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Preface.. Introduction.. Part 1. Beyonda a Legacy of Domination.. The Columbian Legacy and the Ecosterian Response.. Voices from White Earth: Gaa-waabaabiganikaag.. Women and the Challenge of the Ecological Era.. The Management Explosion and the Next Environmental Crisis.. Toward a Politics of Hope: Lessons from a Hungry World.. Part 2. Toward Decentralism and Community Revitalization.. Development Beyond Economism: Local Paths to Sustainable Development.. The Economy of Regions.. Local Currencies: Catalysts for Sustainable Regional Economies.. Bringing Power Back Home: Recreating Democracy on a Human Scale.. People, Land, and Community.. Becoming Native to This Place.. John Deere and the Bereavement Counselor.. The Garden Project: Creating Urban Communities.. Part 3. Toward a New Era in Human-Earth Relations.. The Ecozoic Era.. Wagner and the Fate of the Earth: A Contemporary Reading of the Ring.. Mother of All: An Introduction to Bioregionalism.. Environmental Literacy: Education as if the Earth Mattered.. Call for a Revolution in Agriculture.. An Ecological Economic Order.. Making Amends to the Myriad Creatures.. It's Healing Time on Earth.. Afterword.. Chronological List of E. F. Schumacher Society Lectures.. Further Reading.. List of Contributors.. Index

Degradation of environment and community, along with its economic causes, has been the subject of much concern in recent years. In this book, some of the most respected authorities in the field discuss the historical, cultural, social, political, and economic implications of this degradation and suggest citizen initiatives that may halt it. Contributors-who include Kirkpatrick Sale, Jane Jacobs, David Ehrenfeld, Wes Jackson, Wendell Berry, David Brower, Stephanie Mills, and Hazel Henderson-explore topics that range from agricultural reform to bioregional economics. They all, however, focus on the importance of sustainability, community, healthy and locally based economies of scale, education, the dignity of good work, and balance between human needs and the wellbeing of the natural world. The book is based on a lecture series sponsored by the E. F. Schumacher Society, a series honoring the ideas that Schumacher first put forward in his classic book Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered. An economist, Schumacher was one of the first popular writers to make the connection between economics and environmental issues. Inglés