Balancing Individualism And Collectivism: Social And Environmental Justice (contemporary Systems Thinking)

This book addresses the social and environmental justice challenge to live sustainably and well. It considers the consequences of our social, economic and environmental policy and governance decisions for this generation and the next. The book tests out ways to improve representation, accountability and re-generation. It addresses the need to take into account the ethical implications of policy and governance decisions in the short, medium and long term based on testing out the implications for self, other and the environment. This book recognizes the negative impact that humans have had on the Earth’s ecosystem and recommends a less anthropocentric way of looking at policies and governance. The chapters discuss the geologic impact that people have had on the globe, both positive and negative, and brings awareness to the anthropocentric interventions that have influenced life on Earth during the Holocene era. Based on these observations, the authors discuss original ideas and critical reviews on ways to govern those who interpret the world in terms of human values and experience, and to conduct an egalitarian lifestyle. These ideas address the growing rise in the size of the ecological footprints of some at the expense of the majority, the growth in unsustainable food choices and of displaced people, and the need for a new sense of relationship with nature and other animals, among other issues. The chapters included in __Balancing Individualism and Collectivism: Social and Environmental Justice__ encourage readers to challenge the sustainability agenda of the anthropocentric life. Proposed solutions to these unsustainable actions include structuralized interventions and volunteerism through encouragement and education, with a focus on protecting current and future generations of life through new governmental etiquette and human cognizance. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxxvi Foregrounding Critical Systemic and Indigenous Ways of Collective Knowing Toward (Re)Directing the Anthropocene (Norma R. A. Romm)....Pages 1-17 Risks, Crisis and the European Union Law: Implications and Parallels for Addressing Financial, Energy Security and Environmental Catastrophe (Juliane Mendelsohn, Thea Bygojordet Sveen)....Pages 19-35 Pathways to Wellbeing—Low Carbon Challenge to Live Virtuously and Well: Participatory Design and Education on Mitigation, Adaptation, Governance and Accountability (Janet McIntyre-Mills, Rudolf Wirawan, Bambang Shergi Laksmono, Ida Widianingsih, Novieta Hardeani Sari)....Pages 37-73 Governing the Anthropocene: Through Balancing Individualism and Collectivism as a Way to Manage Our Ecological Footprint (Janet McIntyre-Mills, Rudolf Wirawan)....Pages 75-96 Introducing a Parallel Curriculum to Enhance Social and Environmental Awareness in South African School Workbooks (Veronica McKay)....Pages 97-122 Decision-Making Towards a Fully Realised Equity Agenda in Sustainable Development: The Case of Sustainable Development Education and the Education-Related Sustainable Development Goal (Rachel Outhred)....Pages 123-139 Educating and Empowering Children for Governing the Anthropocene: A Case Study of Children’s Homes in Sri Lanka (Eshantha Ariyadasa)....Pages 141-162 Gender, Climate Change, and Sustainable Development in Bangladesh (Yvonne Corcoran-Nantes, Snighda Roy)....Pages 163-179 Statistical Variation Versus Nation Cohesion—Contesting Truth Tests in Competing Socio-Ecological Realities (Susan Goff)....Pages 181-197 Balancing Individualism and Collectivism in an Australian Aboriginal Context (Keith Miller)....Pages 199-209 A Systemic View of the Value of Environmental Conservation: The Case of Bono Takyiman, Ghana (Kofi P. Quan-Baffour)....Pages 211-220 Customary Land Tenure and Ecological Sustainability in Acholi Land, Northern Uganda (Francis A. Akena)....Pages 221-237 The Role of Participatory and Inclusive Governance in Sustainable Urban Development of Nairobi, Kenya: A Participatory Approach (Stanley Machuki, Janet McIntyre-Mills)....Pages 239-257 Analytical Framework for a Systemic Analysis of Drivers and Dynamics of Historical Land-Use Changes: A Shift Toward Systems Thinking (Claudia Coral)....Pages 259-269 Decentralization, Participatory Planning, and the Anthropocene in Indonesia, with a Case Example of the Berugak Dese, Lombok, Indonesia (Ida Widianingsih, Helen Jaqueline McLaren, Janet McIntyre-Mills)....Pages 271-284 Critical Systems Thinking Review on the Challenges of Decentralised Drinking Water Management in City of ‘Nauli’, Indonesia (Jackwin Simbolon)....Pages 285-317 Empowering Indigenous People: Voice, Choice and Agency in Rural Development Planning in Mindanao (Mervin Gascon, Janet McIntyre-Mills)....Pages 319-386 Supporting Indigenous Environmental Health Action: A Vignette (Jeff Foote, Maria Hepi, M. Rogers-Koroheke, Hone Taimona)....Pages 387-393 Precarious Liaisons: Gender, Moral Authority and Marriage in Colonial Kenya (Clare Buswell, Yvonne Corcoran-Nantes)....Pages 395-414 Rumour and Innuendo Witchcraft and Women’s Power in the ‘Colonised’ State (Yvonne Corcoran-Nantes, Clare Buswell)....Pages 415-428 Demoscopio: The Demosensual [R]evolutionary Eutopia (Maria Kakoulaki, Alexander N. Christakis)....Pages 429-460 Back Matter ....Pages 461-472