Social-Environmental Sustainability
About the Book Series
If we want a world of good social-environmental quality to live in, we must change our materialistic values and the endless, economic competition they engender—and be persistent in that change. We must reach beyond where we feel safe and dare to move ahead, despite the fact that perfect knowledge will always elude us. There are no biological short cuts, technological quick fixes, or political hype embodied in our current symptomatic thinking that can mend what is broken. Dramatic, fundamental change in the form of systemic thinking is necessary if we are really concerned with bettering our quality of life—today, tomorrow, and beyond for all generations. Social-Environmental Sustainability is a series of books designed to examine our human-caused, global problems in terms of nature’s biophysical support systems and propose sustainable solutions to move society toward an ecologically sound environment and a socially just culture. As such, each book in this series is thoughtfully selected to add a new dimension in the resolution of our problems—not just repackage old ideas.
Community Vision and Leadership in Practice: A Sustainable Approach
1st Edition
By Chris Maser, Holly V. Campbell
July 31, 2023
This book is about building and maintaining involved, sustainable, and inclusive communities from the ground up during a period of unprecedented growth and global change. It explains the concepts and principles of community and sustainability and provides students with a framework of sustainable ...
Sustainability and the Rights of Nature in Practice
1st Edition
Edited
By Cameron La Follette, Chris Maser
October 28, 2019
Sustainability and the Rights of Nature in Practice is the much-needed complementary volume to Sustainability and the Rights of Nature: An Introduction (CRC Press, May 2017). The first book laid out the international precursors for the Rights of Nature doctrine and described the changes required to...
Economics and Ecology: United for a Sustainable World
1st Edition
By Charles R. Beaton, Chris Maser
May 31, 2017
The earth, our home, is in crisis. There are two sides to this crisis—our global economy, and its effect on the ecology of our home planet. Despite conventional thinking that typical monetary and fiscal manipulations will put us back on the path of economic growth, the reality is not that simple. ...
Fundamentals of Practical Environmentalism
1st Edition
By Mark B. Weldon
May 31, 2017
Environmental decisions present themselves every day in forms large and small. Should I walk to work today? What about global warming—should I write my congressperson and demand that the government do something? Should I put solar panels on my roof? Should I get a different car or turn up the ...