Just Ecological Integrity: The Ethics of Maintaining Planetary Life: Steven C. Rockefeller: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Just Ecological Integrity

The Ethics of Maintaining Planetary Life

Just Ecological Integrity

The Ethics of Maintaining Planetary Life

Description

Just Ecological Integrity presents a collection of revised and expanded essays originating from the international conference "Connecting Environmental Ethics, Ecological Integrity, and Health in the New Millennium" held in San Jose, Costa Rica in June 2000. It is a cooperative venture of the Global Ecological Integrity Project and the Earth Charter Initiative.

Beginning with an in depth look at the history and meaning of the Earth Charter itself, Just Ecological Integrity moves to consider the systems of measurement necessary to indicate progress in achieving the Earth Charter's goals. Contributors to the volume explore such issues as the reciprocal impacts between humans and nature; human destructiveness; and the various ways in which the revaluation of nature in terms of intrinsic qualities affects broader notions of justice. A rich collection of case studies enhances the volume and examines such issues as violence, risk, and the preservation of nature in local circumstances.

Part 1 Part 1: Valuing the Earth
Part 2 A New Global Covenant
Chapter 3 The Earth Charter
Chapter 4 The Earth Charter: An Ethical Framework for Sustainable Living
Chapter 5 The Earth Charter Principles: Source for an Ethics of Universal Responsibility
Chapter 6 The Earth Charter as a New Covenant for Democracy
Chapter 7 Ecofeminism, Integrity, and the Earth Charter: A Critical Analysis
Part 8 Humanistic Values and the Earth Charter
Chapter 9 A Pragmatic Focus on Humans
Chapter 10 Human Values as a Source for Sustaining the Environment
Chapter 11 The Earth Charter, Servant-Leadership, and Philosophy: Valuing the Earth by Implementing Ideals
Part 12 Measuring Progress and Decline
Chapter 13 Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) Accounting: Relating Ecological Integrity to Human Health and Well-Being
Chapter 14 Understanding the Consequences of Human Actions: Indicators from GNP to IBI
Part 15 People in Ecosystems: Reciprocal Impacts and Human Responsibilities
Part 16 Sustainable Agriculture and the Human Prospect
Chapter 17 The Future of Human Populations: Energy, Food and Water Availability in the Twenty-First Century
Chapter 18 Impacts of Milk and Meat on People and the Planet
Chapter 19 Integrity and Sustainability of Natural and Man-made Ecosystems
Part 20 Addressing the Destruction in Production
Chapter 21 Gold, Cyanide, and Fish in the River of Life and Death
Chapter 22 The Planetary Life Crisis: Its Systemic Cause and Ground of Resolution
Chapter 23 Global Consumption in the New Millennium
Chapter 24 What Practical Difference Would the Adoption of the Earth Charter Mean to the Resolution of Global Warming Issues?
Part 25 Justice, Conflict, and the Preservation of Nature
Part 26 What Is Environmental Justice?
Chapter 27 Socially Just Eco-Integirity: Getting Clear on the Concept
Chapter 28 The Fair Distribution of Environmental Goods
Chapter 29 A Stakeholder-Based Approach to Environmental Justice Using Geographical Information Systems
Part 30 Case Studies: Conflict, Risk, and the Preservation of Nature
Chapter 31 Violence and the Environment in Colombia: Questions Regarding Environmental Ethics
Chapter 32 Ethics and Risks in Building a Cyclotron
Chapter 33 The Tactics of Forest Preservation: Autheniticity and Rhetoric in Poland's Bialwieza Forest Preserve
Chapter 34 Can Corcovado National Park in Costa Rica Be Saved? How to Apply the Principles of the Earth Charter
Chapter 35 Gendered Resistance to Corporate Environmentalism and Debt-for-Nature Swaps in Costa Rica

Product details

Published	14 May 2002
Format	Paperback
Edition	1st
Extent	352
ISBN	9780742512863
Imprint	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Dimensions	229 x 147 mm
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Anthology Editor

Peter Miller

Anthology Editor

Laura Westra

Contributor

Ana Isla

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Terisa E. Turner

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Paul T. Durbin

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Eunice Blavascumas

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Sonia Ftacnikova

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Luis Alberto Camargo

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Vicky Castillo

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Garrick E. Louiis

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Luna M. Magpili

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Janos I. Toth

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William E. Rees

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Don Brown

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Patricia H. Werhane

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Mary A. Hamilton

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John McMurtry

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Imre Lazar

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Emese Kiss

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Lech Ryszkowski

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Robert Goodland

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Clive A. Edwards

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David Pimentel

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James R. Karr

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Mark Anielski

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Colin L. Soskolne

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Rubye Howard Braye

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Ruth Miller Lucier

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Naomi Zack

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Julia Bartkowiak

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Victoria Davion

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J Ronald Engle

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Abelardo Brenes

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Fayen d'Evie

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Steven M. Glass

Foreword

Steven C. Rockefeller

Should be basic reading for all peace educators, providing them with a value framework for developing educational activities that highlight the link between social and ecological peace. The book makes a unique and excellent contribution to the most important area of global value inquiry and normative behaviour of humankind for the new millennium.

Journal Of Peace Education
It should be of particular interest to academics, environmental and social justice activists, and policy makers. All levels.

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