Beyond sustainability : a thriving environment /

Beyond sustainability : a thriving environment /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Delaney, Tim, author.
Imprint:	Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
Description:	vi, 236 pages ; 26 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Social ecology. Human ecology. Sustainability. Human ecology. Social ecology. Sustainability.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9955830

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Other authors / contributors:	Madigan, Tim, author.
ISBN:	9780786479597 (softcover : alk. paper) 0786479590 (softcover : alk. paper) 9781476615165 (ebook)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This text approaches the study of the environment from two disciplines--sociology and philosophy. Both sociologists and philosophers have concerns about our environment's ability not only to sustain itself, but also to reach a point where it can thrive. It examines the differences between "sustainability" and "thrivability" and discusses sociological and philosophical environmentalism, the ecosystem, and mass extinctions"--

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Preface
1. Environmental Thrivability, the Ecosystem and Mass Extinctions
2. Climate Change and Human Dependency on Fossil Fuels
3. Overpopulation and the Five Horrorists
4. Humans Will Be the Cause of the Sixth Mass Extinction
5. Humans Will Not Be the Cause of the Sixth Mass Extinction
6. Environmental Ethics and Thrivability
7. Helping the Environment Thrive
8. Happiness Is a Thriving Environment
9. We Can Change, but Will We Change?
10. Educating Thrivability
Bibliography
Index