'Ecocivilization': Jeremy Lent's Bracing Vision of System Change

About this episode

Jeremy Lent discusses his book 'Ecocivilization' and presents a vision for creating ecologically centered societies.

In his new book 'Ecocivilization', Jeremy Lent offers a bracing vision for how humanity can escape the destructive imperatives of capitalism and create ecologically centered societies that work for everyone. The book draws on dozens of real-world projects and social movements to describe what a stable, humane world would look like and what strategies can get us there. Chapters focus on significant socio-economic changes that must occur in business organization, agriculture, technology, finance, infrastructure, law, global governance, among other areas. For more on the commons, go to www.Bollier.org.

People in this episode

Host: David Bollier

Guest: Jeremy Lent

Topics covered

• ecological society
• capitalism
• system change
• socio-economic changes
• sustainable development

Keywords

• ecocivilization
• capitalism
• socio-economic change
• sustainability
• social movements

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: www.Bollier.org

Books & works: Ecocivilization

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