No 11: THE NATURAL STEP Towards a Sustainable Society David Cook
Published in 2004

The text contains to many questions commonly asked about the Natural Step. A major component of the Briefing is that it gives a deeper exposition of the power of systems thinking and its crucial relevence to leadership in the world today.

CREATING the World Future Council Jakob von Uexkull & Herbert Girardet This edition first published in 2005

As a result of rampant materialism, consumerism and very narrow view of the world, we have created a profoundly unsustainable civilization, which is effectively a world without a futue. The World Future Council is being set up to challenge this situation.

No 12: ECOVILLAGES New Frontiers for Sustainability Jonathan Dawson Published in 2006

In an age of diminishing oil supplies, the Briefing examines the lessons that we can learn from ecovillages to show us how to live in a more ecologically sound and sustainable way.

No 13: CONVERGING WORLD Connecting Communities in Global Change John Pontin and Ian Roderick Published in 2007

Converging World has its origin in the principle of 'contraction and convergence', which expresses the need for carbon emissions across the world to converge to an equal per capita level with which the planet can cope through its natural process. This principle is extended in this Briefing by exploring the central concept of Convergence, which will involve reducing the total ecological footprint of some, while increasing that of others - aiming for equality.