Del Desarrollo Sostenible Al Decrecimiento
Del Desarrollo Sostenible Al Decrecimiento

Author: Juan Alonso Neira Simijaca

Publisher: Ewe Editorial Acad MIA Espa Ola

Published: 2012-08

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9783659033315

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Tanto el desarrollo sostenible como el decrecimento son paradigmas recientes del mundo. Las contradicciones, atributos, oportunidades y riesgos en estos topicos son reflexiones y soporte del debate en el siguiente libro. El lector encontrara argumentos claros y preguntas trascendentes acerca de los fenomenos recientes de la globalizacion asociados al medio ambiente, a la sociedad y al hombre contemporaneo. Las crisis recientes de la economia, los cambios y evidencias de ambiental en el mundo entero, los saldos de la deuda ecologica y los pasivos ambientales, hacen reflexionar sobre el momento trascendental del hombre en la actualidad y los impactos colectivos y particulares del quehacer social y economico. Los cuestionamientos al papel del crecimiento economico son amplios y el diagnostico sobre la crisis ambiental, la entropia y el papel del ser humano, se analizan desde el decrecimiento y la sostenibilidad, identificando puntos focales de ilustracion. Los juicios de valor quedan a libertad del lector."

Repensar la sostenibilidad
Repensar la sostenibilidad

Author: ENRÍQUEZ SÁNCHEZ José María

Publisher: Editorial UNED

Published: 2021-01-11

Total Pages: 556

ISBN-13: 8436276566

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La sostenibilidad, cualidad de lo sostenible, hace referencia a un proceso que puede alargarse en el tiempo. Cuando este proceso lo referimos a cuestiones socio-ecológicas, comprobamos cómo, desde hace ya largo tiempo, no son pocas las voces acreditadas que han puesto sobre aviso del progresivo deterioro ecológico y sus consecuencias perjudiciales para la vida humana. Nuestra obra parte de estas negatividades para repensar la idea de sostenibilidad en sus justos términos, y así dar cabida a una variedad de aportaciones que ayuden a restituimos dentro de los límites ecosistémicos.

Controversial Issues and Social Problems for an Integrated Disciplinary Teaching
Controversial Issues and Social Problems for an Integrated Disciplinary Teaching

Author: Delfín Ortega-Sánchez

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-09-30

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 303108697X

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The scientific literature has been showing that the teaching of controversial topics constitutes one of the most powerful tools for the promotion of active citizenship, the development and acquisition of critical-reflective thinking skills (Misco, 2013), and education for democratic citizenship (Pollak, Segal, Lefstein, and Meshulam, 2017; Misco and Lee, 2014). It has also highlighted, however, the complexities, risks and interference of emotional reactions in learning about sensitive, controversial or controversial historical, geographical or social issues (Jerome and Elwick, 2019; Reiss, 2019; Ho and Seow, 2015; Washington and Humphries, 2011; Swalwell and Schweber, 2016). Recent studies have advanced in the analysis of strategies employed by teacher educators in teaching controversial issues (Nganga, Roberts, Kambutu, and James, 2019; Pace, 2019), and in the curricular decisions of teachers about this teaching (Hung, 2019; King, 2009). These developments confirm the appropriateness of discussing or developing deliberative skills and conversational learning as the most appropriate strategy for the didactic treatment of controversial issues (Claire and Holden, 2007; Hand, 2008; Hess, 2002; Oulton, Day, Dillon and Grace, 2004; Oulton, Dillon and Grace, 2004; Myhill, 2007; Hand and Levinson, 2012; Ezzedeen, 2008). The promotion of discussion on specific social justice issues has also been approached from the use of controversial or documentary images in teacher education contexts, in order to question what is happening or has happened in present and past societies (Hawley, Crowe, and Mooney, 2016; Marcus and Stoddard, 2009). In this context, the aim of this contributed volume is, on one hand, to understand the discourses and decision-making of teachers on controversial issues in interdisciplinary educational contexts and their association with the development of deliberation skills. On the other hand, it seeks to offer studies focused on the analysis of the levels of coherence between their attitudes, positions and teaching practices for the teaching and learning of social problems and controversial issues from an integrated disciplinary perspective.

How to Fulfil the UN Sustainability Goals
How to Fulfil the UN Sustainability Goals

Author: Felix Fuders

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-10-11

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 3031377680

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This book combines the field of economics —especially monetary theory— with other disciplines like ecology, physics, humanities, social sciences and development theory. This transdisciplinary approach makes the book a unique contribution for researchers, students, policy makers and professionals working in governmental or nongovernmental institutions, as well as anyone interested in society’s well-being and achieving a true social-ecological transformation. It is written in an accessible language in order to reach a broad audience. In 2015, more than 190 world leaders recognized that the world is on a “collision course” (Max-Neef) and committed to 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Many conferences and high-level meetings have been held since then, and one of the most frequently discussed topics is how to finance these goals. There is a widespread belief that coming up with more money for sustainable development will “do the trick”. Usually, the discussions focus on finding additional financial resources in order to achieve the goals faster. In this book it is argued that not only is more money needed, but it needs to be a different kind of money. The book demonstrates that ALL but one of the SDGs are directly linked to our monetary system, which —being completely unnatural— can be seen as the most important, but at the same time least recognized, reason for market failure. Many people think we just need to do more, faster, better. Very few say that we have done things fundamentally wrong and that the institutions and values which motivated us to do those things need to be changed. It will be concluded that only if we change our unnatural design of money to a more natural one, will we be able to reach these goals

Tiempos modernos, Tiempos d­ficiles
Tiempos modernos, Tiempos d­ficiles

Author: Eugenio Vega

Publisher: Author House

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1491875283

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Este libro hace un repaso, que no pretende ser exhaustivo, de las circunstancias en que la relación entre diseño, comunicación y consumo comenzó a forjarse con el desarrollo de la industria.

Sustainability in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Sustainability in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Author: Antonio Leal-Millan

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-07-03

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 3319573187

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This book provides a richly illustrated study of sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship. Specifically, it examines the ways in which governmental policies and practices modify the social conditions necessary to promote innovation in businesses and by so doing impact economic development. Exploring topics such as green innovation, green customer capital, smart cities, green entrepreneurship and environmental responsibility, this book presents some of the most current research and best practices in the field. In today’s global economy, strategies, policies and practices that address the negative effects of human activity on the environment need to be incorporated into the business framework in order for companies to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. Around the world, such changes have already resulted in a broad range of products, production methods and technical features that ensure environmental protection. At the same time, the mass media’s communication of a deteriorating earth have motivated a growing number of citizens in both developed and developing nations to modify their consumption habits towards more ecological products. Consequently, an increasing number of companies are reacting to these changes in business and legal frameworks and consumer preferences by investing in new forms of green innovation or “eco-innovation” designed to promote both environmental and corporate sustainability. For example, Hewlett-Packard eliminated lead from its welding process; Wal-Mart reduced the emissions of their suppliers; and Cisco, Dell and IBM are investing in smart grids. This volume showcases pioneering efforts among companies, citizens, and government agencies that are moving from theory to practice by placing sustainability at the core of their development strategies.

SOSTENIBILIDAD Y DECRECIMIENTO. UNA CRÍTICA DE LA (SIN) RAZÓN CONSUMISTA
SOSTENIBILIDAD Y DECRECIMIENTO. UNA CRÍTICA DE LA (SIN) RAZÓN CONSUMISTA

Author: ENRÍQUEZ SÁNCHEZ José María

Publisher: Editorial UNED

Published: 2017-12-22

Total Pages: 912

ISBN-13: 8436272862

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La idea de sostenibilidad, más concretamente la expresión «desarrollo sostenible», se ha convertido en otro tema más de nuestro tiempo. Coetáneo de ello es la idea opuesta de decrecimiento. Eso en nuestros días, porque lo cierto es que ambos conceptos, «sostenibilidad» y «decrecimiento», en la actualidad centrales en los discursos y contra discursos económico-políticos, se remontan a un tiempo anterior. Pues bien, situar estos significados en el momento que les corresponde puede resultar de provecho para los propósitos actuales de una transición hacia sociedades sostenibles. Este es el motivo principal de este libro, estableciendo para ello unas nociones claras que nos puedan ser de utilidad al menos para pensar lo que hacemos con nuestras cada vez más deterioradas circunstancias.

Issues in the Spanish-Speaking World
Issues in the Spanish-Speaking World

Author: Janice Randle

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2003-07-30

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 0313091285

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Spanish language classes now have a reference source to encourage critical thinking and debate important, current topics in Spain, Mexico, and the rest of Latin and South America. Issues in the Spanish-Speaking World offers 14 original and engaging chapters, each introducing a major issue in the headlines and providing pro and con positions for student debate, papers, and class presentations. Highlights include the Basque question, indigenous rights, the Christopher Columbus controversy, bullfighting, and the war on drugs in Colombia. Each chapter concludes with a Resource Guide and useful vocabulary to facilitate expression in Spanish.

Bioregional Planning and Design: Volume I
Bioregional Planning and Design: Volume I

Author: David Fanfani

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-07-20

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 3030458709

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This book provides a review of the bioregionalist theory in the field of spatial planning and design as a suitable approach to cope with the growing concerns about the negative effects of metropolization processes and the need for a sustainable transition. The book starts out with a section on rethinking places for community life, and discusses the reframing of regional governance and development as well as social justice in spatial planning. It introduces the concept of the urban bioregion, a pivotal concept that underpins balanced polycentric spatial patterns and supports self-reliant and fair local development. The second part of the book focuses on planning, and particularly on the issues that arise from the ‘circular’ recovery of the relation between city and agro-ecosystems for integrated planning and resilience of settlements and discusses topics such as foodshed planning, biophilic urbanism and the integration of rural development and spatial planning. This volume sets out the reference framework for Volume II which deals with more specific and operational issues related to spatial policies and settlement design.