Independent thinking in an uncertain world a mind of one's own / edited by Valerie A. Brown, John A. Harris and David Waltner-Toews.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brown, Valerie A., editor.

Harris, John A., editor.

Waltner-Toews, David, 1948- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nature--Effect of human beings on.

Nature.

Human ecology--Social aspects.

Human ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (365 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

Any effective response to an uncertain future will require independently thinking individuals working together. Human ideas and actions have led to unprecedented changes in the relationships among humans, and between humans and the Earth. Changes in the air we breathe, the water we drink and the energy we use are evidence of Nature- which has no special interest in sustaining human life- looking out for itself. Even the evolutionary context for humans has altered. Evolutionary pressures from the digital communication revolution have been added to those from natural systems. For humans to meet these challenges requires social re-organisation that is neither simple nor easy. Independent Thinking in an Uncertain World explores workable, field-tested strategies from the frontiers of creating a viable future for humans on Earth. Based on research results from hundreds of social learning workshops with communities worldwide, many of them part of Australian National University's Local Sustainability Project, authors with diverse interests explore the gap between open-minded individual thinking and closed socially defined knowledges. The multiple dimensions of individual, social and biophysical ways of thinking are combined in ways that allow open-minded individuals to learn from one another.

Contents:

Thinking for oneself : outside the square / Valerie A. Brown

Collective learning : joining the dots / Valerie A. Brown, Judith A. Lambert & John A. Harris

Multiple dimensions of mind : parts and wholes / Valerie A. Brown

Celebrating difference : on not losing one's mind / David Waltner-Toews & Ellen Wall

Multiple minds : the more we are together / John A. Harris

Multiple voices : so say all of us / Valerie A. Brown & John A. Harris

Post-normal reconciliation : reframing the agenda / Kerry A. Arabena

Sophia in the anthropocene : towards an environmental ethic / Dianne E. Dibley

The organic, the mechanical and the emergent mind / Charles J. Massy

Escaping the "circular conundrum" : cropping and learning in Northern Australia / Kathryn E. Andrews

Epidemiological regeneration in a complex world / David Waltner-Toews

Landscape management and landscape regeneration in Australia / Richard M. Thackway & Mark W. Gardner

Transcoherence : labels and wicked problems / Craig A. Ashurst

Re-imagining person-centred practice in a person-first organisation / Julia H. Wolfson

Engaging creatively with tension in collaborative research / Elizabeth A Clarke, Rebecca Freeth, and Dena Fam

Life and change for a regenerative farmer / David S. Marsh

That's how the light gets in / David Waltner-Toews

Knowing our own minds / David Waltner-Teows, Valerie A. Brown & John A. Harris

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-42640-2

0-429-76086-8

0-429-76087-6

9780429426407

OCLC:

1085639079