Just Transitions

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-919895-23-9
Verlag: UCT Press

Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 665 g

Current economic growth strategies are rapidly depleting natural resources and eco-systems. Just Transitions provides a comprehensive overview of these global challenges from a global South perspective. How do developing countries eradicate poverty via economic development while encountering the consequences of global warming and dwindling supplies of clean water, productive soils, cheap oil, minerals and other resources? This book considers a just transition which reconciles the sustainable use of natural resources with a pervasive commitment to sufficiency (where over-consumers are satisfied with less so that under-consumers can secure enough). Case studies drawn from Africa detail the challenges, but they are set in the context of global trends. The authors conclude with their experience of building a community that aspires to live sustainably.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Swilling, Mark

Über Autor(innen)

Mark Swilling is Professor in the School of Public Leadership, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa co-ordinator of the postgraduate programme in Sustainable Development, Academic Director of the Sustainability Institute, and a member of the International Resource Panel convened by the United Nations Environment Programme.

Eve Annecke is founding director of the Sustainability Institute (SI) and co-founder of Lynedoch EcoVillage. She leads the SI focus on child-centred sustainable communities, and teaches at Master’s level on sustainability, leadership and environmental ethics.

The Sustainability Institute is an international living and learning centre focusing on studies and experience in ecology, community and spirit, and works in partnership with the University of Stellenbosch in Masters and PhD degree programmes in Sustainable Development Planning and Sustainable Agriculture, Early Childhood Development, and Community Development Practice and Management. It also facilitates the establishment of Sustainable Neighbourhood Developments in various localities, as well as producing policy research in the sustainable development sector.