2016 / 2 - Great Transition Campaign

2016 / 2

Essay

Journey to Earthland: The Great Transition to Planetary Civilization

November 2016

In our interdependent and dangerous century, an organic planetary civilization has become both a possibility and a necessity. The volume builds a conceptual framework for understanding the contemporary crisis, envisioning a desirable future, and acting collectively to get there.

Reflections on Journey to Earthland

November 2016

Insights from a diverse group of global thinkers, including Luis Cabrera, Joan Cocks, Maurie Cohen, Richard Falk, John Fullerton, Gilberto Gallopín, Evelin Lindner, Ann Mische, Anantha Prasad, Alioune Sall, Gus Speth, Mary Evelyn Tucker, and Sandra Waddock

Viewpoint

Against Ecocide: Legal Protection for Earth

Femke Wijdekop

August 2016

A movement is gaining traction to recognize the wanton destruction of nature by states and corporations as a crime under international law. The resistance will be fierce, but the emerging ecocentrism in law and citizen activism offers grounds for hope.

With commentary by Rahul Goswami, Brian Henning, Paul Nieuwenhuis, Robert Paehlke, Linda Sheehan, Neera Singh, Pella Thiel, Tim Weiskel, and Allen White, and a response from the author

Viewpoint

Toward Global Political Integration: Time for a World Parliamentary Assembly

Andreas Bummel

August 2016

We will need a democratic world government to adequately address shared planetary risks and opportunities in this century. A critical strategic step toward that end would be the formation of a global parliamentary assembly.

Interview

Liberation Ecology

Leonardo Boff

August 2016

What role can theology play in changing how we see nature and each other? A founder of liberation theology discusses the movement's origins and the vital connections between ecology and social justice.

Essay

A Higher Calling for Higher Education

Cristina Escrigas

June 2016

Higher education institutions are beset by forces of marketization and internationalization amidst a rapidly changing world. The potential for the university to become a transformative agent, however, still exists—if it can transform itself pedagogically, epistemologically, and politically.

With commentary by a select group of academics and educators, and a response from the author

Interview

Democratizing Science in an Age of Uncertainty

Jerome Ravetz

June 2016

A founder of science and society studies recounts his intellectual journey and explains how the doctrine of predictive science has limited applicability to today’s vexing challenges. We need a “post-normal science” that acknowledges inherent risk, indeterminism, and the relevance of human values and interests.

Review

Towards a Sustainable University

Anthony Cortese

June 2016

Countless universities are exploring ways of incorporating sustainability into their curriculum, research, and practice. The Arizona State University experiment described in Designing the New American University has been at the cutting edge. But does it go far enough?

Core GT Texts