This book presents edited and revised versions of most of the papers presented at the First International Conference on Sustainable Alternatives for Poverty Reduction and Ecological Justice in 2012 SAPREJ 12 The selected papers are classified into six thematic sections Biodiversity and ecological crisis Sustainability religion and ethics Climate change eco justice and health Poverty financial crisis and human rights Green economy and food security and Global crisis and case studies SAPREJ 12 is a new initiative in sustainability development and its methodological concept has opened new opportunities for analysis and criticism of the discipline This book provides a useful perspective to evaluate the current state of the art and the diversity of the approaches adopted in analysing poverty eradication and sustainable development