George P. Mitchell and the Idea of Sustainability.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- The Idea of Sustainability -- George P. Mitchell -- The History of Sustainability -- The Need for Sustainable Development -- The Club of Rome -- Early Woodlands Conferences -- Washington Takes Note -- The Mitchell Center, 1984-2001 -- National Academy of Sciences -- The New Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) -- The Mitchell Paradox -- Mitchell's Impact and Legacy -- Laureates of the International George and Cynthia Mitchell Prize for Sustainable Development -- Conferences Sponsored by George P. Mitchell -- Conference Proceedings, Books, and Reports from the Woodlands Conferences and the Mitchell Center -- Statement of the 1997 Woodlands Conference -- Club of Rome Lifetime Achievement Award for George and Cynthia Mitchell -- NOTES -- INDEX.

An energy tycoon, real estate developer, and philanthropist, George P. Mitchell is also an idealist, a big thinker who gave his time and fortune to the study of sustainability long before it became a household word. Jurgen Schmandt, who has worked for Mitchell for many years, explains and traces the idea of a sustainable society.

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