The New Science of Sustainability: Building a Foundation for Great Change

by Goerner, Sally J.

• ISBN13: 9780979868313
• ISBN10: 0979868319
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-01
• Publisher: New Society Pub

Summary

Modern civilization is on the verge of self-destructing, but a parallel worldwide cultural shift is underway with the sustainability movement at its fore. The New Science of Sustainability uses history and a powerful, scientific framework to formulate an integrated explanation of where we've gone wrong and how to make it right, including emerging reforms in: Education Economics Democracy Social justicePacked with practical tools for measuring and defining economic sustainability, The New Science of Sustainability points the way to a positive and enlightened future.Dr. Sally J. Goerner, Robert G. Dyck, and Dorothy Lagerroos are leading experts in the integration of science and sustainability and the development of a collaborative learning civilization.

Table of Contents

Changing the Dream: How Civilizations Reinvent Themselves	p. 9
Sustainability as a Response to Failing Times	p. 31
Discovering a New Logic of Life	p. 65
Why Civilizations Collapse	p. 101
Redefining Fitness	p. 131
Economic Development as Human Development	p. 157
Measuring Economic Sustainability	p. 187
Sustainable Vitality and the Fractal Future of Money	p. 215
Reweaving Democracy	p. 229
Rescuing the Enlightenment Baby from the Oligarchic Bathwater	p. 261
Neo-Liberal Globalization and Its Discontents	p. 281
Hijacking Democracy: How Zealotry Turns to Tyranny	p. 301
The Rising Tide of Outrage & the Real Culture War	p. 323
New Rules for a New Society: A Checklist for Change	p. 339
The New Story of Sustainability	p. 357
Endnotes	p. 361
References	p. 367
Index	p. 383
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