Surviving collapse : building community toward radical sustainability /
As environmental crises loom, 'Surviving Collapse' makes an argument for radical changes in the ways in which people live to avoid a dystopian future. To foster readers' imagination, Christina Ergas reveals real utopian stories that counter climate apocalypse narratives. Two eco-commu...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2021]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | As environmental crises loom, 'Surviving Collapse' makes an argument for radical changes in the ways in which people live to avoid a dystopian future. To foster readers' imagination, Christina Ergas reveals real utopian stories that counter climate apocalypse narratives. Two eco-communities offer examples of alternative futures with small environmental footprints and more egalitarian social practices. They model solutions to the interconnected problems of rising social inequalities and environmental degradation. Each case engages in community-oriented practices, direct democracy, and ecological agricultural forms that attend to whole ecosystems. These practitioners recognize the value of whole biotic communities, human and nonhuman, and practice reciprocity. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 276 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197544129 0197544126 9780197544136 0197544134 9780197544112 0197544118 |