This book compiles research from leading experts inthe social behavioral and ...This book compiles research from leading experts in the social behavioral and cultural dimensions of sustainability as well as local and global understandings of the concept and on lived practices around the world. It contains studies focusing on...more
In this book social anthropologist Steven Webster provides an ethnohistory of ...In this book social anthropologist Steven Webster provides an ethnohistory of sustainability among the indigenous Andean community of Hatun Q ero since the 1960s. He first revisits his detailed ecological research among the remote Q ero in the high...more
Within the social sciences other-than-human being s agency has often been deni...Within the social sciences other-than-human being s agency has often been denied and interbeings relationships have not been fully addressed. However many indigenous worldviews and Western contemporary spiritual practices are shaping a very...more
This book compiles research from leading experts inthe social behavioral and ...This book compiles research from leading experts in the social behavioral and cultural dimensions of sustainability as well as local and global understandings of the concept and on lived practices around the world. It contains studies focusing on...more
Modern thought on economics and technology is no less magical than the world v...Modern thought on economics and technology is no less magical than the world views of non-modern peoples. This book reveals how our ideas about growth and progress ignore how money and machines throughout history have been used to exploit less...more
This book will provide a comprehensive discussion of groundwater sustainabilit...This book will provide a comprehensive discussion of groundwater sustainability including what it is how its definition has changed over time why traditional assessments of it are wrong how assessments of it are ideally multidisciplinary efforts...more
Environmental Sustainabilityin a Time of Change is the first book in a new Pa...Environmental Sustainability in a Time of Change is the first book in a new Palgrave series on Environmental Sustainability. It takes a fresh look at the dynamic field of environmental sustainability by exploring the interconnections between climate...more
This book will provide a comprehensive discussion of groundwater sustainabilit...This book will provide a comprehensive discussion of groundwater sustainability including what it is how its definition has changed over time why traditional assessments of it are wrong how assessments of it are ideally multidisciplinary efforts...more
This book explores the interaction between sustainability corporate responsibi...This book explores the interaction between sustainability corporate responsibility consumers and the market. It aims to discover if consumers are seeking out small ethical socially responsible firms to buy from rather than large corporations; if...more
This book provides a critique of over two decades of sustained effort to infus...This book provides a critique of over two decades of sustained effort to infuse educational systems with education for sustainable development. Taking to heart the idea that deconstruction is a prelude to reconstruction this critique leads to...more
The recent unprecedented economic downturn and global supply chain disruption ...The recent unprecedented economic downturn and global supply chain disruption by the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the urgency for sustainable financing infrastructure that is agile adaptable and transformable. Sustainability and the 4th...more
Arising out of human-environment interaction sustainability problems resist di...Arising out of human-environment interaction sustainability problems resist disciplinary categories and simple solutions. This book offers a fresh approach to practical and methodological concerns in transdisciplinary environmental and...more
This book brings together research related to sustainability green and eco-ent...This book brings together research related to sustainability green and eco-entrepreneurship to explore what the author describes as cleaner entrepreneurship which also links to social issues and public policy. Particularly in emerging markets public...more
Environmental Anthropologystudies historic and present human-environment inte...Environmental Anthropology studies historic and present human-environment interactions. This volume illustrates the ways in which today s environmental anthropologists are constructing new paradigms for understanding the multiplicity of players...more
Illuminates how food activism has been taking shape and where it is headed As ...Illuminates how food activism has been taking shape and where it is headed As climate change childhood obesity and food insecurity accelerate at an alarming pace activists around the country are working to address the pressing need for healthy and...more