Cohabiting Earth - Seeking a Bright Future for All Life

The eco-catastrophes that we are witnessing today starkly demonstrate how the interests of the Earth's currently dominant species are in lockstep with those of nature's wider whole. Simply stated, humans and the more-than-human world have a shared fate. Just as humanity's unrestrained overreach in the ecosphere is driving a mass extinction event and causing the devastation of lifeforms and places, so it is also jeopardizing the prospect of a human future worth living. There is no "humans versus nature" tradeoff: the wellbeing of both is inseparably entwined. Solutions to the shared predicament of all Earth's beings will thus necessarily be those that strive for harmony between human presence and the rest of nature. This applies to the philosophy we adopt for agriculture, the ways in which human economies operate, our patterns of consumption, and numerous other intertwined threads of our existence. This anthology argues that harmony between humanity and our home planet must be built on the pillars of restraint, respect, and reverence.

About the author

Joe Gray is an Associate Editor of The Ecological Citizen. Eileen Crist is Associate Professor Emerita of the Department of Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech.

Product details

• Authors: Joe Crist Gray
• Assisted by: Eileen Crist (Editor), Crist Eileen (Editor), Joe Gray (Editor), Gray Joe (Editor)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2024
• EAN: 9781438499970
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-9997-0
• No. of pages: 318
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, NATURE / Ecology, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Applied ecology, Ethics & moral philosophy, Conservation of the environment, Ethics and moral philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Environmental