{"product_id":"culture-of-ecology-robert-babe-9780802035950","title":"Culture of Ecology: Reconciling Economics and Environment","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCulture of Ecology\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003ci\u003eCulture of Ecology\u003c\/i\u003e marks the beginning in a struggle to prove that, given the right approach, economy and ecosystem need not be mutually exclusive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Babe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802035957\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802035950\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2006 pg. 6","brand":"Robert Babe","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48448957579519,"sku":"9780802035950","price":102.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7533613d-c529-4cf0-b5d0-fea1e439e79c.jpg?v=1777261343","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/culture-of-ecology-robert-babe-9780802035950","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}