Flourishing (Record no. 639)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781906093938
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 338.9EHR
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Ehrenfeld, John R.
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Flourishing
Remainder of title a frank conversation about sustainability
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Sheffield
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Greenleaf
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2013
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent vii,151p.ill.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Includes Index
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. This astonishing book invites you into a conversation between a teacher, John R. Ehrenfeld, and his former student now professor, Andrew J. Hoffman, as they discuss how to create a sustainable world. Unlike virtually all other books about sustainability, this one goes beyond the typical stories that we tell ourselves about repairing the environmental damages of human progress. Through their dialogue and essays that open each section, the authors uncover two core facets of our culture that drive the unsustainable, unsatisfying, and unfair social and economic machines that dominate our lives. First, our collective model of the way the world works cannot cope with the inherent complexity of today's highly connected, high-speed reality. Second, our understanding of human behavior is rooted in this outdated model. Driven by the old guard, sustainability has become little more than a fashionable idea. As a result, both business and government are following the wrong path - at best applying temporary, less unsustainable solutions that will fail to leave future generations in better shape. To shift the pendulum, this book tells a new story, driven by being and caring, as opposed to having and needing, rooted in the beauty of complexity and arguing for the transformative cultural shift that we can make based on our collective wisdom and lived experiences. Then, the authors sketch out the road to a flourishing future, a change in our consumption and a new approach to understanding and acting. There is no middle ground; without a sea change at the most basic level, we will continue to head down a faulty path. Indeed, this book is a clarion call to action. Candid and insightful, it leaves readers with cautious hope.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Sustainability
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        UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dar es Salaam UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dar es Salaam 01/17/2025   338.9EHR 000639 01/31/2025 01/17/2025 Book