pt. 1. Introduction. ch. 1. Why we need visions of a sustainable and desirable world / Robert Costanza and Ida Kubiszewski -- ch. 2. Envisioning a sustainable world / Donella Meadows -- ch. 3. Why everyone should be a futurist? / William S. Becker -- ch. 4. Think like an ecosystem, see solutions / Frances Moore Lappe -- pt. 2. Future histories: Descriptions of a sustainable and desirable future and how we got there. ch. 5. What would a sustainable and desirable economy-in-society-in-nature look like? / Robert Costanza [and others] -- ch. 6. Vision statement for the planet in 2050 / Ajay Bhave [and others] -- ch. 7. Scenes from the great transition / Paul D. Raskin -- ch. 8. Environmental history exam 2052: The last half-century / Les W. Kuzyk -- ch. 9. A virtual visit to a sustainable 2050 / Robert Costanza -- ch. 10. Reflections on a life lived well and wisely / Joshua Farley -- ch. 11. The great turnaround: How natural capital entered the economy? / Ronald Colman -- ch. 12. How New Zealand became a green leader? / John Peet -- ch. 13. The new New York: 2050 / Barbara Elizabeth Stewart -- pt. 3. Pieces of the puzzle: Elements of the world we want. ch. 14. Sustainability and happiness: A development philosophy for Bhutan and the world / Jigmi Y. Thinley -- ch. 15. Flourishing as a goal of international policy / Martin Seligman -- ch. 16. What else? / Wendell Berry -- ch. 17. Let us envision gender equality: Nothing else is working / Jane Roberts -- ch. 18. Another world: Finally her(e) / Kavita N. Ramdas and Jamie Querubin -- ch. 19. Policy reform to 350 / Bill McKibben -- ch. 20. The great transition to 350 / Dylan Walsh and Tess Croner -- ch. 21. On baselines that need shifting / Daniel Pauly -- ch. 22. The future of roads: No driving, no emissions, nature reconnected / Richard T.T. Forman and Daniel Sperling -- ch. 23. The new security / Gary Hart -- ch. 24. Green accounting: Balancing environment and economy / Peter Bartelmus -- ch. 25. A vision of America the possible / James Gustave Speth -- pt. 4. Getting there. ch. 26. The way forward: Survival 2100 / William E. Rees -- ch. 27. An integrating story for a sustainable future / Mary Evelyn Tucker and Brian Thomas Swimme -- ch. 28. It is time to fight the status quo / Bill McKibben -- ch. 29. Can we avoid the perfect storm? / David W. Orr -- ch. 30. Sustainable shrinkage: Envisioning a smaller, stronger economy / Ernest Callenbach -- ch. 31. How to apply resilience thinking: In Australia and beyond? / Brian Walker -- ch. 32. Endangered elements: Conserving the building blocks of life / Penny D. Sackett -- ch. 33. Well-being, sufficiency, and work-time reduction / Anders Hayden -- ch. 34. Millennium Consumption Goals (MCGs) at Rio+20: A practical step toward global sustainability / Mohan Munasinghe -- ch. 35. Happiness and psychological well-being: Building human capital to benefit individuals and society / George W. Burns -- ch. 36. Time for a bold vision: A new, green economy / Van Jones -- ch. 37. A world that works for all / L. Hunter Lovins -- ch. 38. Fighting poverty by healing the environment / Christine Loh -- ch. 39. Re-engineering the planet: Three steps to a sustainable free-market economy / Eckart Wintzen -- ch. 40. Raising gross national happiness through agroforestry / Pahuna Sharma-Laden and Croix Thompson -- ch. 41. Building bridges between science and policy to achieve sustainability / Katherine Richardson and Ole Waver -- ch. 42. Bringing Mozart to the masses: Venezuela's music revolution / Maria Paez Victor -- ch. 43. Creating the schools of the future: Education for a sustainable society / Peter M. Senge -- ch. 44. A values-based set of solutions for the next generation / Tim Kasser -- ch. 45. Teaching a university course in sustainable happiness / Catherine O'Brien -- ch. 46. The time has come to catalyze a sustainable consumerism movement / Peggy Liu.