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The approaching great transformation : toward a liveable post carbon economy / Joel Magnuson ; [foreword by Helena Norberg-Hodge].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Bristol : Policy Press, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (x, 234 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781447311140
  • 1447311140
  • 9781447311171
  • 1447311175
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Approaching great transformation : Toward a liveable post carbon economy.DDC classification:
  • 338.9/27 23
LOC classification:
  • HC79.E5 M34 2013eb
Online resources:
Contents:
The Approaching Great Transformation; CONTENTS; Preface to Policy Press Edition; FOREWORD; Introduction: ANOTHER SEA CHANGE; The Twilight of the Oil Age; A Brief Update on Peaking and Warming; Our Great Transformation; 1. FROM TRANSITION TO TRANSFORMATION; The Origins of the Transition Movement; Transition Philosophy; The Ingredients of the Transition Model; Transition Projects; Challenges to the Transition Movement; Conclusion: From Transition to Transformation; 2. ECONOMIES IN TRANSITION-A SYSTEMS VIEW; We Are the Agents of Change; Taking the Bird's Eye View; What About the Individual?
Creating a New UniverseConclusion; 3. THIS ROAD PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS; The Economics of Growth; Rethinking Green Economics; Rethinking Green Energy; Rethinking Localization-Small Is Not Always Beautiful; Conclusion; 4. E.F. SCHUMACHER AND THE META-ECONOMISTS; The Early British Meta-Economists; The Young Americans; E.F. Schumacher, Economist and Philosopher; Conclusion; 5. THE NEW MONASTICS; The New Monastics and Crafting New Institutions; The B Lab Connections; Banking and the North Dakota and Santa Fe Connections; The Urban Farmer and the Food Resilience Connection.
The Local Government ConnectionThe Colorado Connection; The Cooperatives Connection; The Health Care Connection; The Household Connection; Conclusion; 6. EDUCATION AND OUR GREAT TRANSFORMATION; Developing Our Skills-New and Old; Reforming Economics Education for the 21st Century; Conclusion. CHANGING THE WAY WE APPROACH CHANGE; NOTES; INDEX; About the Author.
Summary: The Approaching Great Transformation is about the coming shift in how we act and think in the world economically as the era of cheap oil comes to an end. It provides inspiration for those engaged in the ongoing global effort to move away from our dependency on fossil fuels and ceaseless growth, and towards a more sustainable, stable, and just system.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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The Approaching Great Transformation; CONTENTS; Preface to Policy Press Edition; FOREWORD; Introduction: ANOTHER SEA CHANGE; The Twilight of the Oil Age; A Brief Update on Peaking and Warming; Our Great Transformation; 1. FROM TRANSITION TO TRANSFORMATION; The Origins of the Transition Movement; Transition Philosophy; The Ingredients of the Transition Model; Transition Projects; Challenges to the Transition Movement; Conclusion: From Transition to Transformation; 2. ECONOMIES IN TRANSITION-A SYSTEMS VIEW; We Are the Agents of Change; Taking the Bird's Eye View; What About the Individual?

Creating a New UniverseConclusion; 3. THIS ROAD PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS; The Economics of Growth; Rethinking Green Economics; Rethinking Green Energy; Rethinking Localization-Small Is Not Always Beautiful; Conclusion; 4. E.F. SCHUMACHER AND THE META-ECONOMISTS; The Early British Meta-Economists; The Young Americans; E.F. Schumacher, Economist and Philosopher; Conclusion; 5. THE NEW MONASTICS; The New Monastics and Crafting New Institutions; The B Lab Connections; Banking and the North Dakota and Santa Fe Connections; The Urban Farmer and the Food Resilience Connection.

The Local Government ConnectionThe Colorado Connection; The Cooperatives Connection; The Health Care Connection; The Household Connection; Conclusion; 6. EDUCATION AND OUR GREAT TRANSFORMATION; Developing Our Skills-New and Old; Reforming Economics Education for the 21st Century; Conclusion. CHANGING THE WAY WE APPROACH CHANGE; NOTES; INDEX; About the Author.

The Approaching Great Transformation is about the coming shift in how we act and think in the world economically as the era of cheap oil comes to an end. It provides inspiration for those engaged in the ongoing global effort to move away from our dependency on fossil fuels and ceaseless growth, and towards a more sustainable, stable, and just system.

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