The Future of Progress: Reflections on Environment and Development

Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
Preface......Page 6
I. Introduction......Page 8
The Future of Progress......Page 9
II. Environment and Development......Page 29
Development, Trade and the Environment: A Third World Perspective......Page 30
Globalism, Biodiversity and the Third World......Page 47
Development Fallacies......Page 65
The Philippine Environmental Crisis......Page 76
III. Modernisation and Culture......Page 86
The Pressure to Modernise......Page 87
The Third World: A Crisis of Development......Page 105
The Myth of the Modern......Page 117
The Impact of Modernisation on Indigenous People: The Case of Sarawak......Page 125
IV. Society and Ecology......Page 137
Inside Nature......Page 138
Liberation Ecology......Page 149
A Village Council of All Beings: Ecology, Place, and the Awakening of Compassion......Page 156
A Sociological Proposal to Link North and South......Page 161
Paths to Sustainability......Page 167
V. Fostering Alternatives......Page 171
Biospheric Ethics......Page 172
Globalisation vs. Community......Page 180
Norwegians Against the Common Market......Page 187
Alternatives to Monoculture: A Bioregional Perspective......Page 195
The Ladakh Project: Active Steps Towards a Sustainable Future......Page 201
Grassroots Development in the Aravali......Page 219
The Greening of Sweden......Page 223
Global Perspectives on Local Action: Notes from Stocken, Sweden......Page 228
Notes on the Contributors......Page 234
Index......Page 238
Back Cover......Page 249