Beyond Sustainability: A Thriving Environment

by Tim Delaney and Tim Madigan

This book approaches the study of the environment from two academic disciplines: both sociologists and philosophers have concerns about our environment's ability not only to sustain itself but to thrive. The book examines the differences between "sustainability" and "thrivability." Such topics as the sixth mass extinction (now underway), fracking, plastics, food waste and deforestation are explored. The book also considers the skepticism about...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786479590
• ISBN13: 9780786479597
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher