Green Festival Reader

Fresh Ideas from Agents of Change
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-9794822-8-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 272 g

Each year, Green Festivals across the nation draw over 100,000 people to their “party with a purpose.” The Green Festival Reader: Fresh Ideas from Agents of Change presents the addresses of the foremost thinkers and activists at these popular events. From a green New Deal to healthy homes and community empowerment, The Green Festival Reader covers the most urgent and inspiring topics in today’s environmental movement.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Danaher, Kevin

Gravitz, Alisa

Benjamin, Medea

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction, KevinDanaher, AlisaGravitz; Part 1 The Global Crisis and a Prescription for Change; Chapter 1 Confronting the Facts of Climate Change, RossGelbspan; Chapter 2 The Great Turning, DavidKorten; Chapter 3 Nuclear Power? Forget about It!; Part 2 Challenging Business as Usual; Chapter 4 We Need a Green New Deal, DennisKucinich; Chapter 5 Corporate Power Is the Issue of the Day, RalphNader; Chapter 6 On Becoming an Ecopreneur, BenCohen; Part 3 Birthing the Green Economy; Chapter 7 Making the Green Economy Work for Everyone, VanJones; Chapter 8 Green Careers: The New Frontier, MarieKerpan; Chapter 9 Green Collar Jobs; Chapter 10 Accelerating the Shift to Green Energy, JeromeRingo; Chapter 11 Creating Green Worker Cooperatives, OmarFreilla; Part 4 Greening Your Home, Community, and Planet; Chapter 12 Creating Healthy Homes, DavidJohnston; Chapter 13 Where’s the Power?, Frances MooreLappé; Chapter 14 Top 10 Reasons to Support Locally Owned Enterprises; Chapter 15 Getting More Bang for Your Investment Buck, Tracy FernandezRysavy; Chapter 16 Climate Solutions at the Speed and Scale Necessary, AlisaGravitz; Chapter 17 Green Pricing versus Green Citizenship; Chapter 18 Redefining Leadership, HunterLovins; Chapter 19 Organize! Organize! Organize!, BillMcKibben; Chapter 20 Conclusion: Where Do We Go from Here?, KevinDanaher, AlisaGravitz;

Über Autor(innen)

Kevin Danaher, Alisa Gravitz, Medea Benjamin