Bibliograph

The Path to a Sustainable Civilisation, Technological, Socioeconomic and Political Change, by Mark Diesendorf, Rod Taylor

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The Path to a Sustainable Civilisation, Technological, Socioeconomic and Political Change, by Mark Diesendorf, Rod Taylor

Language

eng

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Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Path to a Sustainable Civilisation

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

by Mark Diesendorf, Rod Taylor

Series statement

Springer eBooks.

Sub title

Technological, Socioeconomic and Political Change

Summary

The Path to a Sustainable Civilisation shows that we have unwittingly fallen into an existential crisis of our own making. We have allowed large corporations, the military and other vested interests to capture governments and influence public opinion excessively. We have created a god called 'the market' and allowed our most important decisions to be made by this imaginary entity, which is in fact a human system controlled by vested interests. The result has been the exploitation of our life support system, our planet, and most of its inhabitants, to the point of collapse. This book argues that the way out of our black hole is to build social movements to apply overwhelming pressure on government and big business, weaken the power of vested interests and strengthen democratic decision-making. This must be done simultaneously with action on the specific issues of climate, energy, natural resources and social justice, in order to transition to a truly sustainable civilisation.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- The sustainability crisis -- An ecologically sustainable, socially just civilisation -- Transitioning the energy system -- Transitioning natural resources -- Cutting the bonds of state capture -- Transforming the economic system -- Community action for social change -- Conclusion

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