Eco-Justice--The Unfinished JourneyWilliam E. Gibson "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
The EcoJustice Perspective | 13 |
What Is It? | 21 |
Growth as Metaphor Growth as Politics | 31 |
Come Inside the Circle of Creation | 47 |
Creation and Liberation as a Continuing Story | 53 |
The Parable | 69 |
Conclusion to Part I | 79 |
Section A Toxic Pollution and Environmental Justice | 87 |
Let My People Farm | 171 |
Section E Population and Womens Concerns | 179 |
Voices of Women on Environment Population | 189 |
Section F Economics Good Work and Sustainable | 197 |
A New Economics for the TwentyFirst Century | 213 |
Good Work the Big Chill and the Sadness of Dinks | 219 |
Section G Lifestyle and Community | 233 |
Sustainability and Community | 247 |
Toxic Pollution and Race | 93 |
Corporations and Community Accountability | 99 |
Section B Technology and Energy | 105 |
Less Would Be Better | 121 |
Creatures Systems and Sense of Place | 129 |
Of Place Creation and Relations | 147 |
Hunger and Agriculture | 155 |
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