Sustainable wellbeing futures : a research and action agenda for ecological economics Contents: Foreword by Jacqueline Mcglade Preface In memoriam: Eric Zencey 1953 2019 1. Introduction: what is ecological economics and why do we need it now more than ever Robert Costanza Jon D. Erickson Joshua Farley and Ida Kubiszewski Part I: The future we want 2. Creating positive futures for humanity on earth Robert Costanza Elizabeth M. B. Doran Tatiana Gladkikh Ida Kubiszewski Valerie A. Luzadis and Eric Zencey 3. Work labour and regenerative production Kaitlin Kish and Stephen Quilley 4. The role of technology in achieving the future we want Stewart Wallis Lindsay Barbieri Alice Damiano and Matthew Burke 5. Ecological economics in China: from origins to inertia to rejuvenation Xi Ji 6. Taking evolution seriously: the role of ecological economics in escaping the anthropocene and reaching for the ecozoic Peter G. Brown and John Gowdy Part II: Measuring and achieving wellbeing 7. Frameworks and systems thinking for measuring and achieving sustainable wellbeing Elizabeth M. B. Doran Lindsay Barbieri Ida Kubiszewski Kate Pickett Thomas Dietz Michael Abrams Richard Wilkinson Robert Costanza Stephen C. Farber and Jeannine Valcour 8. How ecosystem services research can advance ecological economics principles Rachelle K. Gould Taylor H. Ricketts Richard B. Howarth Svenja Telle Tatiana Gladkikh Stephen Posner Jesse Gourevitch and Yuki Yoshida 9. Wellbeing in the more than human world Kristian Brevik John Adams Benjamin Dube Lindsay Barbieri and Gabriel Yahya Haage 10. From measurement to application: wellbeing indicators in socio ecological systems Kati Gallagher Michael Moser Mairi Jane V. Fox and Jane Kolodinsky 11. The struggle for equality and sustainability Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett 12. Human health and ecological economics Martin Hensher Part III: The institutions we require 13. Cultural evolution multi level selection and institutions for cooperation Joshua Farley John Gowdy and Stephen Marshall 14. Moral and ethical foundations for ecological economics Dan Spethmann and Valerie A. Luzadis 15. Governing for sustainable development: rethinking governance and ecological economics Christopher Koliba Megan Egler and Stephen Posner 16. Money interest rates and accumulation on a finite planet: revisiting the monetary growth imperative through institutionalist approaches Romain Svartzman Joseph Ament David Barmes Jon D. Erickson Joshua Farley Charles Guay Boutet and Nicolas Kosoy 17. The nature and role of business in an ecological economy Mairi Jane V. Fox Abigail B. Schneider Marilyn T. Lucas and Beth Schaefer Caniglia 18. Principles of stakeholder engagement for ecological economics Madhavi Venkatesan Jon D. Erickson and Christine Carmichael Part IV: Integrated dynamic analysis and modelling of socio ecological systems 19. Integrated ecological economic modeling: what is it good for Alexey Voinov Pascal Perez Juan Carlos Castilla Rho and Daniel C. Kenny 20. Designing participatory decision support systems: towards meta decision making analytics in the next generation of ecological economics Asim Zia and Roel Boumans 21. A research agenda for ecological macroeconomics Peter A. Victor and Tim Jackson Part V: Making the transition 22. Local economies: leading the way to an ecological economy Sabine OHara and Daniel Baker 23. Systemic design and systemic crisis in the United States: the pluralist commonwealth Gar Alperovitz and Joseph Ament 24. Creating a wellbeing economy alliance (weall) to motivate and facilitate the transition Robert Costanza Lorenzo Fioramonti Ida Kubiszewski Deborah Markowitz Christopher Orr Katherine Trebeck and Stewart Wallis Part VI: Surveys of the larger community about the research agenda 25. Ecological economic goals from emerging scholars Kaitlin Kish and Sam Bliss 26. Assessing ecological economics at 30: results from a survey of isee members Benjamin Dube Index. Climate disruption overpopulation biodiversity loss the threats of financial collapse large scale damage to our natural and social environments and eroding democracy are all becoming critically important concerns. The editors of this timely book assert that these problems are not separate but all stem from our overreliance on an out dated approach to economics that puts growth of production and consumption above all else. Ecological economics can help create the future that most people want a future that is prosperous just equitable and sustainable. This forward thinking book lays out an alternative approach that places the sustainable wellbeing of humans and the rest of nature as the overarching goal. Each of the books chapters written by a diverse collection of scholars and practitioners outlines a research and action agenda for how this future can look and possible actions for its realization. Sustainable Wellbeing Futures will be of value to academics and students researching environmental and ecological economics as well as individuals interested in gaining a greater understanding of the concept of a wellbeing future and how we might act to achieve it