Wiseman Hope and Courage in the Climate Crisis

Wisdom and Action in the Long Emergency
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-030-70743-9
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 278 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

As the risks of the climate crisis continue to grow, so too do the challenges of facing a harsh climate future with honesty and courage; justice and compassion; meaning and purpose.  Hope and Courage in the Climate Crisis explores diverse sources of learning and wisdom –from climate scientists and activists; philosophers and social theorists; Indigenous cultures and ways of life; faith based and spiritual traditions; artists and writers –which can help us live courageous, compassionate and creative lives in a world of rapidly accelerating climatic and ecological risk. Accelerating the transition to a just and resilient zero-carbon society will require visionary leadership and courageous collective action. Awareness that rapid action might still be insufficient to prevent severe and irreversible social and ecological damage is however a source of deep concern for many people passionately committed to decisive climate action.  Drawing on broad experience as a climate activist, researcher and policy maker John Wiseman provides a wide ranging, accessible and provocative guided tour of ideas which can inspire and sustain radical hope and defiant courage in the long emergency which now lies before us.

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Popular/general

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wiseman, John

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction: Facing a harsh climate with eyes wide open.- Chapter 2. Beyond denial and despair: Honesty and action on the climate change front line.- Chapter 3. Remembering magnificence: The power of collective action and the beauty of the Earth.- Chapter 4. Caring for country: Indigenous and First Nations learning about survival, resilience and resistance.- Chapter 5. Cooling the fevered city: Reason and hubris in Greek and Enlightenment philosophy.- Chapter 6. Sisyphus in flames: Critical theory, modernity and power.- Chapter 7. Mercy to all beings: Christian, Jewish and Islamic learning about thankfulness, love and care.- Chapter 8. This world is but a dew drop world….and yet….Buddhist, Taoist and Confucian learning about suffering, impermanence and compassion.- Chapter 9. Living ecologically: Understanding and respecting complexity and interdependence.- Chapter 10. How the light gets in: Imagining and creating just and resilient zero-carbon worlds.- Chapter 11. The2050 Zero-Carbon World Oration.- Chapter 12. The laughter of children, the roar of the ocean.

Über Autor(innen)

John Wiseman is a research fellow at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute and the Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne, Australia. His current research and policy work focuses on strategies for restoring a safe climate and accelerating the transition to a just and resilient zero-carbon society.