Marianna Grossman Keller writes in Nooventures on the key thinkers/books to help us understand the sustainability challenge. The emphasis is on the kind of thinking needed to solve the problem and the principles behind some of the important books.

The books she covers are:

• Limits to Growth and Sustainable Future, Donella Meadows, Dennis Meadows, et al
• Believing Cassandra: An Optimist Looks at a Pessimist’s World, by Alan AtKisson
• Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins
• Biomimicry: Innovations Inspired by Nature by Janine Benyus, William Morrow
• Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth by Lester R. Brown
• “The Great Turning: 9/11 and Heart of the World” by Joanna Macy
• Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, The Next Industrial Revolution by William McDonough and Michael Braungart
• The Natural Step Story: Seeding a Quiet Revolution by Karl-Henrik Robert