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ECOSHIFT Title Page
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION: Why ECOSHIFT?
Why Another Book?
Semantics
My Personal Background
PART 1 - THE CURRENT RISE OF GLOBAL CAPITALISM
WHERE WE ARE NOW: A House of Cards
Energy
Climate Change
Consumerism and Globalization
So-called Natural Resources
Ecosystem Destruction and Species Extinction
Population
GLOBALIZATION: Dominance of Corporate Empire
The "Success" of Capitalism
The Problems with Megabusiness
POPULATION: Too Many Humans
World Population
Individual Choice
U.S. Population and Immigration
PART 2 - CHANGING PERSONAL LIFESTYLES
THE THREE R'S: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
ENERGY CHOICES: Reduce, Reduce, Reduce
Energy Consumption and CO2 Production
Unsustainable Energy
Energy Conservation
Solar Energy
Wind Energy
Biomass Energy
Hydro and Geothermal Energy
Carbon Offsets
FOOD CHOICES: Organic, Vegetarian, Local
The Globalization of Food and Water
Food and Health
Sustainable and Vegetarian Food
Organic Food
Locally-produced food
Producing Your Own Food
Eating Out
HOUSING CHOICES: Structure, Grounds, Location
Location, Location, Location
Reducing Your Housing Footprint
Ecovillages
Co-Housing
Green Buildings
Renaturalizing the Yard
VOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY: Opting Out of Consumer Culture
Money Choices
Consumer Choices
Time Choices
Simplicity Choices
Voluntary Simplicity Sites and Workshops
Elgin's Ecological Ways of Living
PART 3 - CHANGING HUMAN CULTURE
SUSTAINABILITY: The Current Buzz Word
Myths of Sustained Yield and Multiple Use
Definitions of Sustainability
Technofixes
Ceres, Certification, and Greenwash
The Natural Step
Regulation and Taxes
Reducing Demand
Carrying Capacity and Ecological Footprint
SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTING: Changing Corporate Behavior
Screening
Shareholder Activism
Community Investing
BIOREGIONALISM: Developing a Sense of Place
Losing and Finding a Sense of Place
The Bioregion Concept
The Gulf of Maine Bioregion
Travel
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY: Preventing Further Loss
Pollution Control
Conservation Versus Preservation
Gene Pool Preservation
Endangered Species
Exotic Invasives
Fragmentation
Restoration Ecology
Ecosystem Management
Evolution
ECOJUSTICE: Local and Global Community
Social Darwinism
Failure of Environmentalism
Diversity and Respect
Health and Job Issues
Ecotourism
Regaining Community
Liberation Theology and Ecojustice
The Earth Charter
Justice versus Sustainability
GREEN POLITICS: Demonstrations or Elections?
Failure of the Two Party System
The Green Party
Political Activism
THE GREAT TURNING: Into the Future
Extremes of Worldview
Competition or Cooperation
The Happy Planet Index
PART 4 - CHANGING HUMAN SPIRITUALITY
ECOPSYCHOLOGY: Human Need for Nature
The Lure of Nature
Fear and Disconnection
Resistance to Change
The Council of All Beings
Nature Deficit Disorder
Children and Nature
Mindfulness
THE UNIVERSE STORY: Continuing Creation
Creation of the Universe
Creation of Life
The Twelve Miracles of Creation
The Anthropic Principle
The Gaia Hypothesis
Lessons from The Story
The Sixth Extinction and the Future
The Conscious Universe
DEEP ECOLOGY: An Ecocentric Worldview
Respect for Animals
The Arrogance of Humanism
Arne Naess and Thomas Berry
The Eight Points of Deep Ecology
Rights, Worth, and Hubris
Delving Deeper
ECOFEMINISM: Nurturing Mother Earth
The Deep Ecology - Ecofeminism Debate
Commentary
GREEN ARTS: Creation Inspiration
The Written Word
Painting, Drawing, Photography, and Sculpture
Crafts
Performing Arts
ECOSPIRITUALITY: Caring for Creation
Christian Stewardship
Statement of The Patriarch, Bartholomew
Ecotheology
Buddhism and Jainism
Earth-based Spirituality
Pantheism and Unitarian Universalism
Personal Ethics
CONCLUSION: Can Ecoshift Be Accomplished?
Personal Change
The World of the Future
APPENDIX 1: Books and Magazines
APPENDIX 2: Web Sites
APPENDIX 3: The Earth Charter
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