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Sustainability and the American Naturalist Tradi – Revisiting Henry David Thoreau, Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, and Edward O. Wilson

Craig Thomas author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Transcript Verlag

Published:8th Dec '21

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Sustainability and the American Naturalist Tradi – Revisiting Henry David Thoreau, Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, and Edward O. Wilson cover

Humanity is failing at solving complex socio-ecological problems like global climate change, biodiversity loss and population growth. The existing 'sustainable development' paradigm and its reliance on trade-offs between the three pillars of environment, economics, and equity is not robust enough to maintain global carrying capacity. In this timely intervention, Thomas argues that the holistic and transdisciplinary thinking of four iconic American naturalists - Henry David Thoreau, Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, and Edward O. Wilson - can instead help to solve our biggest twenty-first century challenges by synthesizing values from four eras of cultural and environmental history.

Besprochen in: Amos International, 13/1 (2019), Ana Honnacker Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 24.08.2019, Martin Zähringer

ISBN: 9783837641783

Dimensions: 226mm x 147mm x 15mm

Weight: 666g

230 pages