aspects of Sustainability | |
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Two Cultures--Or Three Filters? | |
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Business | |
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Business Firms in the New Millennium | |
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Corporate Environmentalism | |
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The Three Factors of Quality of Life | |
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It's Easier to Say Green Than Be Green | |
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Natural Capitalism | |
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Green and Competitive | |
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How Much Environmental Damage Is Too Much? | |
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Profit | |
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Managing the Business Interest | |
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Science, Technology, and Progress | |
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Science and Technology | |
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Technology | |
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Technological Systems and Innovation | |
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Thomas A. Edison: Innovator, Businessman, and Engineer | |
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Social Goals | |
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The Benefits of Technology | |
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Technology and Social Progress | |
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Positive and Negative Outcomes of Technology | |
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Technology and Developing Nations | |
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Limits to Technological Solutions | |
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Fear Nature, Not Technology | |
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Sustainable and Appropriate Technologies | |
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Sustainability and Technology | |
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Sustainability versus Unsustainability | |
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Selecting an Appropriate Technology | |
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Appropriate Technology | |
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Business and Technology Methods | |
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Sustainable Business Practices | |
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Eco-Efficiency | |
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Achieving Eco-Efficiency through Design for the Environment | |
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Design for Environment | |
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Designing Green Products | |
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Green Products | |
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Green Manufacturing | |
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Green Marketing | |
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Environmental Effects | |
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Information Technology in Sustainable Development | |
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Engineering Design and Innovation | |
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Engineering | |
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Engineering Design Methods | |
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The Design Process | |
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The House of Quality | |
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Discontinuous Innovation | |
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Business and the Corporation | |
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Green Companies | |
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Building a Business Model | |
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An Entrepreneurial Future | |
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Measures of Corporate Sustainability Efforts | |
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Managing the Value Chain | |
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Four Visions of the Century Ahead | |
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System Design for a Post-Corporate World | |
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Financial and Cost Issues in Sustainable Business and Government | |
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Financing Sustainable Business | |
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Internalizing Environmental Costs | |
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Tradable Permits | |
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Innovation and Environmental Sustainability | |
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Life-Cycle Costs | |
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Risk, Safety, and Health Factors | |
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Cost--Benefit Analysis | |
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Energy, Environment, Economy, and Society | |
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Energy | |
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Energy and the Environment | |
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Energy Technology, Efficiency, and Efficacy | |
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Energy and Government | |
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The Energy Systems Model of Society | |
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Coal | |
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History of Coal Use | |
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Coal and the Environment | |
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Coal Technology | |
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Petroleum and Natural Gas | |
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Petroleum | |
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Petroleum Resources and Prices | |
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Limits to Oil Resources | |
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Natural Gas | |
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Alternative Sources of Natural Gas | |
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Electric Energy | |
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Electricity | |
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Generation and Transmission of Electric Power | |
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Fuels Generation and Transmission of Electricity | |
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Power Prices and Conservation | |
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The Future of the Electric Power Industry | |
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Nuclear Power | |
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Nuclear Energy Technology | |
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Nuclear Fission Power | |
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Fusion Energy | |
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Nuclear Power and the Large Environment | |
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Renewable Energy | |
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Renewable Energy Technology | |
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Hydroelectric Power Generation | |
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Wind and Solar Energy | |
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Wind Energy | |
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Wind Power: Where Will It Grow? | |
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Solar Energy | |
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The Potential for Photovoltaics | |
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From Solarex to BP Solar | |
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Biomass, Geothermal Energy, and Energy Storage | |
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Biomass Energy | |
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Research, Development, and Commercialization of the Kenya Ceramic Jiko | |
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Geothermal Energy | |
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Energy Storage | |
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Energy Storage Technologies | |
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Natural Resources and Waste Systems | |
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Material Flows | |
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Water Resources | |
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Forests | |
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Oceans and Fishing | |
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Cropland | |
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Waste Systems | |
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Agriculture, Biotechnology, and Resources | |
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Agriculture and the Farm | |
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Worldwide Food Supplies | |
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The Green Revolution | |
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Agricultural Technology | |
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Biotechnology | |
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Aquaculture and the Future of Fisheries | |
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International Ecosystem Assessment | |
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Agriculture, Technology, and Natural Resources | |
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Materials and Manufacturing | |
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The Manufacturing Process | |
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Material Intensity and Energy Intensity | |
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Recycling and Reusing Waste Products | |
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Resource Conservation | |
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Service Extension | |
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Health and Environment Risk | |
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The Interface Corporation Case | |
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Transportation Systems | |
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Sustainable Transportation Systems | |
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Air Transportation | |
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Railroad Transportation | |
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Public Transportation Systems | |
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Water Transportation | |
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Motor Vehicles | |
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Heavy-Duty Trucks | |
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Improved Motor Vehicles | |
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Intelligent Transportation Systems | |
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Electric and Hybrid Vehicles | |
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The Electric Vehicle | |
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The Soft and Hard Elements of Technological Development: The Electric Vehicle Case | |
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The Hybrid Vehicle | |
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Fuel Cells and the Hydrogen Economy | |
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Hydrogen as an Energy Carrier | |
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Fuel Cells | |
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Fuel Cell Powered Vehicles: Big Business, Fast Cars, and Clean Air | |
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Fuels for Fuel Cell Vehicles | |
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Corporate Performance Indicators | |
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Measurement and Indices | |
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Measures of the Environment | |
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Corporate Social and Environmental Indicators | |
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The Three-Factor Scorecard | |
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Measuring a Community's Quality of Life | |
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Social Entrepreneurship and Investing | |
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Social Entrepreneurship | |
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Social Innovation | |
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Social Investing | |
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Buildings, the Internet, and the Future of a Sustainable World | |
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Buildings and Construction | |
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In the Tradition of Architecture | |
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Telecommunications and the Internet | |
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Telecommuting and Sustainability | |
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Driving toward Sustainability | |
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Government and Sustainability's Triple Bottom Line | |
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The Problem of the Last Straw: The Case of Global Warming | |
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Sustainable Consumption | |
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Technology and Environmentalism | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |