Natural Capitalism
- ISBN-10
- 0316031534
- ISBN-13
- 9780316031530
- Series
- Natural Capitalism
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 416
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-10-15
- Publisher
- Little, Brown
- Authors
- L. Hunter Lovins, Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins
Description
There are no more reespected voices in the environmental movement than these authors, true counselors on the direction of twenty-first-century business. With hundreds of thousands of books sold worldwide, they have set the agenda for rational, ecologically sound industrial development. In this inspiring book they define a superior & sustainable form of capitalism based on a system that radically raises the productivity of nature's dwindling resources. Natural Capitalism shows how cutting-edge businesses are increasing their earnings, boosting growth, reducing costs, enhancing competitiveness, & restoring the earth by harnessing a new design mentality. The authors offer dozens of examples of businesses that are making fourfold or even tenfold gains in efficiency, from self-heating & self-cooling buildings to 200-miles-per-gallon cars, while ensuring that workers aren't downsized out of their jobs. This practical blueprint shows how making resources more productive will create the next industrial revolution
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