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The Path to a Sustainable Civilisation

Author : Mark Diesendorf
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9789819906628
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book The Path to a Sustainable Civilisation written by Mark Diesendorf and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2023-05-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Path to a Sustainable Civilisation shows that we have unwittingly fallen into an existential crisis of our own making. We have allowed large corporations, the military and other vested interests to capture governments and influence public opinion excessively. We have created a god called ‘the market’ and allowed our most important decisions to be made by this imaginary entity, which is in fact a human system controlled by vested interests. The result has been the exploitation of our life support system, our planet, and most of its inhabitants, to the point of collapse. This book argues that the way out of our black hole is to build social movements to apply overwhelming pressure on government and big business, weaken the power of vested interests and strengthen democratic decision-making. This must be done simultaneously with action on the specific issues of climate, energy, natural resources and social justice, in order to transition to a truly sustainable civilisation.

Entropia

Author : Samuel Alexander
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780987588401
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (884 download)

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Download or read book Entropia written by Samuel Alexander and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When industrial civilisation collapsed in the third decade of the 21st century, a community living on a small island in the South Pacific Ocean found itself permanently isolated from the rest of the world. With no option but to build a self-sufficient economy with very limited energy supplies, this community set about creating a simpler way of life that could flourish into the deep future. Determined above all else to transcend the materialistic values of the Old World, they made a commitment to live materially simple lives, convinced that this was the surest path to genuine freedom, peace, and sustainable prosperity. Seven decades later, in the year 2099, this book describes the results of their remarkable living experiment.

Sustainable Civilization

Author : Klaas Van Egmond
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137382708
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Civilization written by Klaas Van Egmond and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-19 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order to be sustainable, a civilization must maintain the balance between 'mind' and 'matter' and between the egocentric 'I' and 'the others'. This book investigates how new institutional arrangements in politics, economy and finance can resolve the current crisis of social values by restoring this delicate balance between opposing forces.

The Green New Deal

Author : Jeremy Rifkin
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1250253217
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book The Green New Deal written by Jeremy Rifkin and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An urgent plan to confront climate change, transform the American economy, and create a green post-fossil fuel culture. A new vision for America’s future is quickly gaining momentum. Facing a global emergency, a younger generation is spearheading a national conversation around a Green New Deal and setting the agenda for a bold political movement with the potential to revolutionize society. Millennials, the largest voting bloc in the country, are now leading on the issue of climate change. While the Green New Deal has become a lightning rod in the political sphere, there is a parallel movement emerging within the business community that will shake the very foundation of the global economy in coming years. Key sectors of the economy are fast-decoupling from fossil fuels in favor of ever cheaper solar and wind energies and the new business opportunities and employment that accompany them. New studies are sounding the alarm that trillions of dollars in stranded fossil fuel assets could create a carbon bubble likely to burst by 2028, causing the collapse of the fossil fuel civilization. The marketplace is speaking, and governments will need to adapt if they are to survive and prosper. In The Green New Deal, New York Times bestselling author and renowned economic theorist Jeremy Rifkin delivers the political narrative and economic plan for the Green New Deal that we need at this critical moment in history. The concurrence of a stranded fossil fuel assets bubble and a green political vision opens up the possibility of a massive shift to a post-carbon ecological era, in time to prevent a temperature rise that will tip us over the edge into runaway climate change. With twenty-five years of experience implementing Green New Deal–style transitions for both the European Union and the People’s Republic of China, Rifkin offers his vision for how to transform the global economy and save life on Earth.

Sustainable History and Human Dignity

Author : Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0718895711
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (188 download)

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Download or read book Sustainable History and Human Dignity written by Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Sustainable History and Human Dignity, Professor Nayef Al-Rodhan shows that it is the human quest for sustainable governance, balancing the ever-present tension between nine human dignity needs and three human nature attributes (emotionality, amorality & egoism), that has and will most profoundly shape the course of history. Beginning with an ‘Ocean Model’ of a single collective human civilisation, Al-Rodhan constructs a common human story comprised of multiple geo-cultural domains and sub-cultures with a history of mutual borrowing and synergies. If humanity as a whole is to flourish, all of these diverse geo-cultural domains must succeed. Only thus can lasting peace and prosperity be achieved for all, especially in the face of ‘Civilisational Frontier Risks’ and highly disruptive technologies in the twenty-first century.

Intrinsic Capability: Implementing Intrinsic Sustainable Development For An Ecological Civilisation

Author : Polesie Thomas
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9813225599
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (132 download)

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Book Synopsis Intrinsic Capability: Implementing Intrinsic Sustainable Development For An Ecological Civilisation by : Polesie Thomas

Download or read book Intrinsic Capability: Implementing Intrinsic Sustainable Development For An Ecological Civilisation written by Polesie Thomas and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would a new approach to tackling urgent global issues like poverty, pollution, habitat loss and climate change look like? How can each of us make the most of the opportunities already present in our rapidly changing world?With a focus on the roles of knowledge-building and knowledge traditions — the ways we think —, we get closer to what is intrinsic in the functioning of our world and of ourselves.Topics covered include ecological business and marketing, ecological accounting; changing values in UK businesses; new business models for sustainability in Indian agriculture; sustainability in Latin America, Russia and Vietnam; mobilising the masses through dynamic citizenship in Sweden and Sarajevo; an investigation of the role of artistic collectives for sustainability in Brazil; developing Nairobi in accordance with a Triple Top Line Approach; an examination of two theoretical cultures in Europe and Africa; the emerging Chinese Eco-civilisation; and educating for sustainability in Singapore and Tasmania.

Knowledge for a Sustainable Future

Author : Aleksander Zidanšek
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527519872
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book Knowledge for a Sustainable Future written by Aleksander Zidanšek and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2023-07-21 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents practical guidelines for students, professors, and lifelong learners on how to seek, define, and improve our creative role in our common journey to sustainability. It describes innovative ideas for achieving sustainable development goals and global peace by solving pressing societal, environmental, and economic challenges with the development of new knowledge, skills, and technologies. The readers are invited to examine their values and creative purpose, and to realign their minds and hearts toward achieving personal victories on the path to sustainability.

Civilization Critical

Author : Darrin Qualman
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1773630873
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (736 download)

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Download or read book Civilization Critical written by Darrin Qualman and published by Fernwood Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The modern world is wondrous. Its factories produce ten thousand cars every hour and ten trillion transistors every second. We carry supercomputers in our pockets, and nearly a million people are in the air at any time. In Civilization Critical, Darrin Qualman takes readers on a tour of the wonders of the 21st century. But the great strength of our modern word is also its great weakness. Our immense powers to turn resources and nature into products and waste imperil our future. And plans to double and redouble the size of the global economy veto sustainability. So, is our civilization doomed? No. Doom is a choice. We can make different choices. Qualman demonstrates that a 19th- and 20th-century transition to linear systems and away from the circular patterns of nature (and of all previous civilizations) is the foundational error—the underlying problem, the root cause of climate change, resource depletion, ocean’s full of plastics, and a host of mega-problems now intensifying and merging, with potentially civilization-cracking results. In this sweeping work, Qualman reinterprets and re-explains the problems we face today, and charts a clear, hopeful path into the future.

Threads of Green

Author : James W Fountain
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781963443059
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Threads of Green written by James W Fountain and published by . This book was released on 2024-07-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ride the Echoes of the Past into a Luminous Future Imagine a future where civilization thrives in perfect harmony with nature. A Sustainable Civilization: Historical Echoes and Modern Challenges charts a course through our past to steer the ship of progress towards a sustainable vista. This book is an exploration of humanity's place within the Earth's tapestry and a guide to shaping a world that future generations will inherit with pride. Delve deeply into The Imperative for Change, where the calling for sustainability transcends a buzzword into a visceral necessity. Discover a rich tapestry of wisdom woven from history with Lessons from History: Tracing Our Sustainable Roots, unveiling the stark reminders and hidden inspirations of our ancestors' interaction with the environment. The narrative escorts you on an odyssey to grasp the complex relationship between human progress and the ecological balance. Turning the page to today's pressing narrative, confront the sobering truths of A World in Flux, where climate change becomes tangible, biting into the core of our existence. But this isn't a tale of despair. It's a rallying call illuminated by pathways of endurance and strategies of resilience, underpinning optimism and actionable wisdom. Within the chapters, learn about The Renewable Revolution and how the ardor for sustainable energy ignites the quintessential transformation imperative for our species' survival. The tour de force doesn't halt at the water's edge. Embark upon an aquatic voyage in The Waters of Life: Quenching a Thirsty World and Oceanic Heritage: Guarding the Marine Commons, exploring the critical role water bodies play in scripting the saga of a sustainable civilization. Witness the challenges they face and the innovative solutions creating ripples of positive impact. With each chapter, from the foreboding threats to biodiversity in Biodiversity's Beacon to the futuristic visions meted out in New Horizons: Technological Frontiers in Sustainability, the book fosters an understanding that sustainability isn't a destination-it's a genesis of ongoing efforts interlinking economics, ecology, technology, and culture. A Sustainable Civilization: Historical Echoes and Modern Challenges is an essential read for scholars, students, policymakers, and anyone determined to be a steward of this magnificent planet. Join us on this panoramic expedition that transcends the mere facts of sustainability. It's an experience of wonder, awakening, and ultimately, hope." Join the ranks of those who dare to not only envisage a more coherent and resilient future but have the audacity to co-create it.

Consciousness Beyond Consumerism

Author : Terence Sexton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781916893801
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (938 download)

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Download or read book Consciousness Beyond Consumerism written by Terence Sexton and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-02 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This is a profound tool for liberation. It will change the way you think, but more, much more, it will change the way you feel.' Ed Mayo, CEO Pilotlight, co-founder of the Fairtrade Mark and former Director of the New Economics Foundation and Secretary General of Co-operatives UK We still have the consciousness needed to create an Industrial Revolution, not to deal with its aftermath. Consciousness Beyond Consumerism: A Psychological Path to Sustainability draws on psychology, religion, science, philosophy and economics to demonstrate how our consciousness has been industrialised over centuries, becoming the root of our current sustainability crisis. Part one will enable you to examine your mind and understand how your consciousness supports and reinforces our unsustainable economy. Part two demonstrates how we can individually and collectively develop a new level of consciousness, to enable sustainable living, and provides practical techniques to support this personal growth. Here's what you will learn: The interrelatedness of our current environmental, social and psychological crises How our consciousness causes our environmental, social and psychological crises The degree to which your consciousness has been industrialised and how it happened How businesses exploit our industrialised consciousness to condition us into being consumers The nature of our unsustainable economic system and how it is maintained by consumerism How you can develop your consciousness beyond consumerism What different aspects of society can do to facilitate the development of our consciousness By developing a new consciousness, we can create a more sustainable society. If we do not, our consumerism will continue to destroy the environment upon which our lives depend.

Climate Change, Moral Panics and Civilization

Author : Amanda Rohloff
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136741275
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book Climate Change, Moral Panics and Civilization written by Amanda Rohloff and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, interest in climate change has rapidly increased in the social sciences and yet there is still relatively little published material in the field that seeks to understand the development of climate change as a perceived social problem. This book contributes to filling this gap by theoretically linking the study of the historical development of social perceptions about ‘nature’ and climate change with the figurational sociology of Norbert Elias and the study of moral panics. By focusing sociological theory on climate change, this book situates the issue within the broader context of the development of ecological civilizing processes and comes to conceive of contemporary campaigns surrounding climate change as instances of moral panics/civilizing offensives with both civilizing and decivilizing effects. In the process, the author not only proposes a new approach to moral panics research, but makes a fundamental contribution to the development of figuration sociology and the understanding of how climate change has developed as a social problem, with significant implications regarding how to improve the efficacy of climate change campaigns. This highly innovative study should be of interest to students and researchers working in the fields of sociology, environment and sustainability, media studies and political science.

The Sustainable Economy

Author : Robert S. Devine
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307277178
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book The Sustainable Economy written by Robert S. Devine and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An original, engaging guide to creating a sustainable economy that will combat global warming while also improving our quality of life. Pick an environmental issue. Maybe air pollution, toxic waste, or deforestation. These all seem like solid choices, but none of these is actually an environmental problem--at least, not at its heart. Deep down, they are economic problems. Nearly all the issues we classify as environmental stem from defects in the DNA of America's current market system. This is emphatically true of our greatest environmental threat: global warming. With a focus on climate change, journalist and author Robert S. Devine reveals the fundamental flaws in the economy that enable environmental degradation. The Sustainable Economy is a book about economics, but it skips the equations and eases through the jargon, opting instead for compelling stories and surprising humor. Readers will encounter high-tech narwhals, struggling coal workers, orbiting giant mirrors, the kids who are suing the U.S. government over climate policy, and vanishing Alaskan towns. The Sustainable Economy looks at many of the most pressing climate issues, such as melting ice caps and farm-killing droughts, but by viewing them through the revealing lens of economics, the book delivers a fresh perspective. Devine shows how the basic mechanisms of supply and demand fail when it comes to global warming and the environment. Fortunately, he also lays out a path to an improved economy that can boost our well-being while also fostering a healthy environment. Most importantly, The Sustainable Economy shows how we can overcome the political and personal obstacles blocking progress toward a sustainable, just, and prosperous economy.

Civilization

Author : Niall Ferguson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101548029
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Civilization written by Niall Ferguson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower “A dazzling history of Western ideas.” —The Economist “Mr. Ferguson tells his story with characteristic verve and an eye for the felicitous phrase.” —Wall Street Journal “[W]ritten with vitality and verve . . . a tour de force.” —Boston Globe Western civilization’s rise to global dominance is the single most important historical phenomenon of the past five centuries. How did the West overtake its Eastern rivals? And has the zenith of Western power now passed? Acclaimed historian Niall Ferguson argues that beginning in the fifteenth century, the West developed six powerful new concepts, or “killer applications”—competition, science, the rule of law, modern medicine, consumerism, and the work ethic—that the Rest lacked, allowing it to surge past all other competitors. Yet now, Ferguson shows how the Rest have downloaded the killer apps the West once monopolized, while the West has literally lost faith in itself. Chronicling the rise and fall of empires alongside clashes (and fusions) of civilizations, Civilization: The West and the Rest recasts world history with force and wit. Boldly argued and teeming with memorable characters, this is Ferguson at his very best.

China's Environmental Foreign Relations

Author : Heidi Wang-Kaeding
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000351645
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book China's Environmental Foreign Relations written by Heidi Wang-Kaeding and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over recent decades, China has moved from being a follower towards taking on a leadership role in global environmental governance. This book discusses this important development. It examines the key role of Chinese interest groups, showing how through various domestic dynamics they have influenced how China has approached issues such as climate change and the environment. Focusing on examples of multilateral environmental treaties, bilateral cooperation, and the proposition of alternative norms – the idea of China as an "ecological civilisation" – the book provides crucial insights on the evolution of China’s approach to international relations and engagement with global environmental governance, and contributes to the discussion of what kind of power China is poised to become.

Flourishing

Author : Andrew J. Hoffman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781351277242
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (772 download)

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Download or read book Flourishing written by Andrew J. Hoffman and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This astonishing book invites you into a conversation between a teacher, John R. Ehrenfeld, and his former student now professor, Andrew J. Hoffman, as they discuss how to create a sustainable world. Unlike virtually all other books about sustainability, this one goes beyond the typical stories that we tell ourselves about repairing the environmental damages of human progress. Through their dialogue and essays that open each section, the authors uncover two core facets of our culture that drive the unsustainable, unsatisfying, and unfair social and economic machines that dominate our lives. First, our collective model of the way the world works cannot cope with the inherent complexity of today's highly connected, high-speed reality. Second, our understanding of human behavior is rooted in this outdated model. Driven by the old guard, sustainability has become little more than a fashionable idea. As a result, both business and government are following the wrong path – at best applying temporary, less unsustainable solutions that will fail to leave future generations in better shape. To shift the pendulum, this book tells a new story, driven by being and caring, as opposed to having and needing, rooted in the beauty of complexity and arguing for the transformative cultural shift that we can make based on our collective wisdom and lived experiences. Then, the authors sketch out the road to a flourishing future, a change in our consumption and a new approach to understanding and acting. There is no middle ground; without serious change at the most basic level, we will continue to head down a false path. Indeed, this book is a clarion call to action. Candid and insightful, it leaves readers with cautious hope."--Provided by publisher.

Environmental Culture

Author : Val Plumwood
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134682956
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Environmental Culture written by Val Plumwood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-09-15 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this much-needed account of what has gone wrong in our thinking about the environment, Val Plumwood digs at the roots of environmental degradation. She argues that we need to see nature as an end itself, rather than an instrument to get what we want. Using a range of examples, Plumwood presents a radically new picture of how our culture must change to accommodate nature.

Sustainable Or Bust

Author : Richard Adrian Reese
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781490927114
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (271 download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Or Bust written by Richard Adrian Reese and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-07-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clearly, the "normal" way of life is the opposite of genuine sustainability, and it has an expiration date. Any way of life that is fully in balance with the family of life must be genuinely sustainable, a healthy path with a future. At present, too few really comprehend this concept. It would be wise to learn, and Sustainable or Bust is a useful tool for the job. Seven-point-something billion people can't switch to sustainable living this afternoon, because it's temporarily impossible. But the collapse of industrial civilization is now in its early stages, and when it's done, the human sphere will be much smaller, slower, and simpler. Decades down the road, many new options will become possible, including genuine sustainability. We could help our descendants find a more direct path to health and balance by learning about sustainability now, and sharing this wisdom with the young ones. There's never been a better time to hit the books and feed our minds - before the lights go out. Nothing can change until ideas change. My first book, What Is Sustainable, presented an introduction to genuine sustainability, with an emphasis on food. Sustainable or Bust is a collection of 64 book reviews, and 16 rants. It's a gallery of thinkers, scholars, and ideas that might make "normal" minds itch and squirm. This book is for pilgrims who are awake, alive, and weary of normal - minds hungry for outside-the-box ideas. I don't expect to see the end of the collapse. What the survivors, if any, choose to do is entirely beyond my control. I am not responsible for the decisions they make, but I am responsible for doing what I can to help them understand their history, predicament, and options. Who are we? Where are we from? How did we get here?