The prestigious journal “Ecological Economics” has published a long review of Alan AtKisson’s most recent book, The Sustainability Transformation (the review is listed under the original hardback title, The ISIS Agreement).

The reviewer (Sigrun Maria Kristinsdottir of the University of Iceland) provides a detailed summary of the book’s contents in addition to recommending it as a handbook in sustainability practice for non-academics.  Here are two excerpts from the review, published 5 May 2011:

“AtKisson states that the purpose of the book is primarily ‘to help grow and strengthen the expanding corps of sustainability change agents in this world: people who understand the nature of the global challenges facing humanity in the 21st century and who have committed some part of their life to helping humanity rise to meet them’ (pp. 34, italics original), and he succeeds in that purpose. The book is inspiring and informative, and offers clear and easy-to-follow framework and tools, including the Sustainability Compass, which is used with stakeholders interested in moving a community or a company towards greater sustainability.” [...]

“AtKisson’s personal style makes the book easy to read. AtKisson has interdisciplinary training in science, economics and philosophy (pp. 6) and experience as a journalist, and his storytelling skills shine through in his writing. The tone is upbeat and the author speaks of himself in first person singular and addresses the reader in second person singular, which makes for a one-on-one feeling … The book’s many short sections, dotted with AtKisson’s personal letters and musings, give glimpses of his rich, travel-filled life. He cleverly uses examples of his own insecurity as a sustainability consultant presumably to ease the fear the reader might have about taking AtKisson up on the job offer [to save the world] given in the first chapter.”

Link to source:  Ecological Economics, 5 May 2011