CULTURE OF ECOLOGY Reconciling Economics and Environment

ROBERT E. BABE

ISBN 10: 0802035957 / ISBN 13: 9780802035950

Published by University of Toronto, 2006

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Black boards with unclipped jacket; Very fine, appears to be unread; 231 pages with index;; A study of how in today's world society can reform economics & the environment without damaging or displacing either field;

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: CULTURE OF ECOLOGY Reconciling Economics and Environment
• Publisher: University of Toronto
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802035957
• ISBN 13: 9780802035950
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Nature/Sciences

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Synopsis

There is a fundamental contradiction between economics and ecology. Activities that increase well-being by economic criteria often erode ecosystem vitality, and what preserves and enhances environmental well-being is often deemed 'inefficient' to economic demands. Regrettably, in our culture, we usually accord much greater importance to economic concerns than to ecology. However, given many indicators of continued environmental degradation - escalating rates of species extinctions, global warming, the profusion of toxins in our air, water, and soil - it is increasingly urgent that economics be infused with ecological principles.

In Culture of Ecology, Robert Babe proposes a move towards more ecologically-sound waysof thinking, communicating, and acting, including those usually termed 'economic.' His vision for a sustainable future entails recognizing and compensating for the inherent bias of all modes of communicating, reducing the centrality of money as a medium of communication, re-establishing systems of valuation outside the bounds of commodity exchange, and heightening equality to ease flows of information more in keeping with ecological realities. Culture of Ecology marks the beginning in a struggle to prove that, given the right approach, economy and ecosystem need not be mutually exclusive.

About the Author

Robert E. Babe is a professor in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at the University of Western Ontario.