2nd Edition Release Spring 2025 by Anthem Press

Ecosystems as Models for Restoring Our Economies to a Sustainable State

By John H. Giordanengo
Finalist, Colorado Book Awards 2023

Humanity could not resolve our most serious health crises until discovering the structure of the human body, and the nature of diseases that threaten it. We lack an equivalent understanding of the structure of our economy, putting not only ourselves in jeopardy, but the ecosystems upon which we rely. From thirty years of work and research in ecology, economics, and business, Giordanengo describes the core structure of our economies and ecosystems, while shedding light on natural rules that inform the resilience and productivity of both systems. Stemming from the practice of ecological restoration, this book proposes a path for restoring our economies to a healthy state, and in the process strengthening our resistance to a future of predicted global turmoil. If you believe ecosystems cannot possibly hold the clues to economic restoration, may this book inspire you to think again.

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  • "[This book] appeals to a broad range of people across ages, values, and political beliefs, and will change the way we live our lives. [This book] should be required reading for high schools, colleges, and any other educational program."

    Morgan Day, Urban Planning and Sustainability Writer

  • "...The identification of three drivers of highly resilient and productive economies and ecosystems—diversity, energy, and trade—is perhaps the most important insight to resolving growing tensions between society, nature, and the global market economy....”

    Kingsley Dixon, Vice chair of the global board of directors, Society for Ecological Restoration

  • "...Giordanengo points out that it is the built-in strategy of natural systems to increase energy capture, increase diversity, and to maximize the recycling of nutrients within the system beginning at the local level...”

    Mark Shepard, Author of Regeneration Agriculture

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100% of author proceeds support Economic Restoration. This includes the designing and implementation of agricultural restoration projects, regional sustainable economic development, and through research and education.