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Chapters from the paperback
- Introduction
- Ecocriticism
- Optimisation
- Grounded Economic Awareness
- Advertising Awareness
- Transition Skills
- Commons Thinking
- Effortless Action
- Permaculture Design
- Community Gardening
- Ecological Intelligence
- Systems Thinking
- Gaia Awareness
- Futures Thinking
- Values Reflection and the Earth Charter
- Social Conscience
- New Media Literacy
- Cultural Literacy
- Carbon Capability
- Greening Business
- Materials Awareness
- Appropriate Technology and Appropriate Design
- Technology Appraisal
- Complexity, Systems Thinking and Practice
- Coping with Complexity
- Emotional Wellbeing
- Finding Meaning Without Consuming
- Being in the World
- Beauty as a Way of Knowing
- Citizen Engagement
- Re-Educating the Person
- Institutional Transformation
- A Learning Society
- Additional chapters
- Interviews
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Re-Educating the Person
Re-Educating the Person, Karen Blincoe, Director International Centre for Creativity, Innovation and Sustainability, Denmark. Director of Schumacher College 2006-2009
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Having been part of the sustainability movement since the late 80’s, having witnessed the increasing environmental interest, research and expertise arising out of the Rio Conference in 1992, and having observed attempts by pioneers, experts, researchers, leaders, governments, businesses and educational institutions to try and inform people of the imminent and serious threat of global warming, I have often wondered why the message has not been getting across..The failure by environmentalists seems to have been the inability to explain and demonstrate both the immediate as well as long term gains of sustainable living. We have not been able to covey the life-enhancing benefits of engaging in more sustainable practices (Blincoe and Spangenberg 2009). We have not been able to engage and stimulate people’s imagination of a worthwhile future (see Futures Thinking).
