Metaphors for Change
Subtitle: Partnerships, Tools and Civic Action for Sustainability
By: editors, Christophe Bonazzi, David Gee
Contributors: Bonazzi, Christophe, editor; Gee, David, editor
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9781351282444
Subjects: Social responsibility of business; Sustainable development; Industries; Environmental aspects; Environmental management; Environmental policy; Entreprises; Responsabilité sociale; Développement durable; Environnement; Gestion; Politique gouvernementale; Environmental control
Description: "How can we get from where we are to where we want to be? Metaphors for Change attempts to answer this question and provide a roadmap for sustainability by bringing together the thoughts of a unique collection of leading change agents from business, government and academia. Environmental questions have previously been dealt with metaphorically, by catastrophism or manicheism (zero growth; Malthusianism, Deep Ecology; "man is the enemy"; less is more). These metaphors have had limited impact because they have failed to connect with the mainstream of cultural, political, and business ideas. This book examines a number of new metaphors - and related partnerships, tools and action - which appear to have greater possibilities for the world in which we now live. The editors argue that Metaphors for Change can deliver to the public and to decision-makers new perceptions ("structured knowledge") that can help interpret the past and the present, and help us forge the future. The wider the gap between the "now" and the "necessary", the stronger the bridging perceptions have to be in order to break through barriers of fear and conservatism. Some of the concepts considered are: sustainable development; the polluter pays principle; the precautionary principle; eco-efficiency; eco-effectiveness; life-cycle assessment; design for the environment; eco-services; dematerialization; industrial symbiosis; industrial ecology; and zero emissions. There are of course other useful metaphors on the horizon, some of them included in this book. Including key contributions from the ground-breaking conferences ECO 97 and ECO 99, along with other specially commissioned and reprinted pieces, Metaphors for Change provides a treasure chest of new ideas, innovations and action. Accessible and forward-thinking, it will prove indispensable both as a student learning tool and as a panoramic overview of the sustainability metaphors key thinkers believe we should be putting into practice."--Provided by publisher
Table of contents: title: Part, Part 1: Metaphors for change; title: chapter Introduction; title: chapter SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; title: chapter LIFE-CYCLE THINKING A new metaphor and a new paradigm; title: chapter ECO-EFFICIENCY; title: chapter ECO-EFFECTIVENESS; title: chapter FROM PRODUCTS TO SERVICES; title: chapter FROM END-OF-PIPE TO INTEGRATION; title: chapter ZERO EMISSIONS; title: chapter ZERO EMISSIONS IN CONSTRUCTION; title: chapter INDUSTRIAL SYMBIOSIS; title: chapter INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; title: chapter INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY IN FRANCE; title: chapter MONITORING WHAT MATTERS; title: chapter ENVIRONMENTAL DIPLOMACY; title: chapter ENVIRONMENTAL DIPLOMACY IN THE US; title: part, Part 2: Partnerships for change; title: chapter PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN INDUSTRY; title: chapter PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS IN JAPAN; title: chapter PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS IN ARGENTINA; title: part, Part 3: Tools for change; title: chapter GOVERNMENTAL POLICY TOOL; title: chapter management tools Strategic environmental management; title: chapter DESIGN TOOL; title: chapter ANALYTICAL TOOL; title: chapter FINANCIAL TOOL; title: chapter technology tools; title: part, Part 4: Civic actions for change; title: chapter PARTY POLITICS; title: chapter COMMUNITY-BASED CURRENCY AND EXCHANGE; title: chapter THE MEDIA; title: chapter ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM; title: chapter CAR SHARING; title: chapter SYMBOLIC ACTS; title: chapter Bibliography; title: chapter List of abbreviations.