My latest book is out today and widely available - you can find it or order it from pretty much anywhere that sells books.
What does it mean to go beyond sustainability, and why should we do that? The most obvious answer is that given the mess we're in, sustaining things as they are isn't anything like good enough. We need to be restorative, giving land back to nature, rewilding, cleaning up after ourselves and taking responsibility for the havoc our species has wrought.
Going beyond sustainability is also about improving life for humans. So many people live in precarious and unsustainable ways - not through their own choice, but from lack of better options. Social justice and equality very much go hand in hand with moving beyond sustainability. We need better ways of doing things. Humans need restorative action too.
Most of us do not benefit from capitalism and will suffer the impacts of climate crisis. We need better and more resilient systems based on compassion and a fundamental respect for life. We need gentler lives with more intrinsic rewards and more that makes us actually happy.
I've written this book for individuals. There's not a heck of a lot of point me trying to tell governments and corporations what to do, but cultures are just large numbers of individuals, and when we talk to each other, we can seed change. My main aim with this book is to make the case that the things we'd need to do as a species to stop trashing the planet would lead us to happier lives. If more of us start moving towards happier choices then there's only win here and maybe by trying to be happier on these terms we can encourage and enable change on a bigger scale.
You can find out more on my publisher's website, and books can be bought directly from there. https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/moon-books/our-books/earth-spirit-beyond-sustainability
No comments:
Post a Comment