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Further Reading
Conscientious Commerce
Beyond Growth: The Economics of Sustainable Development
Herman Daly ISBN#: 0807047090`1997

Beyond the Bottom Line: Putting Social Responsibility to Work for your Business and the World
Joel Makower and Business for Social Responsibility ISBN#:0671883259 1994

Cannibals with Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business
John Elkington ISBN#:0865713298 1998

The Chrysalis Economy: How Citizen CEOs and Corporations Can Fuse Values and Value Creation
John Elkington ISBN#:184112091X 2003

Dancing with the Tiger: Learning Sustainability Step by Natural Step
Brian Nattrass, Mary Altomare ISBN#: 086571455X 2002

The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability
Paul Hawken ISBN#:0887307043 1994

For the Common Good: Redirecting the Economy toward Community, the Environment and a Sustainable Future
Herman Daly ISBN#:0807047058 1994

Mid-Course Correction Toward a Sustainable Enterprise: The Interface Model
Ray C. Anderson ISBN#:0964595405

Natural Capitalism
Paul Hawken, Amory B. Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins ISBN#:0316353167 1998

The Natural Step for Business: Wealth, Ecology & the Evolutionary Corporation (Conscientious Commerce)
Brian Nattrass, Mary Altomare, ISBN#:0865713847 1999

The Natural Step Story: Seeding a Quiet Revolution
Karl Henrik Robert, Ray Anderson ISBN#:0865714533 2002


Industry and Science

Biomimicry
Janine M. Benyus ISBN#:0688160999

Silent Spring
Al Gore (Introduction), Rachel L. Carson ISBN#:0395683297 1994


Management Resources

Emotional Intelligence
Daniel P. Goleman ISBN#:0553375067 1997

The Fifth Discipline
Peter Senge ISBN#:0385260954 1994

Holistic Management - A New Framework for Decision Making
Allan Savory with Jody Butterfield ISBN#:155963488X 1999


Nature and the Environment
Beyond the Limits: Confronting Global Collapse, Envisioning a Sustainable Future
Donella H. Meadows, Dennis L. Meadows (Contributor), Jorgen Randers (Contributor)
ISBN#:0930031628 1993

Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit
Al Gore ISBN#:0452269350 1993


Nature as a Model for Business
Ants, Galileo, and Gandhi: Designing the Future of Business through Nature, Genius, and Compassion
Waage, Sissel (Editor) ISBN#:1874719764 or 1874719713 2003

Biomimicry
Janine M. Benyus ISBN#:0688160999

Ishmael
Daniel Quinn ISBN#: 0553375407 1995

Nature's Services: Societal Dependence on Natural Ecosystems
Gretchen Daily ISBN#:1559634766 1997

What We Learned in the Rainforest: Business Lessons from Nature
Tachi Kiuchi, et al ISBN#:1576751279 2002


The Sustainability Movement
Government's Business: Enabling Corporate Sustainability
Roger Cowe and Jonathon Porritt PDF file (2003)

Vital Signs: The Trends that are Shaping Our Future
Published each year by the Worldwatch Institute ISBN#:0393040585

The Natural Advantage of Nations
Karlson Hargroves & Michael H Smith ISBN#:1-84407-121-9