Hatched: The capacity for sustainable development
It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad. C. S. Lewis
More than 30 years of scientific evidence shows the trajectory the world has pursued cannot be sustained. Developing new ways to live and do business will be the defining challenge of our age. Our last chance to hatch, or go bad .
Hatched is an eBook of research findings, stories and tools exploring five key areas of capacity needed to chart a new trajectory for our long-term success: Thinking and acting for long term success; Businesses as sustainability innovators; Individuals as citizen consumers; Facing up to wicked problems; The future as a set of choices. Hatched is written for practitioners in business, government and community.
“Hatched provides the basis of the conversations we need to have” Viki Jayne, Editor, NZ management magazine
“This is a book that should be read by policy makers everywhere and indeed by anyone with a serious interest in the challenges facing us today.” Dr Peter Wood
“Hatched is one of the first true interdisciplinary case-studies efficiently explaining and demonstrating the emergent properties of sustainability science. Due to its innovative format it can be used by researchers, practitioners as well as by NGOs and ordinary citizens ” Per G Berg, Professor in Landscape planning, SLU University
“The New Zealand Wine Company is delighted to be able to recommend Hatched to like minded companies and professionals. Hatched draws on a remarkable scope of opportunities, and of course threats, that the business world face.” Craig Fowles, The New Zealand Wine Co. Ltd.
Hatched is available in the following formats:
- Screen-friendly. Complete book. This file is at lower resolution to reduce download time, and includes extensive links both within the e-book and to external websites.
- High resolution. Each of the five sections of the book, and the introductory material, can be downloaded independently. Images are of higher quality, better suited to printing.
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- Limited print copies of the book are available for purchase from Manaaki Whenua Press.
Complete book (screen-friendly) 
Introductory material 
Section 1. Thinking and acting for long term success
Section 2. Business - as sustainability innovators
Section 3. Individuals - as citizen consumers
Section 4. Facing up to wicked problems 
Section 5. The future as a set of choicesFor more information email buildingcapacity@landcareresearch.co.nz