What can I do to help heal the environmental crisis? / / Haydn Washington

• Autore: Washington Haydn <1955->
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, , 2020
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 pages)
• Disciplina: 333.9516
• Soggetto topico: Biodiversity conservation; Climatic changes; Environmental degradation; Environmental protection; Environmental responsibility; Global warming; Green movement; Human ecology; Pollution; Power resources; Sustainable living; Water-supply; Natural resources - Management; Sustainable development - Government policy
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: List of figures and boxes Biographies of box authors Foreword 'Scorched Earth' by William Rees Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Our predicament: why we need to heal the world 2. A healing worldview and ethics 3.Reality,limits, denial and growthism 4. The tragedy of denial of overpopulation denial 5. Transform society's assumptions 6. Appropriate technology tempered by humility 7. Reinvent and rejuvinate yourself: reject hubris 8. Be in place, don't own it 9. Listen and wonder 10. Is collapse coming? 11. Seek to heal: the 'Great Work' often key solutions Conclusion - healing our world Ideas for educational exercises Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The culmination of over three decades of writing by environmental scientist and writer Haydn Washington, this book examines the global environmental crisis and its solutions. Many of us know that something is wrong with our world, that it is wounded. At the same time, we often don't know why things have gone wrong - or what can be done. Framing the discussion around three central predicaments - the ecological, the social, and the economic - Washington provides background as to why each of these are in crisis and presents steps that individuals can personally take to heal the world. Urging the reader to accept the reality of our problems, he explores practical solutions for change such as the transition to renewable energy, rejection of climate denial and the championing of appropriate technology, as well as a readjustment in ethical approaches. The book also contains 19 'solution boxes' by distinguished environmental scholars. With a focus on positive, personal solutions, this book is an essential read for students and scholars of environmental science and environmental philosophy, and for all those keen to heal the world and contribute towards a sustainable future.
• Titolo autorizzato: What can I do to help heal the environmental crisis
• ISBN: 9781000708660; 1-000-70866-7; 0-429-32466-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812973103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II