Ecological Civilization
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Ecological Civilization
As the American ecologist Aldo Leopold deftly put it, we need to transform the way we see ourselves, ‘from conqueror of the land-community to plain member and citizen of it’.41 Thanks to forty years of Earth-system research, we have a rapidly improving scientific understanding of how the Holocene epoch – with its stable climate, ample fresh water,
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Dans le prolongement d’André Gorz, nous avons défini en introduction la civilisation du temps libéré comme une civilisation de l’autonomie, du ralentissement et de la rupture avec le consumérisme. Cette civilisation du temps libéré vise ainsi à éliminer les frustrations qui caractérisent notre époque, à leur substituer détente et convivialité. Cett
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We need to forge a new era for humanity—one that is defined, at its deepest level, by a transformation in the way we make sense of the world, and a concomitant revolution in our values, goals, and collective behavior. In short, we need to change the basis of our global civilization. We must move from a civilization based on wealth accumulation to o... See more