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Metaphors for Change - Partnerships, Tools and Civic Action for Sustainability (Paperback)
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How can we get from where we are to where we want to be? Metaphors
for Change attempts to answer this question and provide a roadmap
for sustainability by bringing together the thoughts of a unique
collection of leading change agents from business, government and
academia. Environmental questions have previously been dealt with
metaphorically, by catastrophism or manicheism (zero growth;
Malthusianism, Deep Ecology; "man is the enemy"; less is more).
These metaphors have had limited impact because they have failed to
connect with the mainstream of cultural, political, and business
ideas. This book examines a number of new metaphors - and related
partnerships, tools and action - which appear to have greater
possibilities for the world in which we now live. The editors argue
that Metaphors for Change can deliver to the public and to
decision-makers new perceptions ("structured knowledge") that can
help interpret the past and the present, and help us forge the
future. The wider the gap between the "now" and the "necessary",
the stronger the bridging perceptions have to be in order to break
through barriers of fear and conservatism. Some of the concepts
considered are: sustainable development; the polluter pays
principle; the precautionary principle; eco-efficiency;
eco-effectiveness; life-cycle assessment; design for the
environment; eco-services; dematerialization; industrial symbiosis;
industrial ecology; and zero emissions. There are of course other
useful metaphors on the horizon, some of them included in this
book. Including key contributions from the ground-breaking
conferences ECO 97 and ECO 99, along with other specially
commissioned and reprinted pieces, Metaphors for Change provides a
treasure chest of new ideas, innovations and action. Accessible and
forward-thinking, it will prove indispensable both as a student
learning tool and as a panoramic overview of the sustainability
metaphors key thinkers believe we should be putting into practice.
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