The Localization Reader
Adapting to the Coming Downshift
- Paperback
376 pages
- Release Date
10 February 2012
Summary
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 con…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262516877 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 026251687X |
| Author: | Raymond De Young, Thomas Princen |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 376 |
| Release Date: | 10 February 2012 |
| Weight: | 522g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 17mm |
| Series: | The Localization Reader |
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In these pages, you will find grounds for both vision and hope along with a starting place for action. As we face nature’s demand to reorder and rightsize our relations with each other and the ecosystem, this collection should be considered required reading for all.
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Raymond De Young
Raymond De Young is a Professor at the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan.Thomas Princen explores ecological and economic sustainability at the University of Michigan. He is the author of Treading Softly- Paths to Ecological Order and The Logic of Sufficiency (both published by the MIT Press).Thomas A. Lyson was Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Development Sociology at Cornell University until his death in 2006. He was the author of Civic Agriculture- Reconnecting Farm, Food, and Community.Raymond De Young is a Professor at the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan.David J. Hess is Professor in the Sociology Department, James Thornton Fant Chair in Sustainability Studies, and Associate Director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and the Environment at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of Alternative Pathways in Science and Industry, Localist Movements in a Global Economy, and Good Green Jobs in a Global Economy, all published by the MIT Press.Raymond De Young is a Professor at the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan.Raymond De Young is a Professor at the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan.Thomas Princen explores ecological and economic sustainability at the University of Michigan. He is the author of Treading Softly- Paths to Ecological Order and The Logic of Sufficiency (both published by the MIT Press).
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