The increased frequency and intensity of social, ecological and financial crises underscore a complex set of challenges facing the modern global system. Environmental degradation and climate change have called into question models of industrial development that rely on deforestation, non-renewable resource extraction and increasing carbon emissions to fuel growth. These terms have come to mean a lot of different things to different people, and many misconceptions exist that have created barriers to its adoption. Turan will hopefully dispel some of these problems.