Greening the South African economy requires an application of sustainability principles and practices across the full range of primary, secondary and tertiary sectors of the economy in an integrated manner. The aim of this book is to apply principles of sustainability to the entire South African socio-economic system.

The concept of the "green economy” has gained increasing traction in South African policy discourses over the past few years. However, in much of this discourse it is viewed in a piecemeal way as one part or sector of the economy. In the view of the authors of this study, "greening the South African economy” requires an application of sustainability principles and practices across the full range of primary, secondary and tertiary sectors of the economy in an integrated manner.