Five insights for avoiding global collapse what a 50-year-old model of the world taught me about a way forward for us today

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Herrington, Gaya, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basel : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009741102306719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Systems Thinking: Everything is Connected
  • 3. Pursuing Growth is the Cause, Not the Solution
  • 4. A Better Goal: Fulfilling Human Needs with Respect for Nature
  • 5. The Sustainability Revolution: Humanity's Dying and Emerging New Narratives
  • 6. Prosperity over Growth: From "Never Enough" to "Enough for Each"
  • 7. Elements of a Dynamic Global Equilibrium
  • 8. Who, Where, and Why You Are
  • Appendix A
  • References.