Further Reading

Here are some articles, books and websites which have inspired us, challenged our way of thinking, or are simply relevant to the issues we are discussing. If you would like to add to the list, please send us your own top recommendations.

Articles

• Democratisation of media – Third Sector Foresight Kathryn Cook – Third Sector Foresight
• The end of consumerism by Jules Peck, FreeSyncracy
• We the Citizens by Jules Peck, Sustained 009
• The End of Consumerism by Jules Peck, The Ecologist, 16 April 2009
• UK politicians failing on climate change by Jules Peck
• Decarbonisation ‘impossible under current political leaders’ by Jules Peck
• Hell is an eternal maxed-out credit card by the Archbishop of York
• The New Capitalism by Robert Peston, BBC
• It’s time we all suffered for the sake of our art by Felipe Fernández-Armesto
• Portrait: John Stuart Mill by Richard Reeves
• Farewell to Consumerism, by Alex Benady, Campaign – 10 July 2008
• The Market Cannot Mend Our Broken Society, by David Selbourne, The Times – 9 July 2008
• How We Forgot the Art of Loving, by Neil Clark, New Statesman – 14 February 2005
• Report Card on Child Well-Being in Rich Countries, Unicef
• Lobbying, SustainAbility
• Towards Responsible Lobbying, AccountAbility – 2005
• the private life of public affairs, by Simon Caulkin and Joanna Collins, Green Alliance - 2003
• Shows Promise. But Must Try Harder, Sustainable Development Commision – April 2004
• National Centre for Social Research, British Social Attitudes 23rd report, London, Sage – January 2007
• ‘Keep the Consumer Dissatisfied’, Charles F Kettering, Nation’s Business, 17, no. 1 – January 1929

Books

• Theory of Moral Relativity Roger Steare, (3,080kb)
• Sustainability by Design by John R. Ehrenfeld
• Britain Since 1918: The Strange Career of British Democracy by David Marquand
• We Think by Charles Leadbeater
• Barnes, P.: Capitalism 3.0: A Guide to Reclaiming the Commons, Berrett-Koehler, 2006
• Diamond J., Collapse, Viking Press, 2005
• Drucker, P.F.: The Essential Drucker: The Best Sixty Years of Peter Drucker’s Essential Writings on Management, HarperCollins 2008
• Ewen, S.: PR the History of Spin, Basic Books 1996
• Hamilton, C.: Downshifting in Britain – a sea-change in the pursuit of happiness, Australia Institute, 2003
• Hamilton, C.: Growth Fetish, Pluto Press, 2003
• Hamilton, C.: The Freedom Paradox, Allen and Unwin 2008
• Henley Centre, Workshop to Inform the Strategy of Natural England, July 2005
• Homer-Dixon, T: The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity and the Renewal of Civilisation, Souvenir Press, June 2007
• Hopkins, R.: The Transition Handbook, Green Books 2008James, O.: Affluenza, Vermillion 2007
• Mason, R.: The Economics of Conspicuous Consumption: Theory and Thought Since 1700, Edward Elgar, 1998
• McCarthy, C., The Road, PICADOR, 2006
• McKibben, B.: Deep Economy, The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future, Times Books, 2007
• McLuhan M., Culture is Our Business, Ballantine Books, 1970
• Mitchell D., Cloud Atlas, Sceptre, 2004
• Peitersen, N.: Ethical Economy, Actics, 2008
• Packard, V: The Hidden Persuaders, Pocket, 1957
• Quinn, D.: Ishmael, Bantum 1992
• Schor, J.: The Overspent American, HarperCollins, New York 1999
• Speth, J.: The Bridge at the End of the World, Caravan Books 2008
• Victor, P.: Managing Without Growth, Slower by Design, Not Disaster, Edward Elgar, August 2008
• Winterson J., The Stone Gods, Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 2007

Reports

• Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change by HM Treasury
• Climate change – a business revolution? by CarbonTrust

Coverage

• Post-Consumerism: Emerging Needs and Market Opportunities
• Ben Rowe’s Blog
• Sustainability by Design: Citizen Renaissance by John R. Ehrenfeld
• Citizen Renaissance: A Conversation Toward a New Economy by Julia Levit

Articles by the Authors

• Fall and Rise of the C Word PR Week, October 2008 (808kb)
• Hope and Glory?, Green Ventures UK, December 2007 (308kb)
• Quality of Life Challenge Quality of Life Group, September 2007 (3,400kb)
• Let them eat Cake WWF, (668kb)
• Well-being and the Environment WWF, (668kb)
• Through the looking glass WWF, (440kb)
• Influencing Power WWF (180kb)
• Corporate influence on sustainable development policy Janus, (2,200kb)