Green, Fair, and Prosperous

Green, Fair, and Prosperous
Author: Charles Connerly
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2020-09-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 160938721X

At the center of what was once the tallgrass prairie, Iowa has stood out for clearing the land and becoming one of the most productive agricultural states in the nation. But its success is challenged by multiple issues including but not limited to a decline in union representation of meatpacking workers; lack of demographic diversity; the advent of job-replacing mechanization; growing income inequality; negative contributions to and effects of climate change and environmental hazards. To become green, fair, and prosperous, Connerly argues that Iowa must reckon with its past and the fact that its farm economy continues to pollute waterways, while remaining utterly unprepared for climate change. Iowa must recognize ways in which it can bolster its residents’ standard of living and move away from its demographic tradition of whiteness. For development to be sustainable, society must balance it with environmental protection and social justice. Connerly provides a crucial roadmap for how Iowans can move forward and achieve this balance.

A Glossary

A Glossary
Author: Robert Nares
Publisher:
Total Pages: 502
Release: 1859
Genre: English language
ISBN:

A Glossary

A Glossary
Author: Robert Nares
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 489
Release: 2023-02-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3368152432

Reprint of the original.

A GLOSSARY

A GLOSSARY
Author: ROBERT NARES, A.M., F.R.S., F.A.S.,
Publisher:
Total Pages: 494
Release: 1859
Genre:
ISBN:

Rethinking Sustainable Cities

Rethinking Sustainable Cities
Author: David Simon
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2016-08-31
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1447332849

Sustainable urbanization has moved to the forefront of political debate and policy agendas for numerous reasons. Among the most important are a growing appreciation both of the implications of rapid urbanization now occurring in China, India, and many other low and middle income countries with historically low urbanization levels and of the related challenges posed to urban areas worldwide by climate and environmental change. Conceptualizing urban sustainability for this new era, this compact book makes a clear contribution to the sustainable urbanization agenda through authoritative interventions that contextualize, assess, and explain the importance of three central characteristics of sustainable towns and cities everywhere: that they should be fair, green, and accessible.

Free, Fair, and Alive

Free, Fair, and Alive
Author: David Bollier
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2019-09-03
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1771423102

The power of the commons as a free, fair system of provisioning and governance beyond capitalism, socialism, and other -isms. From co-housing and agroecology to fisheries and open-source everything, people around the world are increasingly turning to 'commoning' to emancipate themselves from a predatory market-state system. Free, Fair, and Alive presents a foundational re-thinking of the commons — the self-organized social system that humans have used for millennia to meet their needs. It offers a compelling vision of a future beyond the dead-end binary of capitalism versus socialism that has almost brought the world to its knees. Written by two leading commons activists of our time, this guide is a penetrating cultural critique, table-pounding political treatise, and practical playbook. Highly readable and full of colorful stories, coverage includes: Internal dynamics of commoning How the commons worldview opens up new possibilities for change Role of language in reorienting our perceptions and political strategies Seeing the potential of commoning everywhere. Free, Fair, and Alive provides a fresh, non-academic synthesis of contemporary commons written for a popular, activist-minded audience. It presents a compelling narrative: that we can be free and creative people, govern ourselves through fair and accountable institutions, and experience the aliveness of authentic human presence.