Overview
This book puts the Green Economy to the test, its promises, consequences and blind spots. - Can efficiency be a solution if it results in even more consumption? - Is it possible to save nature by putting a price on the services it provides? - Should we rely on technological solutions to save us? As the economic and ecological bases of prosperity are increasingly endangered and the gap between rich and poor widens, the Green Economy should offer us hope. Yet the Green Economy cares little about politics, barely registers human rights, does not recognize social factors and suggests the possibility of reform without conflict. It suggests that the world as we know it can continue with green growth, based primarily on large-scale technological solutions. This book outlines a way to overcome global crises from a social viewpoint.
Full Product Details
Author: Thomas Fatheuer ,
Lili Fuhr ,
Barbara Unmuessig
Publisher: Green Books
Imprint: Green Books
Edition: -- Select --
Dimensions:
Width: 13.00cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 20.50cm
Weight: 0.205kg
ISBN: 9780857844156
ISBN 10: 0857844156
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 05 July 2016
Audience:
General/trade
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Originally, the Green Economy was meant to create the political space for a deeper conversation. Yet, as argued in this book, such a conversation must go beyond a shallow 'economisation' of nature and quick techno-fixes. ... Rather, it must establish a new 'political ecology' and engage widely in the creation of a new and more profound agenda for change. This task is as relevant today as it ever was. TIM JACKSON
Author Information
Thomas Fatheuer is a social scientist and lived in Brazil from 1992 to 2010, most recently as head of the Heinrich Boll Foundation's office in Rio de Janeiro. Prior to that he worked on forest conservation projects in the Amazon region for the German Development Service (DED) and German Technical Cooperation (GTZ). Currently, he is living and working as an author and consultant in Berlin. He is the author of numerous publications on the Brazilian development model, the conservation of tropical forests and the concept of Buen Vivir. Lili Fuhr is a graduate geographer and, since 2008, heads the international Ecology and Sustainable Development Department at the Heinrich Boll Foundation with a special focus on international climate and resource politics. She blogs regularly at www.klima-der-gerechtigkeit.de. Barbara Unmussig is a political scientist and, since 2002, Co-President of the Heinrich Boll Foundation. She has acted since 2009 as deputy member of the Board of Trustees of the German Institute for Human Rights (DIMR). Her work focuses on issues such as the social aspects of globalisation, human and women's rights and international climate, resource and agricultural policy. Among other roles, she is chair of the jury for the Anne Klein Women's Award, which has been presented annually since 2012 by the Heinrich Boll Foundation. Barbara Unmussig has published numerous articles for books and journals.
