Tabla de Contenidos: “…Evidence for Hope: The search for sustainable development: The story of the International Institute for Environment and Development; Copyright; Contents; About the authors; Chronology of key events; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I: BEGINNING WITH HOPE; 1 Only one Earth, Stockholm 1972; 2 The duty to hope: A tribute to Barbara Ward; 3 Stockholm: The founding of IIED; PART II: THREE DECADES OF CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT; 4 Time for change: IIED 1984-1990; 5 Earthscan-Panos: Favourite son, via cuckoo-in-the-nest, to friendly rival; 6 Change that works, sometimes; PART III: IIED PROGRAMMES…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Florman -- Appropriate technology and inappropriate politics / Thomas Simon -- The final constraints / Barbara Ward -- The problems of mankind's survival / Mikhail S. …”

“…The invention of sustainable development by Barbara Ward, along with Rachel Carson the founder of the environmental movement, created an alliance of convenience between First World environmentalism and a Third World set on rapid industrialisation. …”