Ecosystems as Models for Restoring our Economies

"""Ecosystems as Models for Restoring our Economies appeals to a broad range of people across ages, values, and political beliefs, and will change the way we live our lives. I'll be sending this book to many people in my life moving forward, and believe it should be required reading for high schools, colleges, and any other educational program."" Morgan Day, urban planning and sustainability writer ""Giordanengo provides a comprehensive synthesis of ecological foundations and economic structure, sorely lacking in our quest to develop sustainable economies in the face of growing economic and environmental turmoil. From the roots of ecological restoration, this book delivers a clear path to restoring the American economy, in a way that speaks in a universal language to policy makers, business owners, academics and the general public. This book provides hopes for species, ecosystems and the planet."" Kingsley Dixon, vice chair of the global board of directors, SER. ""Entrepreneurs play a critical role in the ecosystem, and in the endurance and restoration of a thriving economy. Ecosystems as Models to Restoring our Economies, Giordanengo's masterpiece book, distills nature's most important principles with basic economic theory in a logical and seamless narrative. Your first takeaway might be - why haven't we looked at the earth's ecosystems before - for the answers to a sustainable economy? As a reader, you will be drawn to new clues and conclusions."" Patty Alper, author of Teach to Work. ""Finding the 'win-win-win' solution that optimizes economics, environmental sustainability, and human well-being is an essential and urgent task facing all of us. Giordanengo approaches this problem with his unique background of scientist, NGO leader, and business owner. He makes credible arguments and presents credible scenarios to solve the crisis, offering empirical solutions that resonate and build up from the local to global scales. John writes with a level of clarity not common to his colleagues and has created a treatise well worth reading."" Tim Seastedt, professor emeritus, UC Boulder ""Biomimicry has helped ranchers like us develop rapid rotational grazing and other practices that help the environment as well as the bottom line. Can the lessons of ecosystem science be applied to entire economies? That is the critical question addressed by John Giordanengo in this insightful book. It is time for economic policy makers to collaborate with environmentalists and ecologists, to develop creative solutions for restoring both the planet and its human communities."" David M. Jessup, author of Mariano's Crossing and other award-winning novels."