In this ground-breaking book, leading sustainability educators are joined by
literary critics, permaculturalists, ecologists, artists, journalists,
engineers, mathematicians and philosophers in a deep reflection on the
skills people need to survive and thrive in the challenging conditions of
the 21st century. Responding to the threats of climate change, peak oil,
resource depletion, economic uncertainty and energy insecurity demands the
utmost in creativity, ingenuity and new ways of thinking in order to
reinvent both self and society.