Strategies for the green economy : opportunities and challenges in the new world of business /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Makower, Joel, 1952-
Other Authors: Pike, Cara
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : McGraw-Hill, [2009]
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Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. How Did We Get Here?
  • Ch. 1. The Oat Branning of Green
  • Ch. 2. From a Movement to a Market
  • Ch. 3. Twenty-First Century Green
  • Ch. 4. A Dysfunctional Conversation
  • Ch. 5. What's a Green Business?
  • Ch. 6. Do Consumers Really Care?
  • Ch. 7. Green in Spite of Ourselves
  • Pt. 2. What Does It Mean to Be Green?
  • Ch. 8. The Many Shades of Green Consumers
  • Ch. 9. "I'm Concerned About the Environment"
  • Ch. 10. Witts, Yoyos, and Why Consumers Don't Go Green
  • Ch. 11. The "Greenwasher" in All of Us
  • Ch. 12. Eco-Literacy and Our Nature-Deficit Disorder
  • Ch. 13. What's in It for Me?
  • Pt. 3. How Good Is "Good Enough"?
  • Ch. 14. The Lowdown on Labels
  • Ch. 15. The Rise of Ratings
  • Ch. 16. Context Is King
  • Ch. 17. Coke, Levi's, and the Tyranny of Brand Leadership
  • Ch. 18. How Starbucks Met Its "Challenge"
  • Ch. 19. Clean Energy: It's Not Just the Environment, Stupid!
  • Ch. 20. A Tale of Two Circles
  • Ch. 21. Three Keys to "Good Enough"
  • Pt. 4. From Here to Sustainability
  • Ch. 22. Green Up Or Green Out?
  • Ch. 23. The Green Retail Revolution
  • Ch. 24. The Game-Changing Entrepreneurs
  • Ch. 25. The New "Energy Companies"
  • Ch. 26. Changing the Conversation at GM
  • Ch. 27. How Many Green Marketers Does It Take to Screw in a Light Bulb?
  • Ch. 28. The "Greenmuting" Paradox
  • Ch. 29. You Gotta Have Cred
  • Ch. 30. PR and the Many Shades of "Greenwash"
  • Ch. 31. Polar Bears, Tree Frogs, and Blueberries
  • Ch. 32. The Power of Pooling and Collaboration
  • Pt. 5. How Good Is "Sufficient"?
  • Ch. 33. The Bhags of Climate Change
  • Ch. 34. The Selling of Climate Change
  • Ch. 35. The "Small-Mart" Economy
  • Ch. 36. The Elephant in the (Well-Appointed) Living Room
  • Ch. 37. Patagonia Versus the Laws of Nature
  • Epilogue: Hockey Sticks and Tipping Points
  • App. The Ecological Roadmap - Earthjustice Findings on Environmental Values by Cara Pike.