Transnational knowledge exchange : connecting knowledge traditions for sustainability of the planet

Neera Handa

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Abstract

The call of the Anthropocene invites re-configuring the impact of human-centric attitude and neglect of nonhuman rights on the precarity of all life on this planet. As an oracle of the impending disaster, it is a call to act now, before the time to take “preventive measures” is exhausted (Oreskes & Conway, 2014, p. 13). In this chapter, I put forward the case for bringing an alternative way of thinking with the potential to change the dominant discourse of development in which nature and human life have become opposite entities. I argue that to address the crises facing the world today, new and different understandings of sustainability, and alternative metaphors of nature that reflect these understandings are needed.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationReimagining Sustainability in Precarious Times
EditorsKaren Malone, Son Truong, Tonia Gray
Place of PublicationSingapore
PublisherSpringer
Pages143-158
Number of pages16
ISBN (Electronic)9789811025501
ISBN (Print)9789811025488
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Keywords

  • Anthropocene
  • environmental education
  • nature
  • sustainability

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