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Break Through From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility

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ISBN-10: 0618658254

ISBN-13: 9780618658251

Edition: 2006

Authors: Michael Shellenberger, Ted Nordhaus

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Current tactics cant solve todays complex global crises. The "bad boys of environmentalism" call for a bold and empowering new vision Environmental insiders Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus triggered a firestorm of controversy with their self-published essay "The Death of Environmentalism," which argued that environmentalism cannot deal with global warming and should die so that a new politics can be born. Global warming is far more complex than past pollution problems, and American values have changed dramatically since the movements greatest victories in the 1960s, but environmentalists keep fighting the same old battles. Seeing a connection between the failures of environmentalism…    
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Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 10/4/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus have spent their entire careers working with environmental organizations. The two are managing dirctors of American Environics, a social values research and political stategy firm, and are senior fellows with the Breakthrough Institute. Their vision of a new, more effective envioronmentalism is reflected in these proposals already intoduced into Congress: "The New Apollo Project" by Rep. Jay Inslee; "Health Care for Hybrids," by Senator Barack Obama; and "Global Warming Preparedness," by Senators John Kerry and Olympia Snowe. They both reside in Oakland, CA.

Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger have spent their entire careers working with environmental organizations. The two are managing dirctors of American Environics, a social values research and political stategy firm, and are senior fellows with the Breakthrough Institute. Their vision of a new, more effective envioronmentalism is reflected in these proposals already intoduced into Congress: "The New Apollo Project" by Rep. Jay Inslee; "Health Care for Hybrids," by Senator Barack Obama; and "Global Warming Preparedness," by Senators John Kerry and Olympia Snowe. They both reside in Oakland, CA.

Introduction: From the Nightmare to the Dream
The Politics of Limits
The Birth of Environmentalism
The Forest for the Trees
Interests Within Interests
The Prejudice of Place
The Pollution Paradigm
The Death of Environmentalism
The Politics of Possibility
Status and Security
Belonging and Fulfillment
Pragmatism
Greatness
In Gratitude
Notes
Bibliography
Index