The Bridge at the Edge of the World; Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability

by James Gustave Speth

• ISBN13: 9780300151152
• ISBN10: 0300151152
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2009-03-10
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

The author of Red Sky at Morning would be the first to agree that we are in deep environmental trouble, but he offers hope that there is still time to avert global catastrophe. Gus Speth explores a wide variety of promising and even radical ideas for transforming modern capitalism so as to protect and restore the natural world. Book jacket.

Author Biography

James Gustave Speth, a distinguished leader and founder of environmental institutions over the past four decades, is dean of the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University. He was awarded Japan’s Blue Planet Prize for “a lifetime of creative and visionary leadership in the search for science-based solutions to global environmental problems.” He lives in New Haven, CT.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xviii
Introduction: Between Two Worlds	p. 1
System Failure
Looking into the Abyss	p. 17
Modern Capitalism: Out of Control	p. 46
The Limits of Today's Environmentalism	p. 67
The Great Transformation
The Market: Making It Work for the Environment	p. 89
Economic Growth: Moving to a Post-Growth Society	p. 107
Real Growth: Promoting the Well-Being of People and Nature	p. 126
Consumption: Living with Enough, Not Always More	p. 147
The Corporation: Changing the Fundamental Dynamics	p. 165
Capitalism's Core: Advancing beyond Today's Capitalism	p. 183
Seedbeds of Transformation
A New Consciousness	p. 199
A New Politics	p. 217
The Bridge at the Edge of the World	p. 233
Notes	p. 239
Index	p. 281
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