21 Principles for the 21st Century, the series Sarah and I put together trying to sum up some of the prominent trends we'd been covering, is a good place to start looking into the work we did in 2007:

Principle 1: The Backstory
Principle 2: Ecological Footprints and One Planet Thinking
Principle 3: Cradle to Cradle and Closing the Loop

Principle 4: Life Cycle Analysis, Embodied Energy and Virtual Water

Principle 5: Ecosystem Services and Ecological Economics

Principle 6: Transparency

Principle 7: Strategic Consumption

Principle 8: Leapfrogging

Principle 9: Social Entrepreneurship/Base Of the Pyramid

Principle 10: Collaborative Innovation and Creative Commons

Principle 11: Socially Responsible Investment, Patient Capital and Carbon Disclosure

Principle 12: Philanthropy and NGOs

Principle 13: Product Service Systems

Principle 14: Density, Compact Communities and Smart Growth

Principle 15: Carbon Neutrality and Climate Foresight

Principle 16: Offsetting

Principle 17: Environmental Justice

Principle 18: Sustainable Food

Principle 19: Clean and Renewable Energy

Principle 20: Citizen Media

Principle 21: Imagining the Future

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