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 language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Reimagining Sustainability in Precarious Times |
| Editors | Karen Malone, Son Truong, Tonia Gray |
| Place of Publication | Singapore |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Pages | 143-158 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789811025501 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789811025488 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
Keywords
- Anthropocene
- environmental education
- nature
- sustainability
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