Principles of Sustainable Living: A New Vision for Health, Happiness, and Prosperity - Softcover

Jurin, Richard R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0736090754 ISBN 13: 9780736090759

Publisher: Human Kinetics, 2012

Synopsis

No one can argue against wanting a better quality of life--and Principles of Sustainable Living: A New Vision for Health, Happiness, and Prosperity provides keen insight into how to achieve that so that individuals, communities, and the environment all come out winners.

This transdisciplinary text presents principles of sustainability, develops environmental literacy, and expands awareness of sustainable practices that will steer readers toward a lifestyle that they, as well as the entire planet, will benefit from.

Author Richard Jurin, an expert in sustainable living, has written numerous publications on sustainable development, business leadership for sustainability, and related issues. He takes students beyond sustainability's traditional "triple bottom line" of people, profit, and planet to a quadruple paradigm that includes economic, sociocultural, psychological, and ecological aspects of sustainability.

This text is supported by its own website, which includes an instructor guide, test package, study guide, and presentation package. The book's 36 illustrations and tables are all included in the presentation package. The text offers

- principles of sustainability that support a range of university courses in multiple disciplines;

- a systems approach to sustainability that reflects worldwide views and values;

- case studies, personal reflections, and applications that help students understand their status and the challenges of the future; and

- guidelines for developing sustainable living through daily choices.

The book explores the mind-sets that have created the modern, consumer-based world we live in, exposing environmental and societal global problems as it does; lays out new ways of thinking, championing sustainable thinking as a prerequisite for living a healthy, happy, vibrant life that benefits the planet; and details positive options for living a sustainable lifestyle. Readers will be able to understand sustainability from a broad perspective--how it can improve their lives, resolve environmental problems, and improve the condition of the planet for all life.

Principles of Sustainable Living points out the problems and challenges we face individually and as caretakers of our planet and offers lifestyle approaches that can sustain quality of life long into the future.

About this title

About the Author

Richard Jurin, PhD, is an associate professor in the College of Natural and Health Sciences at the University of Northern Colorado. His research interests include worldviews as barriers to sustainability, sustainable development, business leadership for sustainability, and sustainability in tourism and interpretation.

Dr. Jurin has two other books to his credit as well as book chapters and numerous articles on sustainability and related issues. He has made dozens of professional presentations on sustainability, including keynote presentations at national conferences. He received the University of Northern Colorado Academic Leadership Excellence Award for 2010-11.

Edition details

• Publisher: Human Kinetics
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0736090754
• ISBN 13: 9780736090759
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 328