In 1993, Wolfgang Sachs summarised sufficiency with "four Ds":
Decelerate ;
De-clutter ;
Decentralize ;
Decommercialization.
Selected publications
Sachs, Wolfgang; Zukunftsfähiges Deutschland in einer globalisierten Welt , published by Brot für die Welt, eed and BUND – Frankfurt/Main: Fischer, 2008.
Sachs, Wolfgang; Climate Change and Human Rights. In: Development, 51, 332–337.
Sachs, Wolfgang & Santarius, Tilman et al.; Slow Trade – Sound Farming. A Multilateral Framework for Sustainable Markets in Agriculture, – Berlin: Heinrich Böll Foundation & Misereor, 2007. Also available in Spanish, French, Arabic, Czech.
Sachs, Wolfgang & Santarius, Tilman et al.; Fair Future. Resource Conflicts, Security, and Global Justice. – London: Zed Books, 2007. Also available in German, Italian, Spanish.
Sachs, Wolfgang; Fair Wealth: Eight Shifts towards a Light Economy. In: Manzini, Ezio : Sustainable Everyday: Scenarios of Urban Life. – Milan: Edizioni Ambiente, 2003, 41–44.
Sachs, Wolfgang ; The Jo'burg Memo: Fairness in a Fragile World. Memorandum for the World Summit on Sustainable Development. – Berlin: Heinrich Böll Foundation, 2002. –. Also available in German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, French, Turkish, Thai, Indonesian, Hindi, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Khmer, Urdu.
Sachs, Wolfgang; Development and Global Environmental Change. In: Timmerman, Peter : Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change : volume 5. – Chichester : Wiley, 2002, 150–162.
Sachs, Wolfgang; Globalization and Sustainability : an essay. – Berlin : Heinrich Böll Foundation, 2000. – – also in German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese.
Sachs, Wolfgang; Being and buying: the Power of Limits – an Inquiry into new Models of Wealth. In: New perspectives quarterly, 17, 4, 14–26.
Sachs, Wolfgang; Planet Dialectics: Explorations in Environment and Development. – London : Zed Books , 1999. Also available in German and Japanese.
Sachs, Wolfgang; Rich in Things, Poor in Time: Poverty of Time Degrades the Wealth of Goods. In: Resurgence, 1999, 196, 14–18.
Sachs, Wolfgang; Loske, Reinhard & Linz, Manfred; Greening the North: A Post-industrial Blueprint for Ecology and Equity. – London : Zed Books, 1998. Also available in German, Italian and Japanese.
Sachs, Wolfgang; Speed limits. In: Millar, Jeremy : Speed: Visions of an Accelerated Age. – London: The Photographers' Gallery, 1996, 123–130.
Sachs, Wolfgang; Sustainable Development. In: Redclift, Michael : The International Handbook of Environmental Sociology. – Cheltenham : Elgar, 1997, 71–82.
Sachs, Wolfgang ; Global Ecology : A new Arena of Political Conflict. – London : Zed Books , 1993. Also available in German.
Sachs, Wolfgang ; The Development Dictionary: A Guide to Knowledge as Power. – London : Zed Books , 1992. Available editions and translations: Spanish, South African, Indonesian, Indian, Japanese, Thai, Italian, Persian, Brazilian, Mexican, Serbian, French.
Sachs, Wolfgang: For Love of the Automobile: Looking Back into the History of Our Desires. – Berkeley, Calif.: Univ. of California Press, 1992. Also published in German and Japanese.
