Ecological Civilization

This revolutionary book fuses the enduring legacy of socialism - government for the common good - with the best of the environmental movement and the newest insights from sustainability studies. The result is a manifesto in the tradition of Bill McKibben's Eaarth - a road map forward in the face of the growing environmental catastrophe, which is the most complex crisis humanity has ever faced.

Every civilization runs on an ecological account it did not open and cannot easily refill — and most of them spend it faster than it fills. Soil, water, forests, fisheries, a stable climate: this is the foundation beneath every society that has ever existed. Draw it down faster than it renews, and you get a collapse that follows the same recognizable arc, whether you are a Sumerian city watching salt creep across the fields or a Great Plains farmer watching your topsoil blow toward the Atlantic. In Book 10 of the Collapse Pattern series, Shane Larson applies the framework to the domain ...

The present trajectory of life on this planet is unsustainable, and the underlying causes of our environmental crisis are inseparable from our social and economic systems. As climate predictions continue to exceed projections, it is clear that hopelessness is rapidly becoming our worst enemy. What is needed - urgently - is a new vision for the flourishing of life on this planet, a vision the authors are calling an ecological civilization.

There is a point past which growth destroys more than it creates. We passed it decades ago. On the tenth of January, 2026, the richest one percent of humanity finished spending their share of the year's carbon. Seven of the nine planetary boundaries that keep the Earth habitable have now been crossed. Twelve people hold more wealth than the poorest half of the human race. One in four people faces food insecurity. And by the single number that governs economic policy in every country on Earth, the world economy is performing well. OPTIMALISM argues that this is not the system failing. It is ...

“A crisp, confident, and convincing new account of the place and its chroniclers" — The New Yorker “A definitive history of the mysteries of Easter Island...compelling...[a] magisterial history.” — New York Times “Revelatory…fascinating… wholly convincing” — Daily Mail (UK) A...

The idea that before the birth of modern science and the growth of European capitalism in the 16th century people lived in harmony with nature in self-sufficient agricultural communities is a powerful myth in the modern ecological movement and is used to attack modern science, capitalism and the international transport of food. However it is a myth. In this damning critique Dr Matt Buttsworth attacks this strongly held, widespread idealisation of the past. Before the 17th century, people did not live in harmony with nature; international trade in valuable products was widespread as were ...

In this brilliant expose Dr Matt Buttsworth investigates the apocalyptic nature of Radical Ecology by considering the apocalyptic nature of Radical Ecological models of history and their relationship with Zorastrian, Jewish and Christian Models of History before concluding with a consideration of the relationship between the models of history used by Radical Ecology and the Bolshevik/Communist models of history and the Nazi model of history. It is an extremely thought provoking and troubling analysis of the true nature of Radical Ecology. The Fatal Flaw is part of Eden and the Fall.

In this frighteningly believable thriller from New York Times bestselling author and master storyteller Tosca Lee, an extinct disease emerges from the melting Alaskan permafrost wreaks havoc. When Wynter Roth finally escapes from New Earth, a self-contained doomsday cult on the American prairie...

In Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything, Daniel Goleman recasts the uproar over global warming and the assault of man-made toxins into our bodies in terms of the collective self-deception which both created this crisis and holds a key to...

The mountain city is dying. Its knowledge turning to stone. Fertune, the last Singer, feels Cinder-Rib's pain. But when the mythical Conduit-Kin, Mistlen, arrives, she reveals a shocking truth: their living mountain is a sentient geo-organism, and its demise threatens not just their city, but the entire planet. Join Fertune and Mistlen as their symbiotic bond unlocks ancient secrets, confronts hidden cults, and re-tunes chaotic planetary forces. Their mission escalates from saving a city to weaving a grand, universal symphony of balance. Fertune & Mistlen: The Songs of The Calcified City is...