Climate Change And The Cargo Cult Contributor(s): Cunningham, Chris (Author) |
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ISBN: 1788234820 ISBN-13: 9781788234825 Publisher: Austin Macauley OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2019 |
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BISAC Categories: - Nature | Weather |
Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.14 lbs) 370 pages |
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Publisher Description: Climate Change is a major threat to our way of life, and requires urgent political action to remedy its many threats, but is it a symptom rather than the disease? This book argues that the problem lies deep in our commitment to the quest for ever increasing economic growth. At some time in the 1970s the Western World passed a point of economic satiety beyond which further economic growth was of little benefit, and indeed was counter-productive, to living the good life. We must therefore seek a better understanding of our environment and of what constitutes genuine wealth. Life without the frenetic economic activity and culture of selfish possession that drives the modern economy can indeed be more humane, more pleasant and more meaningful than what we have today, but to reach it will require a major re-evaluation of what is important in business, politics and culture. |