John Holmberg

TL;DR: Backcasting is a planning methodology that is particularly helpful when problems at hand are complex and when present trends are part of the problems When applied in planning towards sustainability, backcasting can increase the likelihood of handling the ecologically complex issues in a systematic and coordinated way, and also to foresee certain changes, even from a self-beneficial point of view, of the market and increase the chances of a relatively strong economic performance as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assess the Swedish building sector using top-down input-output analysis, which shows almost 90% higher specific energy use (GJ/m2) for the topdown methodology.

TL;DR: A systematic framework of indicators for sustainability is presented in this article, where the authors focus on societal activities that affect nature and on the internal societal resource use, as opposed to environmental quality indicators.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the System Conditions, a set of first-order principles for sustainability, which are complementary, i.e., they do not overlap, they are all necessary and applicable at different scales and activities.

TL;DR: The natural-step framework is used by over 100 organizations, including many global corporations in Europe and the United States, to provide strategic direction for their sustainability initiatives.