Sustainability and the American Naturalist Tradition

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How iconic American naturalists can help to develop a sustainability theory capable of solving the environmental challenges of the 21st century.
Humanity is failing at solving complex socio-ecological problems like global climate change, biodiversity loss and population growth. The existing 'sustainable development' paradigm and its reliance on trade-offs between the three pillars of environment, economics, and equity is not robust enough to maintain global carrying capacity. In this timely intervention, Thomas argues that the holistic and transdisciplinary thinking of four iconic American naturalists – Henry David Thoreau, Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, and Edward O. Wilson – can instead help to solve our biggest twenty-first century challenges by synthesizing values from four eras of cultural and environmental history.

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Craig Thomas
Craig Thomas is a graduate of the Master's program in Sustainability at Harvard University, and granted a PhD from the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University. He currently teaches in the Geography Department at Salem State University.

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Climate Change Climate Change Sustainability Sustainability Naturalism Naturalism Environmentalism Environmentalism Environmental History Environmental History Ecology Ecology Holism Holism Henry David Thoreau

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Besprochen in:Amos International, 13/1 (2019), Ana HonnackerNeue Zürcher Zeitung, 24.08.2019, Martin Zähringer
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