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."

  Naturenomics presented to the Honorable Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh

Our Natural Inheritance (36 KB)

The Deteriorating balance between Nature and Economics (272 KB)

A Differentiated Approach to Nature Driven Economic Development (224 KB)

Restoring Balance between Nature and Economics - Developing "Eco-Balance" strategies (400 KB)

The Expanding Human Footprint (76 KB)

Is There Enough Time? (58 KB)

Is Economic Value the same as Ecological Value (102 KB)

Green Accounting : The "Missing Link" between a Developing Nation and Sustainable Growth (255 KB)

It's Not Easy Being Green (99 KB)

Who will the Police The Protectors? (39 KB)

Food Security - Agricultural Bio-Diversity (127 KB)

Water for Life & Livelihood (286 KB)

Towards a Greener Future (81 KB)

Preparing for a Low-Carbon Future (105 KB)

Global Warming - Mitigation and/or Adaptation (558 KB)

Green Travels - Travelling Through Natural Assets (278 KB)

North-East of India - Cradle of Naturenomics™ (164 KB)

Design to Win (127 KB)

About Contributers (604 KB)

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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