Creating a Sustainable World: Past Experience/ Future Struggle
Schroyer, Trent; Golodnik, Thomas
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paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: KCM; RNU. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
For years now, promoters of development and growth have attempted to paint themselves "green," claiming that development is sustainable. In a new book, Creating a Sustainable World: Past Experiences/Future Struggles, co-editor Trent Schroyer, Professor of Sociology-Philosophy at Ramapo College, argues that such efforts are a form of "greenwash," that gloss over the real environmental consequences of growth and mask the divergence between development and sustainability. Schroyer and his co-editor Thomas Golodik have pulled together some of the most influential theorists and practitioners of sustainability from around the world — Vandana Shiva, Wolfgang Sachs, Robert Engler, Peter Montague, Joan Dye Gussow ... Read more
For years now, promoters of development and growth have attempted to paint themselves "green," claiming that development is sustainable. In a new book, Creating a Sustainable World: Past Experiences/Future Struggles, co-editor Trent Schroyer, Professor of Sociology-Philosophy at Ramapo College, argues that such efforts are a form of "greenwash," that gloss over the real environmental consequences of growth and mask the divergence between development and sustainability. Schroyer and his co-editor Thomas Golodik have pulled together some of the most influential theorists and practitioners of sustainability from around the world — Vandana Shiva, Wolfgang Sachs, Robert Engler, Peter Montague, Joan Dye Gussow ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781891843365
SKU
V9781891843365
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