New Systems – A Reader
The recent Corona pandemic has made the question of economic, social and ecological transformation ever more urgent. Truly addressing the problems of the 21st century requires going beyond small tweaks and modest reforms to business as usual – it requires „changing the system“. An illuminative and provocative book has appeared on the topic – a first assessment by Professor Udo E. Simonis.
James Gustave („Gus“) Speth, one of the editors of this new book, became world-renowned by several of his functions: as founder of the World Resources Institute, as Aministrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNEP), as Dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. But he also is a talented author, particularly shown with his books „Red Sky at Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment“, 2004, and „The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability“, 2008.