Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability 1/10: The Spirit of Sustainability (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781933782157)

The Spirit of Sustainability, Volume 1 of the ten-volume Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability, helps readers navigate the moral worlds and ethical concepts, and social and religious practices related to sustainability. The volume explores a wide range of topics and perspectives, from the promise and problems of approaching sustainability through global and indigenous religions, to major theories in philosophy and environmental ethics, and professional practices and social movements. This volume presents the various goals of sustainability - ecological integrity, economic health, human dignity, fairness to the future, and social justice - and provides a framework for reasoning through many interrelated environmental challenges for both current and future generations.

Author: Willis Jenkins
ISBN-10: 1933782153
ISBN-13: 9781933782157
Publisher: Berkshire Publishing Group LLC
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2012
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.14lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 1.06d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Supplements 11/15/2008 pg. 69
Booklist 02/15/2010 pg. 100
Library Journal 03/15/2010 pg. 123
Choice 05/01/2010
Booklist Ed Choice Reference 01/01/2011 pg. 17
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2010 pg. 98