The Handbook of Sustainability Literacy
eBook - PDF

The Handbook of Sustainability Literacy

Skills for a Changing World

  1. 226 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Handbook of Sustainability Literacy

Skills for a Changing World

About this book

A vital resource for sustainability educators, learners and decision-makers on how we can build a more sustainable future.

In this ground-breaking book, leading sustainability educators are joined by permaculturists, literary critics, ecologists, artists, journalists, engineers, mathematicians and philosophers in a deep reflection on the skills that people need to survive and thrive in the challenging conditions of the 21st century.

Responding to the threats of climate change, peak oil, resource depletion, economic uncertainty and energy insecurity demands the utmost in creativity, ingenuity and new ways of thinking to reinvent self and society. Among the many skills, attributes and values described in The Handbook of Sustainability Literacy are values reflection, coping with complexity, permaculture design, transition skills, advertising awareness, effortless action, and ecological intelligence, each accompanied by ideas for active learning exercises to help develop the skill.

Far from being a rigid or definitive statement of the one right way however, the handbook is exploratory, aiming to open up new, unthought-of paths, possibilities and choices. With contributors including John Naish, Satish Kumar, Patrick Whitefield, John Blewitt, Stephan Harding and Stephen Sterling, this is intended for educators, learners and anyone else interested in the vital issue of the skills we need to survive and thrive in the 21st century and build a more sustainable future.

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Information

Publisher
Green Books
Year
2009
Print ISBN
9781900322607
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9781907448645
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Sustainable Development
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Introduction
  8. Part 1: Skills for a Changing World
  9. Chapter 1: Ecocriticism
  10. Chapter 2: Optimisation
  11. Chapter 3: Grounded Economic Awareness
  12. Chapter 4: Advertising Awareness
  13. Chapter 5: Transition Skills
  14. Chapter 6: Commons Thinking
  15. Chapter 7: Effortless Action
  16. Chapter 8: Permaculture Design
  17. Chapter 9: Community Gardening
  18. Chapter 10: Ecological Intelligence
  19. Chapter 11: Systems Thinking
  20. Chapter 12: Gaia Awareness
  21. Chapter 13: Futures Thinking
  22. Chpater 14: Values Reflection and the Earth Charter
  23. Chapter 15: Social Conscience
  24. Chapter 16: New Media Literacy
  25. Chapter 17: Cultural Literacy
  26. Chapter 18: Carbon Capability
  27. Chapter 19: Greening Business
  28. Chapter 20: Materials Awareness
  29. Chapter 21: Appropriate Technology and Appropriate Design
  30. Chapter 22: Technology Appraisal
  31. Chapter 23: Complexity, Systems Thinking and Practice
  32. Chapter 24: Coping with Complexity
  33. Chapter 25: Emotional Well-being
  34. Chapter 26: Finding Meaning without Consuming
  35. Chapter 27: Being-in-the-World
  36. Chapter 28: Beauty as a Way of Knowing
  37. Part 2: Educational Transformation and Sustainability Literacy
  38. Chapter 29: Citizen Engagement
  39. Chapter 30: Re-educating the Person
  40. Chapter 31: Institutional Transformation
  41. Chapter 32: A Learning Society
  42. Back cover

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