Eco-justice-- the unfinished journey / edited by William E. Gibson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gibson, William E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental justice.

Environmental education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 340 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Eco-Justice--The Unfinished Journey links ecological sustainability and social justice from an ethical and often theological perspective. Eco-justice, defined as the well-being of all humankind on a thriving earth, began as a movement during the 1970s, responding to massive, sobering evidence that nature imposes limits-limits to production and consumption, with profound implications for distributive justice, and limits to the human numbers sustainable by habitat earth. This collection includes contributions from the leading interpreters of the eco-justice movement as it recounts the evolution of the Eco-JusticeProject, initiated by campus ministries in Rochester and Ithaca, New York. Most of these essays were originally published in the organization's journal, and they address many themes, including environmental justice, hunger, economics, and lifestyle.

Contents:

Intro

Eco-Justice-The Un.nished Journey

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction to the Journey

Part I The Eco-Justice Perspective: Crisis, Meaning, and Motivation

1. Not Just Ecology, Not Just Economics- ECO-JUSTICE Chris Cowap

2. Eco-Justice: What Is It? William E. Gibson

3. Growth as Metaphor, Growth as Politics Richard Grossman

4. Come Inside the Circle of Creation Elizabeth Dodson Gray

5. Creation and Liberation as a Continuing Story William E. Gibson

6. Teaching the Eco-Justice Ethic: The Parable of Billerica Dam J. Ronald Engel

Conclusion to Part I

Part II: Eco-Justice Issues

Section A: Toxic Pollution and Environmental Justice

7. Toxic Pollution and Race Charles Lee

8. Corporations and Community Accountability J. Andy Smith III

Section B: Technology and Energy

9. Technology: Opportunity and Peril Roger L. Shinn

10. The Conundrum of Oil: Less Would Be Better William E. Gibson

Section C: Creatures, Systems, and Sense of Place

11. Duties to Animals, Plants, Species, and Ecosystems: Challenges for Christians Holmes Rolston III

12. Of Place, Creation, and Relations George E. Tinker (as Interviewed by Sabine O'Hara)

Section D: Hunger and Agriculture

13. The Persistence of Hunger: Ecological, Economic, and Ethical Dimensions Larry L. Rasmussen

14. Let My People Farm Donald Q. Innis

Section E: Population and Women's Concerns

15. Forging Common Ground on Population Issues Carol Holst

16. Voices of Women on Environment, Population, and Development: Excerpts from Several Issues of the Journal

Section F: Economics, Good Work, and Sustainable Development

17. Sanctioning Resource Depletion: Economic Development and Neoclassical Economics Charles A. S. Hall

18. A New Economics for the Twenty-First Century James Robertson.

19. Good Work, the Big Chill, and the Sadness of Dinks Ingrid Olsen-Tjensvold

20. The Development Debate: Coalition for a New Alternative? J. Ronald Engel

Section G: Lifestyle and Community

21. Prodigality and Frugality: Core Con.ict of the Times James A. Nash

22. Sustainability and Community John B. Cobb, Jr.

Part III: The Journey Continues

23. The Church's Eco-Justice Journey Dieter T. Hessel

24. The Earth Charter

25. The Earth Charter, Globalization, and Sustainable Community Larry L. Rasmussen

26. Concluding Considerations, Continuing Journey William E. Gibson

Contributors

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780791485576

0791485579

9781423739364

1423739361

OCLC:

62757391