This book is an urgent call to reimagine our social, political and economic systems so that we might transform to a sustainable society. It considers whether an alternative economic model is possible and examines the factors needed to enable such a transition to occur. The scale and pace of change is unprecedented and the author examines the actions that have to be taken by governments, business and individuals if we are to address the environmental disaster that confronts us. Much needs to change but ultimately, this is a book of hope, believing that evolution to a better, more sustainable society is possible.
Anarchism and Ecological Economics: A Transformative Approach to a Sustainable Future explores the idea that anarchism - aimed at creating a society where there is as much freedom in solidarity as possible - may provide an ideal political basis for the goals of ecological economics. It seems clear that it is going to be impossible to solve the problems connected to environmental degradation, climate change, economic crashes and increasing inequality, within the existing paradigm. The anarchist aims of reducing the disparities of rank and income in society and obtaining a high standard of living within environmentally sound ecosystems chime well with the ecological economists' goal of living within our environmental limits for the betterment of the planet and society. The book refers to the UN's sustainability development goals, and the goals expressed in the Earth Charter, viewing them through an anarchist's lens. It argues that in order to establish ecological economics as a radical new economy right for the 21st century, neoliberal economics needs to be replaced. By connecting ecological economics to a solid philosophical tradition such as anarchism, it will be easier for ecological economics to become a far more potent alternative to "green" economic thinking, which is based on, and supports, the dominant political regime. Innovative and challenging, this book will appeal to students and scholars interested in economics and the politics surrounding it. | Author: Ove Daniel Jakobsen | Publisher: Routledge | Publication Date: Sep 30, 2020 | Number of Pages: 202 pages | Language: English | Binding: Paperback | ISBN-10: 0367664453 | ISBN-13: 9780367664459
How the U.S. can motivate people to migrate before climate change causes chaos in their cities.
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This book is a philosophical critique of the economics of climate change from both an ethical and philosophy of economics perspective. Mitigating climate change is not so much a scientific problem, but rather a political, social and above all an economic problem. A future without greenhouse gas emissions requires a radical transformation towards a sustainable low-carbon economy and society. How this transformation could be achieved raises numerous economic questions. Many of these questions remain untouched, although economists are equipped with a suitable toolkit and expertise. This book argues that economists have a social responsibility to carry out more research on how global warming could be stopped and that, ultimately, economic analysis of climate change must be a political economic approach that treats the economy as part of a wider social system. This approach will be of interest to policy makers, educators, students and researchers in support of more pluralism in economic research and teaching.
Political adviser and author Jeremy Rifkin believes that the creation of a super internet heralds new economic system that could solve society’s sustainability challenges
The idea that our profit-oriented, growth-driven economic system can deliver a sustainable society is a beguiling one, write Lili Fuhr, Thomas Fatheuer & Barbara Unmüßig. But it is doomed to failure. The changes we need are in the first place political, and will be driven by a new democratic will to put people and planet before money.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.4 Inches (H) x 8.1 Inches (W) x .7 Inches (D)Weight: .8 PoundsSuggested Age: 22 Years and UpNumber of Pages: 326Series Title: Lera Research VolumeGenre: Political ScienceSub-Genre: Labor & Industrial RelationsPublisher: Labor and Employment Research AssociationFormat: HardcoverAuthor: Tobias Schulze-Cleven & Todd E VachonLanguage: EnglishStreet Date: October 15, 2021TCIN: 88973053UPC: 9780913447222Item Number (DPCI): 247-56-4568Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
New Society Publishers is a sustainable publisher offering books on Climate action, Green living, Activism, Eco-friendly practices, and Progressive change
On this episode of the Mongabay Newscast, Indigenous economist Rebecca Adamson argues this financialization of nature comes with perverse incentives and fails to recognize the intrinsic value contained in biodiversity and all the benefits it provides for humans. Instead, she suggests basing economies on principles contained in Indigenous economics.
In a joint op-ed, leading academics around the world say we need to heed the lessons of the coronavirus crisis and rewrite the rules of our economic systems in order to create a more democratic and sustainable society.
People around the world are joining ecovillages — where neighbors share responsibilities like farming and childcare — as climate change makes them search for a more sustainable existence.
It almost seems like owning an electric vehicle is a silver bullet in the fight against climate change, but it isn’t. What we should also be focused on is whether anyone should use a private vehicle at all.
From campaigning to installing insulation and solar panels, some practical steps you can take to help avoid climate breakdown
This book brings together diverse perspectives concerning uncertainty and climate change in India. Uncertainty is a key factor shaping climate and environmental policy at international, national and local levels. Climate change and events such as cyclones, floods, droughts and changing rainfall patterns create uncertainties that planners, resource managers and local populations are regularly confronted with. In this context, uncertainty has emerged as a \"wicked problem\" for scientists and policymakers, resulting in highly debated and disputed decision-making. The book focuses on India, one of the most climatically vulnerable countries in the world, where there are stark socio-economic inequalities in addition to diverse geographic and climatic settings. Based on empirical research, it covers case studies from coastal Mumbai to dryland Kutch and the Sundarbans delta in West Bengal. These localities offer ecological contrasts, rural-urban diversity, varied exposure to different climate events, and diverse state and official responses. The book unpacks the diverse discourses, practices and politics of uncertainty and demonstrates profound differences through which the \"above\", \"middle\" and \"below\" understand and experience climate change and uncertainty. It also makes a case for bringing together diverse knowledges and approaches to understand and embrace climate-related uncertainties in order to facilitate transformative change. Appealing to a broad professional and student audience, the book draws on wide-ranging theoretical and conceptual approaches from climate science, historical analysis, science, technology and society studies, development studies and environmental studies. By looking at the intersection between local and diverse understandings of climate change and uncertainty with politics, culture, history and ecology, the book argues for plural and socially just ways to tackle climate change in India and beyond. The Open Access version of this book, available at http: //www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003257585, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
Ethiopia hopes a new dam on the Nile will help the nation overcome chronic power shortages and entrenched poverty—but it’s causing tensions with Egypt.
On Isla Grande, Afro-Colombian residents discuss the urgent need for a sustainable electricity plant. Their efforts echo President Petro’s push for solar energy, with the aim of addressing broader regional goals of sustainable development. Yet, development and climate adaption require funding–funding that is instead going to war, with global military spending nearing $3 trillion annually.
Dry forecasts of climate impacts preserve “business as usual” — the extractive capitalist systems that created the crisis in the first place. What we need to imagine are entirely new socioeconomic configurations.
The Babcock Ranch community near Ft Meyers shows building a resilient and low-carbon America will save both money and lives. We need to start now.
“Climate politics need cross-sectoral and international alliances between industrial and metal-industrial workers.”
Around the world, there’s a conjoined crisis of climate change and housing shortages—two topics at the top of the list of discussions in the recent COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.
Tania Singer on the merits of teaching compassion over competition.
| Author: Richard Joy | Publisher: Bristol University Press | Publication Date: Nov 10, 2021 | Number of Pages: 258 pages | Language: English | Binding: Paperback | ISBN-10: 1529218020 | ISBN-13: 9781529218022
About the Book This revised edition of "Active hope" shows us how to strengthen our capacity to face crises so that we can respond with unexpected resilience and creative power. Book Synopsis The challenges we face can be difficult even to think about. Climate change, war, political polarization, economic upheaval, and the dying back of nature together create a planetary emergency of overwhelming proportions. This revised, tenth anniversary edition of Active Hope shows us how to strengthen our capacity to face these crises so that we can respond with unexpected resilience and creative power. Drawing on decades of teaching an empowerment approach known as the Work That Reconnects, the authors guide us through a transformational process informed by mythic journeys, modern psychology, spirituality, and holistic science. This process equips us with tools to face the mess we're in and play our role in the collective transition, or Great Turning, to a life-sustaining society. Review Quotes "Books about social and ecological change too often leave out a vital component: how do we change ourselves so that we are strong enough to fully contribute to this great shift? Active Hope fills this gap beautifully, guiding readers on a journey of gratitude, grief, interconnection, and, ultimately, transformation." -- Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything "Renowned Earth elder Joanna Macy has long exemplified what it means to live a life of spiritual activism and courageous compassion. Here, with her colleague Chris Johnstone, she offers the essential guidebook for everyone awakening to both the perils and potentials of our planetary moment. In this clearly written and compelling manual of cultural transformation, Joanna and Chris guide us to find hope where we might least have thought to look -- within our own hearts and souls, and in our interdependence with all life -- and then to boldly act on that hope as visionary artisans of life-enhancing cultures. To the future beings of the twenty-second century, Active Hope might turn out to be the most important book written in the twenty-first." -- Bill Plotkin, author of Soulcraft and Nature and the Human Soul "Hope without action is naive optimism. Action without hope can fail because it doesn't believe in its goals. Active Hope is a compassionate and wise guide to bringing these forces together to understand who we are, what we need, and what we are capable of. It is also a brilliant guide to navigating the relationship between how we imagine ourselves and the world and what we can do in it." -- Rebecca Solnit, author of Men Explain Things to Me and Hope in the Dark "This is a powerful book to read in these dark times. Written with wisdom and passion, it is about balanced compassion and hope, love and strength, and the will to make a difference. Active Hope is a brilliant guide to sanity and love." -- Roshi Joan Halifax, abbot of the Upaya Zen Center "We belong to the Earth, and our precious living world is in crisis. More than any book I've read, Active Hope shows us the true dimensions of this crisis, and the way our heart and actions can be part of the Great Turning toward healing. Please read this book and share it with others -- for your own awakening, for our children, and for our future." -- Tara Brach, PhD, author of Radical Acceptance "Before turning these pages, I was experiencing the total darkness of a midnight depression. I felt incapable of thinking through, much less taking, a necessary step in my life. Then I opened to the pages of Joanna and Chris's exercise 'The Bodhisattva Perspective.' Within minutes, I saw an otherwise inconceivable hope in the interconnected life I had chosen. It was a simple miracle of transformed consciousness. Active Hope is not just a book but a gateway to transformation." -- James W. Douglass, author of JFK and the Unspeakable "Given the state of the world, how do we find a truly sane, effective, and life-affirming response? Joanna Macy, one of the true wisdom voices of our age, has devoted her life to helping people find their resilience, their creativity, and their passion while living with their eyes and hearts open. Her work is powerful, needed, and lifesaving. If you have despaired for our world, and if you love life, Active Hope will be for you an extraordinary blessing." -- John Robbins, author of Diet for a New America and The Food Revolution "There are few guides in our world that are as trustworthy and brilliant as Joanna Macy! In Active Hope, she and Chris Johnstone give us not only some very good analysis but also good responses and practices -- in a very readable and engaging style." -- Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM, Center for Action and Contemplation, Albuquerque, New Mexico "The response to the profound crisis we are living through needs to be urgent, appropriate, and driven by possibilities. It must also be rooted in compassion and a focus on bringing us together in such a way that we can create anything we set our minds to. It is to this challenge that Joanna and Chris turn their minds here, and I for one am deeply grateful for the wisdom they offer us." -- Rob Hopkins, cofounder of the Transition Network and author of The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience "Words cannot fully express my gratitude for this book's appearance at this time. With ancient wisdom, deep compassion, and years of experience, Joanna and Chris guide us through this perilous time, not that we might succeed in saving the world, but that we might consciously choose to participate, no matter the outcome. This is the path of right action and right relationship, where joy and peace are available independent of what's going on around us. May we take this beautiful book into our hearts that we may each find the path with heart." -- Margaret J. Wheatley, author of Perseverance, Leadership and the New Science, and other books "I loved this book. Its brilliance lies in the way it skillfully addresses and transforms the major limiting beliefs that hold people back from wholehearted social action, which at its heart requires that 'active hope' be sustained. It then gently, but inexorably, invites us to participate in the great adventure of our time of changing the world. Joanna and Chris have laid out a twenty-first-century spiritual path for deep and soul-filled social action. Read it and be nourished!" -- David Gershon, author of Social Change 2.0: A Blueprint for Reinventing Our World and codirector of Empowerment Institute's School for Transformative Social Change "Our species is going through a collective Dark Night of the Soul. The authors call this the 'Great Turning, ' and they provide ample nourishment in the form of concepts and practices that are sure to help us navigate our way. This book is a lucid, timely, practical, and very-much-needed gift. With the guidance offered, we learn how to stay true to our vocations so that neither fear nor despair nor uncertainty nor opposition defeats us. A welcome manual for navigating the Dark Night of our species. Most welcome!" -- Matthew Fox, author of The Hidden Spirituality of Men and Christian Mystics "Joanna Macy is one of the great teachers of this age. What a delight, then, to read her latest work, written with medical doctor and addiction specialist Chris Johnstone. Active Hope helps us to gaze unflinchingly at the horrors that confront us, to honor the pain we feel for our world, and to allow the truth to strengthen rather than paralyze us. It's hard to think of a more important task than to empower us ordinary folk with tools that allow us to engage with the monumental challenges that confront us -- tools that nourish our creativity and bolster our confidence and resilience. If you want to serve the living Earth but don't know how, if you feel overwhelmed by the magnitude of the task ahead, if you want to find the part that only you can play in the 'great work, ' please read this book." -- John Seed, OAM, founder of the Rainforest Information Centre "Active Hope is the Great Turning's New Testament. It is that rarity in the literature of self-help that unfolds as if organically in prose that, like the best sacred writing, induces the mind shift it encourages. Here are the unflinching diagnosis and prognosis and widely tested protocol for self-healing and lifesaving that can help a critical mass of us to recommit to learning, living, and acting effectively on behalf of Earth's beleaguered human and natural communities. Active Hope is laced with vivid analogies, anecdotes, and opportunities to envision the world we would wish to leave our children and grandchildren. I began reading it because I was asked to; I kept reading because I needed to. For all who are worried for the success of their work in the sustainability, environmental, new economy, or social justice movements, this book will be both a guide and a medicine." -- Ellen LaConte, author of Life Rules: Nature's Blueprint for Surviving Economic and Environmental Collapse "Active Hope offers a way of living creatively in a time of great challenges, a time when humanity is threatened by ecological, social, and economic breakdown. Joanna and Chris show us how to frame our actions so that we can help contribute to the global movement for a better, more equitable, and ecologically balanced world. This is a juicy, creative, and powerful book." -- Maddy Harland, editor of Permaculture magazine, www.permaculture.co.uk "Active hope is something you choose, we're told in this powerful, inspiring book. Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone offer not just an antidote to despair but a new lease on life, a way to do our part to heal our broken world. Active Hope is one of the most important works to appear in years and should be read by everyone young and old who cares about what is happening to our world. Pass it on and join the campaign to spread hope! It's never too late to make a difference." -- Rev. John Dear, lecturer, activist, a
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A paradigm shift from globalization to planetary governance.
This famous sentence from Joseph Ki-Zerbo could be translated as ‘we do not enforce development; we develop ourselves.’ However, development paradigms have been largely influenced by external views, mainly those of Western countries.
A climate manifesto from the Frente Nacional Anti-Minero in Ecuador, a new national front of seventy-eight communities and organizations organizing against mining and for anti-capitalist resistance.
Capitalism is not broken, the environmental, automobile and social mayhem we experience every day are just what it does. Humans deserve better and humans are capable of better. The Primer is here to help.
Anarchism and Ecological Economics: A Transformative Approach to a Sustainable Future explores the idea that anarchism - aimed at creating a society where there is as much freedom in solidarity as possible - may provide an ideal political basis for the goals of ecological economics. It seems clear that it is going to be impossible to solve the problems connected to environmental degradation, climate change, economic crashes and increasing inequality, within the existing paradigm. The anarchist aims of reducing the disparities of rank and income in society and obtaining a high standard of living within environmentally sound ecosystems chime well with the ecological economists' goal of living within our environmental limits for the betterment of the planet and society. The book refers to the UN's sustainability development goals, and the goals expressed in the Earth Charter, viewing them through an anarchist's lens. It argues that in order to establish ecological economics as a radical new economy right for the 21st century, neoliberal economics needs to be replaced. By connecting ecological economics to a solid philosophical tradition such as anarchism, it will be easier for ecological economics to become a far more potent alternative to \"green\" economic thinking, which is based on, and supports, the dominant political regime. Innovative and challenging, this book will appeal to students and scholars interested in economics and the politics surrounding it.
A geo-civilizational order can’t survive without cooperation.
Is there a way we can be critical of our cultures of consumption, while also preserving the spirit of abundance?
Climate Change Solutions
Land is and means different things to different people. Indigenous, pastoralist, and rural farming communities are especially dependent on land, which is widely recognised by conservation organisations. Such communities are often uniquely vulnerable to the effects of ecosystem destruction while simultaneously having strong social norms and cultural values that support ecosystem preservation.
In a new IPCC climate change report, scientists said the world is likely to pass a dangerous temperature threshold within the next 10 years.
