Isbn: 9781852525194 - living system: making sense of sustainability (4 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Living System: Making Sense of Sustainability This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

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Paperback. Zustand: New. Who changes the world? The answer is we all do! "Living System" is a radical book about sustainability in the broadest sense - climate change, the inability of the Earth to meet human needs if we carry on as now, and equally important, global social and economic justice and an end to violence. These aspects are inseparably linked. As we see in Africa and elsewhere, the poor are the first to suffer. There are forewords by Dame Anita Roddick, UK, and Margaret Wheatley, USA, "It's Just Our Turn To Help The World" and many endorsements - see below. The book takes a broad, whole system look at the situation at the beginning of 21st Century. The underlying system gets in the way of our changing things for the better. This is why progress in tackling the urgent issues of climate change and poverty is so slow. Inequalities in wealth and power have grown enormously, rather than lessened, since the seventies. Efforts to help poor countries have largely failed. We need to understand and address the system, a living system, rather than create a wild succession of short-term fixes that don't work. Our situation requires bold, radical ideas. This is what the book provides. It speaks plainly. Many "ordinary people" instinctively reject a consumption driven society in which progress is measured by increasing GDP. The book articulates and substantiates their doubts, challenges conventional wisdom, turns it upside down, (e.g. the vast debt-money and perverse taxation systems) and proposes a new agenda for the 21st Century. It offers a fresh vision of how things could be given the resources and know-how we have today. It gets to the root of things - seeing the world as a living system. This is the uniquely useful perspective of the book. A living system, if not respected, hits back harshly. That is what is happening. Climate change, degradation of the soil, water and oil shortage and the loss of species are warnings. People react unpredictably too! That is one of the lessons of Iraq. War, domination and technological solutions alone are not workable strategies - though technology can play a part. It is a radical, big picture book. It challenges conventional thinking about economics, progress and how to bring how to bring about change. It takes a radical, look at politics and big business. It challenges the current economic system, including commonly accepted free market doctrines - mono thinking and monoculture - and the values underlying it. Respect for diversity and cultures we do not understand is needed. The book exposes unconscious forces that drive leaders - the "beast within" us all - denial, ego and groupthink. It examines the failures of current attempts to bring about change. Old, top down ways that ignore people on the ground are not working. It proposes better ways. It uncovers the part unconscious racism plays in foreign policy and globalisation. Wars on terror and Iraq are wasteful, terrible distractions from the real crises we face. This is why we have lost confidence in political and corporate leaders. A better balance of male/female energies may save us from ourselves. It's a people's book - easy to read, hopeful and inspiring. There is a chapter on crazy idealists and heroes who have changed and are changing the world - ordinary, extraordinary pioneers. Whilst sometimes shocking, it is not a gloomy book. It is constructive, optimistic, full of good news. It aims to wake up people to the urgency of the challenge and mobilise everyone's passion and energy to take their power to change things. There is a lot of positive news about successful models from all over the world. It is full of pictures - pictures often speak louder than words. It is both strategic and down to earth with practical strategic proposals ranging from global to local and what you and I and anyone can do. There is a lot in the book about so-called "third world" countries and a whole chapter on Jamaica, a country I know well. Aid does not work in the long term -.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Has some light general reading/shelfwear - otherwise this is a clean, tight copy. Quick dispatch from the UK. Book.