- Paperback - Number of Pages: 200 pages
- Dimensions: 154.94 x 246.38 x 12.7mm - 453.59g
- Publication date: 17 May 2012
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint: ROUTLEDGE
- Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
"Once in a while, something really worthwhile emerges. This is it. Offering a provocative look at the role of social evolution in climate change, Wheeler challenges us to shape social ecology towards sustainability. The way we structure our societies holds the key to our Planet's collective destiny and the 'tipping point' to plan, respond and act for transformative social evolution has been reached - it's now." Rhonda Phillips, Senior Sustainability Scientist Global Institute of Sustainability, and Professor, School of Community Resources and Development, Arizona State University, USA. "This is a fresh and creative look at what it will take to tackle climate change, and Stephen Wheeler does not pull his punches. Technical fixes and superficial policy adjustments will never be enough in the end-what is needed is no less than social transformation, social evolution, rapidly induced. This is no hollow call to arms, but a carefully argued blueprint of the essential steps and key actions necessary to grow this new soci...