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Environmentalism for a New Millennium - The Challenge of Coevolution (Hardcover)
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Environmentalism for a New Millennium - The Challenge of Coevolution (Hardcover)
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The vast majority of people in the industrialized world consider
themselves environmentalists. Yet environmental problems continue
to worsen. While the environmental movement is winning the battle
for the hearts and minds of citizens in the United States and
across the globe, it may be losing the war to preserve the health
of the planet and its biological diversity. The reasons become
clear in this book.
Leslie Paul Thiele provides a much needed analysis of the driving
forces within the environmental movement and the key challenges
that it faces. He begins with a concise history of the movement in
the United States, where he identifies four successive waves of
environmental thought and action. The first wave, conservation,
emerged in the mid 1800s and focused on the responsible use of
natural resources and the preservation of isolated tracts of
wilderness. By the 1960s, the general public had become aware of
the widespread impact of environmental problems on human health and
welfare. A concern for the containment of industrial society's
environmental degradation emerged. This second wave was followed by
a period of co optation beginning in the 1980s, as a now popular
social movement made a significant impact on public policy and
witnessed the dilution of its goals.
Thiele largely focuses on the fourth and current wave of
coevolution. Coevolutionary thought and action is grounded in the
interdependence of humans and nature in a global context. With the
goal of sustainable development in mind, contemporary
environmentalists argue that human livelihoods must be integrated
into complex and evolving ecological systems. This affirmation of
coevolutionary interdependence has brought coherence to an
inherently diverse social movement.
Through extensive interviews and a critical study of environmental
publications and scholarly research, the author provides an inside
look at the environmental movement. His analysis illuminates the
social, economic, political and cultural forces that shape the
environmental movement today and set its trajectory for the 21st
century. Anyone interested the future of environmentalism will find
this book an invaluable guide.
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