Naturenomics™ - Nature and Economics - Nurturing Interdependence is a compilation of thought pieces focussing on the inter-connected issues of food security, water security, energy security and finally environment security. The articles have been contributed by various thought leaders from Lester Brown, Noah Walley, Bradley Whitehead and Pieter Winsemius to Pavan Sukhdev, Bittu Sahgal and others. These articles have been excerpted from renowned publications like The Harvard Business Review, The McKinsey Quarterly, Eco-Economy, California Environmental Associates etc.. Additionally a group of research analysts from gms, with an average age of less than 25 years, have contributed their thoughts in an attempt to tilt the focus to a solutions based approach.

The book propagates ideas, and proposes alternatives and solutions. As Ranjit Barthakur, founder and chairman of gms, aptly puts it in his first chapter "Our Natural Inheritance"; "This compilation is not meant to provoke discussion and debate; we have indeed seen and heard enough of that already. It is intended to stimulate immediate action, without which we will continue our rapid downward spiral into the black hole of imbalance between nature and economics."

 

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Naturenomics™ 2.0

 

Our second publication, “Naturenomics™ 2.0” takes a step further to address the need for a changed economic model to address the changing circumstances of overuse of our Natural Resources.

 

An introduction to the concept of LEWWAC – Land, Energy, Water, Waste, Air, Carbon and the measurement of these resources utilization and patterns of consumption thereof.

 

We have focused on articles highlighting the current wealth of nations and genuine progress indicatiors.

The most challenging concern of out time if food security therefore focus has been on whether food shortage will bring down our civilization!

Fascinating concepts have been presented on sustainable design and planning of urban areas, optimizing natural resources.

 

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Naturenomics™ 3.0

 

Our 3rd publication “Naturenomics™ 3.0” is focused series of case studies of real diagnostics and implementation done on various green initiatives across various verticals in Indian Industries.

 

An introduction to the concept of LEWWAC – Land, Energy, Water, Waste, Air, Carbon and the measurement of these resources utilization and pattern of consumption thereof.

 

We are hoping to create a bio-diversity knowledge bank and the chapter ‘eco-restoration through bio-diversity parks’ in an another step towards this.

 

The compilation highlights – ‘green industry is smart industry’ to be achieved through ecological competitiveness for ecological sustainability.

 

NATURESCRIPT is an additional in the series and highlights amongst other useful tips the Naturefirst’s Ecological Code for Sustainable Development.

 

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Plan B 3.0 "Mobilizing to Save Civilization" in Hindi

 

We have launch Lester R. Brown book Plan B 3.0 "Mobilizing to Save Civilization" in Hindi on 12th June, 2008 at New Delhi.

 

In his book, Brown points out that the answer is not in asking ourselves “What do politicians think is politically feasible?” but rather “What do we think is needed to prevent irreversible climate change?” This is not Plan A: business-as-usual. This is Plan B: an all-out response at wartime speed proportionate to the magnitude of the threats facing civilization.

 

In the Plan B energy economy, wind, Brown proposes, is the centerpiece. It is abundant, low cost, and widely distributed; it scales easily and can be developed quickly. The goal is to develop at wartime speed 3 million megawatts of wind-generating capacity by 2020, enough to meet 40 percent of the world’s electricity needs. This would require 1.5 million wind turbines of 2 megawatts each. These turbines could be produced on assembly lines by reopening closed automobile plants in the US, much as bombers were assembled in auto plants during World War II.