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Call for Case Studies to update “Factor 4”

The Team from TNEP is working closely with Professor Ernst von Weizsäcker, University of California, Santa Barbara, to develop an update of the international best selling book, “Factor 4: Doubling Wealth and Halving Resource Use,” (http://www.ima.kth.se/im/3c1395/Pdf/FactorFour.pdf). With the blessing of both Amory and Hunter Lovins, the book will focus on achievements since “Factor 4” was published in 1995, and will be called "Factor 5," (.http://www.naturaledgeproject.net/factor5.aspx).

In order to ensure that leading edge advancements are included in this important work we are inviting nominations of suitable case studies. Case studies should be crisp and should feature existing or expected improvements by roughly a factor of five of energy, water or material efficiency/productivity. We would like to have them by mid July, 2008, at the latest, so as to allow some time for peer review. We would give full credit to authors but reserve the right of stylistic editing so as to ensure consistent language and style throughout the book.

Some twenty years after the Club of Rome's 'Limits to Growth' was published, the book “Factor 4” was issued as a report to the Club of Rome, and offered an attractive response: By becoming four times more efficient, we can overcome some of the scarcities and still have much better lives, and was subsequently translated into 12 languages. “Factor 5” goes further than that. It is more ambitious; it features systemic and cascade improvements; responding to the climate challenge, it looks at synergies between efficiency and renewable energies; it has a strong focus on the dynamic economies of Asia; and it carefully considers the realities of the rebound effect (consumption growing faster than efficiency) and offers adequate long term policy instruments.

“Factor 5” is targeted at the new generation of engineers, entrepreneurs and politicians who are serious about facing the challenges of global warming, skyrocketing resource prices and other environmental issues. The book will be published in English by Earthscan for release in 2009, with 20% of the manuscript released online at time of publication. German and Chinese editions will be also published in 2009 with other languages under negotiation.

This new book will update and refocus the claim from “Factor 4” of heralding "nothing less than a new direction for technological progress" and "the beginning of a new industrial revolution in which we shall achieve dramatic increases in resource productivity." TNEP's contribution to the book has been made possible by grants from
Griffith University (http://www.griffith.edu.au/) with thanks to Deputy Vice Chancellor for Research, Professor Lesley Johnson, and by Conics Limited (http://www.conics.com.au/home/default.asp) with thanks to the Chairman, Jim McKnoulty. The contributions by Professor von Weizsäcker are supported by the Aachener Foundation ( http://www.aachenfoundation.org/index.php?id=1) in Germany. We are still seeking financial support (with appropriate acknowledgement in
the publication) to complete the funding requirements for this initiative - please contact the TNEP Secretariat if you are interested in contributing such support.

Download the publication brief for the Book: http://www.naturaledgeproject.net/Documents/Factor5.pdf

ABOUT THE NATURAL EDGE PROJECT (TNEP)
The Natural Edge Project (TNEP) is a partnership for research and education on sustainable development. TNEP's mission is to contribute to and succinctly communicate leading research, case studies, tools and strategies for achieving sustainable prosperity across government, business and civil society. TNEP initiatives are not-for-profit. Our main activities involve research, creating training material and producing publications, which are supported by grants, sponsorship financial) and donations. Our other activities involve delivering short courses, workshops, and working with our consulting associates as we seek to test and improve the material. All support and revenue raised is invested directly into existing project work and the development of future initiatives.

Learn more at: www.naturaledgeproject.net & www.tnep.net

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