The Nature Spectacle: On Images, Money, and Conservation Capitalism by Jim Igoe is, as its Preface states, an ambitious book that seeks to make connections between diverse times and places. The preface also, in many ways, tells more about the background and intention of the book than its chapters do, …

Justice for nature remains a confused term. In recent decades justice has predominantly been limited to humanity, with a strong focus on social justice, and its spin-off – environmental justice for people. We first examine the formal rationale for ecocentrism and ecological ethics, as this underpins …

Social scientists of conservation typically address sources of legitimacy of conservation policies in relation to local communities’ or indigenous land rights, highlighting social inequality and environmental injustice. This chapter reflects on the underlying ethics of environmental justice in order …

The authors consider the reality that endless economic growth on a finite planet is unsustainable, especially if society has exceeded ecological limits. The paper examines various aspects of society's endless growth predicament. It reviews the idea that there are 'limits to growth'; it then considers …

This paper outlines the main differences between ecocentric and anthropocentric positions in regard to justice, exploring university students’ perceptions of the concepts of social and ecological justice and reflecting on how values assigned to humans and the environment are balanced and contested. Putting …

Increasingly, entrepreneurial growth is discussed in relation to business sustainability and the wider questions of ‘growth’ – economic, green, or sustainable. This chapter will discuss the challenges and opportunities of teaching circular economy and Cradle to Cradle (C2C) models of sustainable production. …

The ‘Grand Challenges’ of our times, like climate change, resource depletion, global inequity, and the destruction of wildlife and biodiversity can only be addressed by innovating cities. Despite the options of tele-working, tele-trading and tele-amusing, that allow people to participate in ever …

In de publicatie wordt in vier delen het heden en verleden van de Amsterdamse stadsontwikkeling behandeld met lessen voor de toekomst in de opgave Koers 2025. Van de stadsvernieuwing in de Kinkerbuurt in de jaren tachtig, IJburg - ‘Wijk zonder scheidslijnen’ en de inclusieve stadsontwikkeling in de naoorlogse …

Gestuwd door een snelle groei en een oplevende conjunctuur bevindt Amsterdam zich vrij plots in een periode van groot optimisme. Bijbouwen is het devies. Tegelijkertijd kenmerkt de stad zich door sociale polarisatie, fragmentatie en hardnekkige maatschappelijke problemen. Kunnen we de fysieke uitdagingen …

In 2016 heeft Walden Studio een prototype van een Tiny House gerealiseerd. In navolging van de realisatie van het prototype is Walden Studio op zoek naar een samenwerking met één of meer bouwpartijen. De wens om samen te werken komt voort uit de meer dan 80 aanvragen voor Tiny Houses die bij Walden Studio …