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Informationen zum Autor Arran Stibbe has an academic background in both humanities and human ecology, and combines the two in his teaching and research into Education for Sustainability. He has published widely in the area of ecolinguistics and is currently a senior lecturer and University Teaching Fellow in the Department of Humanities at the University of Gloucestershire. He is also convenor of the Sustainability in Higher Education Developers group, a network of around 200 sustainability educators across the UK. Klappentext A vital resource for sustainability educators, learners and decision-makers on how we can build a more sustainable future. In this ground-breaking book, leading sustainability educators are joined by permaculturists, literary critics, ecologists, artists, journalists, engineers, mathematicians and philosophers in a deep reflection on the skills that people need to survive and thrive in the challenging conditions of the 21st century. Responding to the threats of climate change, peak oil, resource depletion, economic uncertainty and energy insecurity demands the utmost in creativity, ingenuity and new ways of thinking to reinvent self and society. Among the many skills, attributes and values described in The Handbook of Sustainability Literacy are values reflection, coping with complexity, permaculture design, transition skills, advertising awareness, effortless action, and ecological intelligence, each accompanied by ideas for active learning exercises to help develop the skill. Far from being a rigid or definitive statement of the one right way however, the handbook is exploratory, aiming to open up new, unthought-of paths, possibilities and choices. With contributors including John Naish, Satish Kumar, Patrick Whitefield, John Blewitt, Stephan Harding and Stephen Sterling, this is intended for educators, learners and anyone else interested in the vital issue of the skills we need to survive and thrive in the 21st century and build a more sustainable future. Zusammenfassung In this ground-breaking book! leading sustainability educators are joined by permaculturists! literary critics! ecologists! artists! journalists! engineers! mathematicians and philosophers in a deep reflection on the skills that people need to survive and thrive in the challenging conditions of the 21st century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction by Arran Stibbe and Heather Luna. Part 1 Skills for a Changing World Ecocriticism: the ability to investigate cultural artefacts from an ecological perspective by Greg Garrard Optimisation: the art of personal sufficiency by John Naish Grounded Economic Awareness: economic awareness based on ecological and ethical values by Satish Kumar Advertising Awareness: the ability to expose advertising discourses that undermine sustainability, and resist them by Arran Stibbe Transition Skills: skills for transition to a post-fossil-fuel age by Stephen Quilley Commons Thinking: the ability to envisage and enable a viable future through connected action by Justin Kenrick Effortless Action: the ability to fulfil human needs effortlessly through working with nature by Ling Feng Permaculture Design: designing our lives with nature as the model by Patrick Whitefield Community Gardening: skills for building community and working within environmental limits by Alma Clavin Ecological Intelligence: viewing the world relationally by Stephen Sterling Systems Thinking: the ability to recognise and analyse the interconnections within and between systems by Glenn Strachan Gaia Awareness: awareness of the animate qualities of the Earth by Stephan Harding Futures Thinking: the ability to envision scenarios of a more desirable future by Sue Wayman Values Reflection and the Earth Charter: the ability to critique the values of an unsustainable society and consider alternatives by Jeff...
