Never before has the quest to balance the needs of people, the environment, and
the economy been so important. While sustainability has been widely taken up by
governments and business, the world has continued to move in increasingly
unsustainable directions, from continued dependence on fossil energy to rising
greenhouse gas emissions, and erosion of biodiversity. We know what the right
thing to do is, but somehow we cannot make the changes that are needed, and so
we continue with business as usual, producing business-as-usual results.
Based on more than fifteen years of research and practice, Environmental and
Economic Sustainability introduces the environmental and economic sustainability
assessment (EESA),