Name: Sustainability and the American Naturalist Tradition
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SKU: 9783837641783
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Sustainability and the American Naturalist Tradition

By (author): Craig Thomas

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Published: 21-Mar-2018
ISBN: 9783837641783

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230 Pages

Subjects:
Literary studies: general
Social & cultural history
History of the Americas
Development studies
Sociology
Cultural studies
National liberation & independence
post-colonialism
General & world history
History: specific events & topics
Political structure & processes
Central government policies
Social impact of environmental issues
Human geography
Philosophy
Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology
Ethics & moral philosophy
Animals & society
History of Western philosophy

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Humanity is failing at solving complex socio-ecological problems like global climate change, biodiversity loss and population growth. The existing 'sustainable development' paradigm and its reliance on trade-offs between the three pillars of environment, economics, and equity is not robust enough to maintain global carrying capacity. In this timely intervention, Thomas argues that the holistic and transdisciplinary thinking of four iconic American naturalists – Henry David Thoreau, Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, and Edward O. Wilson – can instead help to solve our biggest twenty-first century challenges by synthesizing values from four eras of cultural and environmental history.

Craig Thomas is a graduate of the Master's program in Sustainability at Harvard University, and granted a PhD from the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University. He currently teaches in the Geography Department at Salem State University.