Book review of "Sustainability strategy" by Paul Martin and Miriam Verbeek. Sydney, NSW, Australia, The Federation Press. 2006. ISBN: 978-1-86287-555-5

[Extract] The global socio-ecological crisis we face in the twenty-first century has been well described in many contemporary works. The harder question of how we get out of our present quagmire to create a more sustainable future is more complex to answer. The problem, as you know, lies in our present suite of social, political and economic arrangements, which do not reward the conservation of natural resources, but instead actively reward the untrammelled, and often, unthinking, consumption of resources. The Federation Press is publishing a series of books on environmental and sustainability issues in Australia. Sustainability Strategy by Paul Martin and Miriam Verbeek is a practical guide to achieving sustainability in the public sector, business and natural resource management. This book is not directed towards an education readership. Rather, this book examines a number of resource management approaches that hold promise for improving institutional sustainability. Having said this, many of the systemic impediments environmental educators commonly encounter are explained from the very first page. And the strategies explored throughout the book are transferable to teachers who work in education institutions. Therein lies the value of this book. We are all consumers of natural resources