Place Based Approaches to Sustainability Volume I: Ethical and Spiritual Foundations of Sustainability

Without respecting and nurturing ‘place’ we cannot achieve a state of ecological sustainability. Place—based organizations are not run on a purely materialistic basis. The non—materialistic features of a place, its aesthetics, cultural heritage, community feelings, transcendence, should be integrated into sustainability management. This far—reaching two—volume work breaks with the economic logic of efficiency and profit maximization, and suggests that organizations should inform their susta...