Designing Regenerative Cultures

Description

This is a ‘Whole Earth Catalog’ for the 21st century: an impressive and wide-
ranging analysis of what’s wrong with our societies, organizations,
ideologies, worldviews and cultures – and how to put them right. The book
covers the finance system, agriculture, design, ecology, economy,
sustainability, organizations and society at large. In this remarkable book,
Daniel Wahl explores ways in which we can reframe and understand the crises
that we currently face, and he explores how we can live our way into the
future. Moving from patterns of thinking and believing to our practice of
education, design and community living, he systematically shows how we can
stop chasing the mirage of certainty and control in a complex and
unpredictable world. The book asks how can we collaborate in the creation of
diverse regenerative cultures adapted to the unique biocultural conditions of
place? How can we create conditions conducive to life? “This book is a
valuable contribution to the important discussion of the worldview and value
system we need to redesign our businesses, economies, and technologies – in
fact, our entire culture – so as to make them regenerative rather than
destructive.” –Fritjof Capra, author of The Web of Life, co-author of The
Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision “This is an excellent addition to
the literature on ecological design and it will certainly form a keystone in
the foundations of the new MA in Ecological Design Thinking at Schumacher
College, Devon. It not only contains a wealth of ideas on what Dr Wahl has
termed ‘Designing Regenerative Cultures’ but what is probably more important,
it provides some stimulating new ways of looking at persistent problems in our
contemporary culture and hence opens up new ways of thinking and acting in the
future.” — Seaton Baxter OBE, Prof. in Ecological Design Thinking, Schumacher
College, UK [Subject: Systems Thinking, Education, Social Anthropology,
Environmentalism, Ecology, Regenerative Culture, Sociology] Read more

Features:

Product Details:

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Triarchy Press Ltd; Illustrated edition (May 31, 2016)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1909470775
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 74
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 0.6 x 9.5 inches
• Best Sellers Rank: #326,284 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #75 in Sustainable Business Development #351 in Environmental Economics (Books) #616 in Environmental Science (Books)
• #75 in Sustainable Business Development
• #351 in Environmental Economics (Books)