For more than three decades, Hazel Henderson has been at the forefront of the green economy movement, pushing companies and governments toward a cleaner, greener, more ethical and more female model of business. Today this green economy, based on triple-bottom-line accounting—people and planet into consideration alongside profit—is thriving in the U.S. and around the world. In her new book Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy, based on the nationally syndicated public television series of the same name, Henderson weaves statistics and analysis with profiles of entrepreneurs, environmentalists, scientists, and professionals, as she chronicles the maturing of this economic paradigm. This outstanding big-picture view will undoubtedly be heralded as the book that brought the green economy out of the shadows of our consciousness and into mainstream discussion.

The old system of booms, busts, bubbles, recessions, poverty lines, and trade wars is crumbling under the pressure of the unsustainable marketplace it has created.People are rejecting old measures of success such as the GNP and the GDP in favor of more encompassing approaches such as the Human Development Index, which considers an economy’s impact on workers, consumers, the environment, and profits. The country of Bhutan, for example, has set up an index to measure its Gross National Happiness. Consumers, investors, and CEOs and are waking up to the fact that “business as usual” is a relic of the Industrial Revolution, it’s the media who is behind on telling this revolutionary story.

Henderson points to example after example of companies that are ahead of the curve and have seen their value rise as they move to a triple-bottom-line approach. Investing in their communities creates brand equity; investing in their employees increases worker productivity and ensures recruitment and retention of the best talent; and reducing their environmental impact means they save money on resources and minimize the risk of a costly lawsuit or cleanup.

In Ethical Markets, Henderson examines how different aspects of the new green economy are working together to create a healthier more stable world. She explores the impact of the rapidly escalating number of female business owners; the surprising influence shareholder activists are having on corporate responsibility; and the return of the local economy and community investment. Peppered throughout Henderson’s analysis are interviews conducted by Ethical Markets TV host Simran Sethi with the people who are on the ground reclaiming our economic landscape.