Five Insights for Avoiding Global Collapse : : What a 50-Year-Old Model of the World Taught Me About a Way Forward for Us Today / / Gaya Herrington.
Looming environmental and social breaking points, like climate change and massive inequalities, are becoming increasingly apparent and large in scale. In this book, Gaya Herrington puts today's key societal challenges in perspective. Her analysis, rooted in her research on a 50-year-old model o...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Basel : : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute,, 2022. |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (208 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- About the Author xv
- Acknowledgments . xvii
- 1. Introduction . 1
- 2. Systems Thinking: Everything is Connected 7
- 3. Pursuing Growth is the Cause, Not the Solution 31
- 4. A Better Goal: Fulfilling Human Needs with Respect for Nature 43
- 5. The Sustainability Revolution: Humanity's Dying and Emerging New Narratives 63
- 6. Prosperity over Growth: From "Never Enough" to "Enough for Each" . 85
- 7. Elements of a Dynamic Global Equilibrium . 99
- 8. Who, Where, and Why You Are 151
- Appendix A . 153
- References 154.