A vital resource for sustainability educators, learners and decision-makers on how we can build a more sustainable future. In this ground-breaking book, leading sustainability educators are joined by permaculturists, literary critics, ecologists, artists, journalists, engineers, mathematicians and philosophers in a deep reflection on the skills that people need to survive and thrive in the challenging conditions of the 21st century. Responding to the threats of climate change, peak oil, resource depletion, economic uncertainty and energy insecurity demands the utmost in creativity, ingenuity and new ways of thinking to reinvent self and society. Among the many skills, attributes and values described in The Handbook of Sustainability Literacy are values reflection, coping with complexity, permaculture design, transition skills, advertising awareness, effortless action, and ecological intelligence, each accompanied by ideas for active learning exercises to help develop the skill. Far from being a rigid or definitive statement of the one right way however, the handbook is exploratory, aiming to open up new, unthought-of paths, possibilities and choices. With contributors including John Naish, Satish Kumar, Patrick Whitefield, John Blewitt, Stephan Harding and Stephen Sterling, this is intended for educators, learners and anyone else interested in the vital issue of the skills we need to survive and thrive in the 21st century and build a more sustainable future.
Acknowledgements. Introduction by Arran Stibbe and Heather Luna. Part 1 Skills for a Changing World. Ecocriticism: the ability to investigate cultural artefacts from an ecological perspective by Greg Garrard. Optimisation: the art of personal sufficiency by John Naish. Grounded Economic Awareness: economic awareness based on ecological and ethical values by Satish Kumar. Advertising Awareness: the ability to expose advertising discourses that undermine sustainability, and resist them by Arran Stibbe. Transition Skills: skills for transition to a post-fossil-fuel age by Stephen Quilley. Commons Thinking: the ability to envisage and enable a viable future through connected action by Justin Kenrick. Effortless Action: the ability to fulfil human needs effortlessly through working with nature by Ling Feng. Permaculture Design: designing our lives with nature as the model by Patrick Whitefield. Community Gardening: skills for building community and working within environmental limits by Alma Clavin. Ecological Intelligence: viewing the world relationally by Stephen Sterling. Systems Thinking: the ability to recognise and analyse the interconnections within and between systems by Glenn Strachan. Gaia Awareness: awareness of the animate qualities of the Earth by Stephan Harding. Futures Thinking: the ability to envision scenarios of a more desirable future by Sue Wayman. Values Reflection and the Earth Charter: the ability to critique the values of an unsustainable society and consider alternatives by Jeffrey Newman. Social Conscience: the ability to reflect on deeply held opinions about social justice and sustainability by Myshele Goldberg. New Media Literacy: communication skills for sustainability by John Blewitt. Cultural Literacy: understanding and respect for the cultural aspects of sustainability by Kim Polistina. Carbon Capability: understanding climate change and reducing emissions by Lorraine Whitmarsh, Saffron O'Neill, Gill Seyfang and Irene Lorenzoni. Greening Business: the ability to drive environmental and sustainability improvements in the workplace by Zoe Robinson. Materials Awareness: the ability to expose the hidden impact of materials on sustainability by Melinda Watson. Appropriate Technology and Appropriate Design: the ability to design systems, technologies and equipment in an appropriate way by Mike Clifford. Technology Appraisal: the ability to evaluate technological innovation by Gavin Harper. Complexity, Systems Thinking and Practice: skills and techniques for managing complex systems by Dick Morris and Stephen Martin. Coping with Complexity: the ability to manage complex sustainability problems by Bland Tomkinson. Emotional Well-being: the ability to research and reflect on the roots of emotional well-being by Morgan Phillips. Finding Meaning without Consuming: the ability to experience meaning, purpose and satisfaction through non-material wealth by Paul Maiteny. Being-in-the-World: the ability the think about the self in interconnection and interdependence with the surrounding world by John Danvers. Beauty as a Way of Knowing: the redemption of knowing through the experience of beauty by Barry Bignell. Part 2 Educational Transformation for Sustainability Literacy. Citizen Engagement by Geoff Fagan. Re-educating the Person by Karen Blincoe. Institutional Transformation by Anne Phillips. A Learning Society by Kate Davies.
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