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Flourishing in the Age of Climate Change
William M. Throop (Author)
9781501777189
Paperback / softback, published 15 October 2024
224 pages, 4 b&w line drawings - 4 Line drawings, black and white
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.454 kg
Flourishing in the Age of Climate Change explores skills we need to successfully navigate the distinctive environmental, social, and economic challenges of the twenty-first century. Our inability to address increasing resource constraints, social conflict, and ecological decline lead many toward a deep pessimism that saps motivation for change. Drawing on research from environmental science, ethics, psychology, sociology and educational theory, William M. Throop shows why cultivating underdeveloped skills involved in collaboration, humility, frugality and systems thinking can enable flourishing within our context. He also illustrates how we can strengthen such skills individually and how education can scale up their cultivation, which will be essential for achieving sustainability. Flourishing in the Age of Climate Change is a hopeful, practical resource for readers passionate about creating a world where we can thrive, and where flourishing is widespread.
Introduction
The Problem of Flourishing in Our Times
Collaborating Well in a Competitive Culture
Recovering Humility and Softening Conviction
Reorienting Frugality amid Abundance
Learning How to Think Like a Mountain
Barriers and Step-ladders
Education and Culture Change
Epilogue