Haydn Washington

What Can I Do to Help Heal the Environmental Crisis? (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

From leading environmental scientist and writer Haydn Washington, this book examines the global environmental crisis and its solutions, and 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000709049
• Artikelnr.: 57842790

Autorenporträt

Haydn Washington is an environmental scientist and writer of over 40 years' experience. He is currently an Adjunct Lecturer at the Pangea Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Australia. He is the author of seven books on environmental issues, including Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand (2011 with John Cook), Human Dependence on Nature (2013), Demystifying Sustainability (2015) and A Sense of Wonder Towards Nature (2018).

Inhaltsangabe

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' of ten key solutions
Conclusion - healing our world
Ideas for educational exercises
Index