Humans in the Global Ecosystem
An Introduction to Sustainable Development
Pierre L. Ibisch, Heike Molitor, Alexander Conrad, Heike Walk, Vanja Mihotovic und Juliane Geyer
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Pierre L. Ibisch, Heike Molitor, Alexander Conrad, Heike Walk, Vanja Mihotovic, Juliane Geyer, Humans in the Global Ecosystem (2019), oekom verlag, München, ISBN: 9783962385781
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Beschreibung / Abstract
The term †˜sustainability†™ is on everyone†™s lips, but nevertheless we struggle to transpose the idea into our economic and social structures. This book aims to provide an overview of the relevant discourses, but also – and above all – a stimulus for fresh thinking, with new suggestions for the defence and further development of the concept of sustainable development. It addresses the position of humans in the global (eco)system, and it interprets and applies sustainability as a multi- and inter-disciplinary concept. It is concerned as much with problem analysis as with proposed solutions and with the necessary conditions for sustainable development. The Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development (EUSD) is committed to a comprehensive implementation of sustainability, in all its complexity, in teaching, research, knowledge transfer and operational practice. It was the first German university to develop and implement, in a wide-ranging participatory process involving all staff and students, a detailed programme of sustainable development, and is considered a pioneer in this regard among German higher education institutions. This textbook has grown out of a foundation course lecture on sustainable development at the Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development. The editors conceived the book from that starting point and developed and elaborated it with the help of many colleagues.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Humans in the Global Ecosystem
- Contents
- Preface I by Michael Succow
- Preface II by Marlehn Thieme
- Foreword by the Editors
- Part 1: Understanding the challenge: the systems question
- 1.1 The biosphere: a short report on the state of the Earth. Pierre L. Ibisch
- 1.2 Sustainability as a reaction: what has been happening so far. Heike Molitor and Pierre L. Ibisch
- 1.3 Systems theory: towards a holistic and interdisciplinary understanding of sustainable development. Pierre L. Ibisch
- Part 2: We humans: the agents of sustainable development
- 2.1 Good or evil - are we capable of sustainability? Pierre L. Ibisch and Norbert Jung
- 2.2 What motivates people to sustainability-oriented action? Heike Molitor
- Part 3: (Un)sustainable systems: analysis and strategic approaches
- 3.1 The foundations: ecosystems and ecosystem management
- 3.2 The drivers: economic systems. Alexander Conrad and Jan König
- 3.3 The power source: energy supply systems. Vanja Mihotovic
- 3.4 The controls: political systems. Benjamin Nölting, Hermann E. Ott and Heike Walk
- 3.5 Everyone affected and involved: civil society systems. Heike Walk, Hermann E. Ott and Martin Welp
- Part 4: The transformation to sustainability
- 4.1 Ecosystem-based sustainable development. Pierre L. Ibisch
- 4.2 Sustainability transformation. Heike Walk and Pierre L. Ibisch
- 4.3 A sustainable economy. Alexander Conrad, Jan König and Hans-Peter Benedikt
- 4.4 Education for sustainable development. Heike Molitor
- 4.5 Institutional transformation to sustainability: the example of Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development. Wilhelm-Günther Vahrson and Kerstin Kräusche
- Bibliography
- Index
- Editors and co-authors