Profits and Sustainability: A History of Green Entrepreneurship

  • 16h 51m 36s
  • Geoffrey Jones
  • Recorded Books, Inc.
  • 2019
This audio edition explores the history of green entrepreneurship since the nineteenth century, and its spread globally in industries including renewable energy, organic food, natural beauty, ecotourism, recycling, architecture, and finance.

In this Audiobook

  • 1. Pioneering in Food and Energy
  • 2. Poisoned Earth—Green Businesses, 1930s–1950s
  • 3. Earthrise and the Rise of Green Business
  • 4. Accidental Sustainability—Waste and Tourism as Green Businesses
  • 5. Making Money by Saving the World
  • 6. Building Green Institutions
  • 7. Can Finance Change the World?
  • 8. The Green Team—Government and Business
  • 9. Corporate Environmentalism and the Boundaries of Sustainability
  • 10. Conclusion