Sustainable Wellbeing Futures

Edited by Robert Costanza, Institute for Global Prosperity, University College London, UK, Jon D. Erickson, Blittersdorf Professor of Sustainability Science and Policy, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont, Joshua Farley, Professor, Community Development and Applied Economics, Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont, US and Ida Kubiszewski, Associate Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University, Australia

'There is no way to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals without a systemic approach to economic, environmental and social policies. This is why this is one of the most comprehensive, advanced and useful books I have ever seen to address the huge challenges humanity faces in the XXI Century. This book is a ''must'' for policy makers and analysts, for academic and applied economists and statisticians, as well as for modellers to provide innovative answers to questions coming from the unsustainability of our socio-economic systems.'--Enrico Giovannini, University of Rome ''Tor Vergata'', Italy'Ecological Economics has given us the vision of an economy in service to sustainable wellbeing for over three decades. This essential volume combines the best ideas from the leaders in the field with the thinking of young emerging scholars to set forth the research and action needed to make a finer future a reality.'--Hunter Lovins, Natural Capitalism Solutions, US'This book beautifully demonstrates that ecological economics, now grown beyond its teenage years, has plenty more to say about human wellbeing and sustainability than the obsolete bodies of knowledge it is replacing. By recognizing our ecological context, it becomes possible to find solutions that serve human wellbeing that can last. This book is the living proof that ecological economics has the power to guide us to a better future.'--Mathis Wackernagel, Global Footprint Network

• Contents: Foreword by Jacqueline McGlade xiiPreface xvIn memoriam: Eric Zencey 1953–2019 xvii1 Introduction: what is ecological economics and why do we need it now morethan ever 1Robert Costanza, Jon D. Erickson, Joshua Farley, and Ida KubiszewskiPART I THE FUTURE WE WANT2 Creating positive futures for humanity on earth 17Robert Costanza, Elizabeth M. B. Doran, Tatiana Gladkikh, Ida Kubiszewski,Valerie A. Luzadis, and Eric Zencey3 Work, labour, and regenerative production 27Kaitlin Kish and Stephen Quilley4 The role of technology in achieving the future we want 45Stewart Wallis, Lindsay Barbieri, Alice Damiano, and Matthew Burke5 Ecological economics in China: from origins, to inertia, to rejuvenation 61Xi Ji6 Taking evolution seriously: the role of ecological economics in escaping theAnthropocene and reaching for the Ecozoic 90Peter G. Brown and John GowdyPART II MEASURING AND ACHIEVING WELLBEING7 Frameworks and systems thinking for measuring and achieving sustainablewellbeing 103Elizabeth M. B. Doran, Lindsay Barbieri, Ida Kubiszewski, Kate Pickett,Thomas Dietz, Michael Abrams, Richard Wilkinson, Robert Costanza,Stephen C. Farber, and Jeannine Valcour8 How ecosystem services research can advance ecological economics principles 127Rachelle K. Gould, Taylor H. Ricketts, Richard B. Howarth, Svenja Telle,Tatiana Gladkikh, Stephen Posner, Jesse Gourevitch, and Yuki Yoshida9 Wellbeing in the more-than-human world 151Kristian Brevik, John Adams, Benjamin Dube, Lindsay Barbieri, andGabriel Yahya Haage10 From measurement to application: wellbeing indicators in socio-ecologicalsystems 167Kati Gallagher, Michael Moser, Mairi-Jane V. Fox, and Jane Kolodinsky11 The struggle for equality and sustainability 179Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett12 Human health and ecological economics 188Martin HensherPART III THE INSTITUTIONS WE REQUIRE13 Cultural evolution, multi-level selection, and institutions for cooperation 210Joshua Farley, John Gowdy, and Stephen Marshall14 Moral and ethical foundations for ecological economics 229Dan Spethmann and Valerie A. Luzadis15 Governing for sustainable development: rethinking governance andecological economics 243Christopher Koliba, Megan Egler, and Stephen Posner16 Money, interest rates and accumulation on a finite planet: revisiting the‘monetary growth imperative’ through institutionalist approaches 266Romain Svartzman, Joseph Ament, David Barmes, Jon D. Erickson,Joshua Farley, Charles Guay-Boutet, and Nicolas Kosoy17 The nature and role of business in an ecological economy 284Mairi-Jane V. Fox, Abigail B. Schneider, Marilyn T. Lucas, andBeth Schaefer Caniglia18 Principles of stakeholder engagement for ecological economics 300Madhavi Venkatesan, Jon D. Erickson, and Christine CarmichaelPART IV INTEGRATED, DYNAMIC ANALYSIS AND MODELLING OFSOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS19 Integrated ecological economic modeling: what is it good for? 316Alexey Voinov, Pascal Perez, Juan Carlos Castilla-Rho, and Daniel C. Kenny20 Designing participatory decision support systems: towards meta-decisionmaking analytics in the next generation of ecological economics 342Asim Zia and Roel Boumans21 A research agenda for ecological macroeconomics 357Peter A. Victor and Tim JacksonPART V MAKING THE TRANSITION22 Local economies: leading the way to an ecological economy 374Sabine O’Hara and Daniel Baker23 Systemic design and systemic crisis in the United States: the pluralistCommonwealth 386Gar Alperovitz and Joseph Ament24 Creating a Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll) to motivate and facilitatethe transition 399Robert Costanza, Lorenzo Fioramonti, Ida Kubiszewski, Deborah Markowitz,Christopher Orr, Katherine Trebeck, and Stewart WallisPART VI SURVEYS OF THE LARGER COMMUNITY ABOUT THERESEARCH AGENDA25 Ecological economic goals from emerging scholars 409Kaitlin Kish and Sam Bliss26 Assessing ecological economics at 30: results from a survey of ISEE members 427Benjamin DubeIndex 445