Grassroots Stewardship: Sustainability Within Our Reach

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Grassroots Stewardship
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Contents
Prologue: My Journey to This Book
Section I
	1. Shaping the Future Wisely
		People’s Links with Nature
		Reconnecting People and Nature
		A Pause for Context
		What Can We Do?
	2. Sustaining Natural Change
		Taming Hubris
		The Goldilocks Principle
		Managing Sustainable Change
		Implementing Stewardship
		What Can We Do?
	3. Linking People with Nature
		Nature’s Benefits to Society
		Balancing Nature’s Benefits
		Protection of Society by Ecosystems
		Sustaining Cultural Links to Nature
		What Can We Do?
	4. Tackling Climate Change
		Causes of Changes
		Impacts of Changes
		Actions to Reduce Climate Warming
		What Can We Do?
	5. Choosing to Live Well
		What Do People Need?
		Reducing Poverty
		Sustaining Foundations of Well-​Being
		What Can We Do?
Section II
	6. Individual Actions: What Can I Do?
		Connecting with Sense of Place
		Impacts of Consumption on Nature
		Honorable Consumption
		Disconnects Between Consumption and Happiness
		Less Consumptive Pathways to Well-​Being
		Trade-​offs
		Unconscious Choices to Consume
		What Can We Do?
	7. Dialogues for Solutions
		Developing Trust to Solve Problems
		Sharing Information
		Searching for Solutions Rather than Blame
		Defusing Contentious Conversations
		What Can We Do?
	8. Collaborating for Shared Goals
		Groups as Levers for Change
		Caring to Collaborate
		Collective Action
		Bridging Among Groups
		Collaborations with Government
		Interactions with Business
		Exploring the Options
		What Can We Do?
	9. Strengthening Democracy
		Working from Within
		Deepening Democracy
		Reframing Debates
		Challenging Vested Interests
		Triggering Transformation
		What Can We Do?
	10. Earth Stewardship
		Choosing Anthropocene Outcomes
		Fostering Pursuit of Happiness
		Harnessing the Economy for Stewardship
		Engaging in Political Change
		Globalizing an Ethic of Care
		Within Our Reach?
		Unshrouding the Clouded Crystal Ball
Acknowledgments
Appendix
Notes and References
Glossary: Informal Definitions of Key Terms Used in This Book
Sources for Table and Figures
Index