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The Schumacher Briefings are carefully researched, clearly written booklets on key aspects of sustainable development, published approximately twice a year by Green Books on behalf of The Schumacher Society. They offer readers:
If you would like to order any of the Briefing from Green Books, click on the book's title. No 1: Transforming Economic Life: A Millennial Challenge by James Robertson Published in cooperation with the New Economics Foundation. Chapters include Transforming the System; A Common Pattern; Sharing the Value of Common Resources; Money and Finance; and The Global Economy. No 2: Creating Sustainable Cities by Herbert Girardet - First published in 1999 Shows how cities can dramatically reduce their consumption of resources and energy, and at the same time greatly improve the quality of life of their citizens. Chapters include Urban Sustainability, Cities and their Ecological Footprint, The Metabolism of Cities, Prospects for Urban Farming, Smart Cities and Urban Best Practice. No 3: The Ecology of Health by Robin Stott - Published in 2000 This briefing is concerned with how environmental conditions affect the state of our health; how through new processes of participation we can regain control of what affects our health, and the kind of policies that are needed to ensure good health for ourselves and our families. No 4: The Ecology of Money by Richard Douthwaite - Published in 1999 Richard Douthwaite explains why money has different effects according to its origins and purposes. Was it created to make profits for a commercial bank, or issued by government as a form of taxation? Or was it created by users themselves purely to facilitate their trade? This Briefing shows that it will be impossible to build a just and sustainable world until money creation is democratized. No 5: Contraction and Convergence: The Global Solution to Climate Change
The C & C framework, which has been pioneered and advocated by the Global Commons Institute at the United Nations over the past decade, is based on the thesis of 'Equity and Survival'. It seeks to ensure future prosperity and choice by applying the global rationale of precaution, equity and efficiency in that order. No 6: SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION: Revisioning learning and change Education is largely behind - rather than ahead of - other fields in developing new thinking and practice in response to the challenge of sustainability. The fundamental tasks are to • critique the prevailing educational and learning paradigm, which has become increasingly mechanistic and managerial • develop an ecologically informed education paradigm based on humanistic and sustainability values, systems thinking and the implications of complexity theory. An outline is given of transformed education that can lead to transformative learning. No 7: ROOTS OF HEALTH by Romy Fraser and Sandra Hill - Published in 2001 The advancements of modern medicine provide a sophisticated but mechanistic approach to health. Dazzled by its progress, we have lost touch with the simple remedies and body wisdom that were once a part of every household. By understanding the roots of health, we can begin to reclaim this wisdom, and to heal ourselves, our society and our environment. No
8: BIOREGIONAL SOLUTIONS For Living on One Planet - Published in 2004 In this Briefing Pooran Desai and Sue Riddlestone show how we can meet more of our needs for wood products, paper, textiles, food and housing from local renewable and waste resources. They outline the theoretical framework of bioregional development and the award winning practical solutions that BioRegional have developed with industry partners. They quantify how we can significantly reduce CO2 emissions and recycle waste, and so greatly reduce our ecological footprint. BioRegional Development Group is an environmental organisation established in 1994 which brings local sustainability to the mainstream of our society. www.bioregional.com No
9: GAIAN DEMOCRACIES Redefining Globalisation and People-Power Today millions of people from all walks of life are demonstrating against the global power of neo-liberal governments and corporate capitalism. Their slogan is 'Another World is Possible'. But how can we replace today's unjust and unsustainable global system with the just and sustainable world we long for? How can people like us overcome the power of today's global forces? No
10: A SOLAR WORLD Climate Change and the Green Energy Revolution In this Briefing, David Elliott establishes the basic sustainable energy options. However his main aim is to look at potential problems ahead in the short, medium and long term, and deal with the counter-arguments to renewables. No
11: THE NATURAL STEP Towards a Sustainable Society The text contains to many questions commonly asked about the Natural Step. A major component of the Briefing is that it gives a deeper exposition of the power of systems thinking and its crucial relevence to leadership in the world today. No
12: ECOVILLAGES New Frontiers for Sustainability In an age of diminishing oil supplies, the Briefing examines the lessons that we can learn from ecovillages to show us how to live in a more ecologically sound and sustainable way. No
13: CONVERGING WORLD Connecting Communities in Global Change Converging World has its origin in the principle of 'contraction and convergence', which expresses the need for carbon emissions across the world to converge to an equal per capita level with which the planet can cope through its natural process. This principle is extended in this Briefing by exploring the central concept of Convergence, which will involve reducing the total ecological footprint of some, while increasing that of others - aiming for equality. No 14: YOUTH-LED DEVELOPMENT Harnessing the Energy of Youth to Make Poverty History In this Briefing, David Woollcombe explains why youth is such a promising new field for overseas development assistance. He argues that youth should be at the centre of all development policy, and offers examples of where young people's interventions are most effective. |