John Ikerd
Systems within Systems
In previous posts, I have illustrated the worldview of authentic sustainability as a nested hierarchy, as shown in the graphic. In...
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John Ikerd
- Jul 18
- 4 min
Sustainable Farm Management
The basic principles of managing sustainable organizations are perhaps most clearly apparent in farm management. The selective boundaries...
John Ikerd
- Jul 5
- 4 min
Worldview of Sustainable Agriculture
The hierarchical worldview of sustainability also characterizes the individual entities or smaller wholes that make up the larger whole...
John Ikerd
- Jun 15
- 4 min
The Hierarchy of Authentic Sustainability
I ended my previous post by explaining that the worldview of authentic sustainability reflects an understanding that economies are a part...
John Ikerd
- Jun 8
- 4 min
Typical Worldview of Sustainability
In my previous post, I related the “five stages of grief” to the stages of transition from an unsustainable to sustainable society. They...
John Ikerd
- Sep 29, 2021
- 26 min
The Essentials of Economic Sustainability
Ten years ago, I wrote a book titled The Essentials of Economic Sustainability. It was written initially for short courses I taught in...