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This book will teach you everything you need to know about sustainable livingfrom reducing your greenhouse gas footprint to making sure that you are part of the green economy. Along the way, readers will learn about the field of sustainability and the "three Es" of sustainable livingenvironment, economy, and equity. We are in the midst of great environmental change and all of us need to do everything we can to try to live more gently on the planet. Robert Brinkmann provides a range of options for readers as to what they can do to try to make a difference. Some involve simple lifestyle changes - but he also challenges all of us to commit to make more difficult and more meaningful changes to create a greener, more sustainable world. The book also delves into how we can create more sustainable communities, schools, and organizations. It showcases many examples of people and organizations that are making significant contributions to improving our planets sustainability that serve as inspiration and guidance for all of us trying to live more sustainably. Robert Brinkmann is the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Northern Illinois University, USA and is the author of numerous books, including Environmental Sustainability in a Time of Change. His blog, On the Brink, is one of most popular sustainability blogs on the Internet.
Sustainability. --- Sustainable living. --- Sustainability --- Sustainable development. --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Sustainability science --- Human ecology --- Social ecology --- Ecological living --- Green living --- Living, Sustainable --- Alternative lifestyles --- Environmentalism --- Green movement --- Economic aspects. --- Environmental aspects
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Drawing on modern science and ancient Greek philosophy, this book calls to explore our collective and personal convictions about success and good life. It challenges the mainstream worldview, rooted in economics, that equates happiness with pleasure, and encourages greed, materialism, egoism and disconnection.
Sustainable development. --- Consumption (Economics) --- Environmental degradation. --- Degradation, Environmental --- Destruction, Environmental --- Deterioration, Environmental --- Environmental destruction --- Environmental deterioration --- Natural disasters --- Environmental quality --- Consumer demand --- Consumer spending --- Consumerism --- Spending, Consumer --- Demand (Economic theory) --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Environmental aspects --- Sustainable living. --- Well-being. --- Values. --- Ethics. --- Deontology --- Ethics, Primitive --- Ethology --- Moral philosophy --- Morality --- Morals --- Philosophy, Moral --- Science, Moral --- Philosophy --- Values --- Axiology --- Worth --- Aesthetics --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Metaphysics --- Psychology --- Ethics --- Welfare (Personal well-being) --- Wellbeing --- Quality of life --- Happiness --- Health --- Wealth --- Ecological living --- Green living --- Living, Sustainable --- Alternative lifestyles --- Environmentalism --- Green movement
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Social practice theories help to challenge the often hidden paradigms, worldviews, and values at the basis of many unsustainable practices. Discourses and their boundaries define what is seen as possible, as well as the range of issues and their solutions. By exploring the connections between practices and discourses, Minna Kanerva develops a conceptual approach enabling purposive change in unsustainable social practices. Radical transformation towards new meatways is arguably necessary, yet complex psychological, ideological, and power-related mechanisms currently inhibit change.
Food habits. --- Social change. --- Sustainable living. --- Vegetarianism. --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory. --- Agency. --- Co-responsibility. --- Cultured Meat. --- Democracy. --- Discourse. --- Environmental Policy. --- Flexitarianism. --- Food Studies. --- Food. --- Insects. --- Nature. --- Plant-based Meat. --- Political Science. --- Political Theory. --- Politics. --- Social Practice Theories. --- Strategic Ignorance. --- Sustainability. --- Values. --- Meatless meals --- Vegetarian diet --- Diet --- Ecological living --- Green living --- Living, Sustainable --- Alternative lifestyles --- Environmentalism --- Green movement --- Change, Social --- Cultural change --- Cultural transformation --- Societal change --- Socio-cultural change --- Social history --- Social evolution --- Eating --- Food customs --- Foodways --- Human beings --- Habit --- Manners and customs --- Nutrition --- Oral habits --- Food habits --- Sustainability Transformation; Social Practice Theories; Discourse; Values; Strategic Ignorance; Agency; Co-responsibility; Flexitarianism; Cultured Meat; Plant-based Meat; Insects; Food; Food Studies; Nature; Politics; Political Theory; Democracy; Environmental Policy; Sustainability; Political Science
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Calgary, Alberta is a culturally diverse urban metropolis. Sprawling and car-dependent, fast-growing and affluent, it is dominated by the fossil fuel industry. For 30 years, Calgary has struggled to turn sustainability rhetoric into reality.Sustainability Matters is the story of Calgary’s setbacks and successes on the path toward sustainability. Chronicling two decades of public conversations, political debate, urban policy and planning, and scholarly discovery, it is both a fascinating case study and an accessible introduction to the theory and practice of urban sustainability. A clear-eyed view of the struggles of turning knowledge into action, this book illuminates the places where theory and reality converge and presents an approach to municipal development, planning, and governance that takes seriously the urgent need to address climate change and injustice.Addressing a wide variety of topics and themes, including energy, diversity, economic development, and ecological health, Sustainability Matters is both a critique of current practice and a vision for the future that uses the city of Calgary as a microcosm to address issues faced by cities around the world. This is essential reading not only for every Calgarian working for a vibrant and sustainable future, but for all those interested in in the future of cities in a post-carbon world.
City planning --- Sustainable urban development --- Sustainable living --- Urbanisme durable --- Style de vie durable --- Environmental aspects. --- Environmental aspects --- Calgary (Alta.) --- Environmental conditions. --- Land use --- Planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Regional planning --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Cities and towns --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Alternative lifestyles --- Environmentalism --- Green movement --- Ecological living --- Green living --- Living, Sustainable --- Sustainable development --- Environmentally sustainable urban development --- Government policy --- Management --- Calgary, Alta. --- City of Calgary (Alta.) --- carbon zero. --- energy transitions. --- envrionmental studies. --- equity. --- fossil fuel transition. --- fossil fuel. --- growth economics. --- net zero carbon. --- no-growth economics. --- renewable energy. --- sustainability. --- sustainable cities. --- sustainable development. --- sustainable energy. --- urban design. --- urban governance. --- urban planning. --- urban studies.
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