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The Localization Reader
- Adapting to the Coming Downshift
Engelsk Paperback
The Localization Reader
- Adapting to the Coming Downshift
Engelsk Paperback

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Readings that point the way to a peaceful, democratic, and ecologically resilient transition to an era of localization, limits, and societal opportunities.

Energy supplies are tightening. Persistent pollutants are accumulating. Food security is declining. There is no going back to the days of reckless consumption, but there is a possibility—already being realized in communities across North America and around the world—of localizing, of living well as we learn to live well within immutable constraints. This book maps the transition to a more localized world.

Society is shifting from the centrifugal forces of globalization (cheap and abundant raw materials and energy, intensive commercialization, concentrated economic and political power) to the centripetal forces of localization: distributed authority and leadership, sustainable use of nearby natural resources, community self-reliance and cohesion (with crucial regional, national, and international dimensions).

This collection, offering classic texts by such writers as Wendell Berry, M. King Hubbert, and Ernst F. Schumacher, as well as new work by authors including Karen Litfin and David Hess, shows how localization—a process of affirmative social change—can enable psychologically meaningful and fulfilling lives while promoting ecological and social sustainability. Topics range from energy dynamics to philosophies of limits, from the governance of place-based communities to the discovery of positive personal engagement. Together they point the way to a transition that can be peaceful, democratic, just, and environmentally resilient.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
376
ISBN-13:
9780262516877
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
026251687X
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
10 feb 2012
Længde:
19mm
Bredde:
227mm
Højde:
152mm
Forlag:
MIT Press Ltd
Oplagsdato:
10 feb 2012
Forfatter(e):
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