Ecozoic Way: CES’s Foundational Papers - Center for Ecozoic Studies

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Betty Luceigh

Foreword

Herman Greene

Preface

Foundational Statements

Herman Greene

Introduction to the Foundational Statements

Herman Greene

The Meaning of Ecozoic

Thomas Berry

The Meaning of the Great Work

Herman Greene

Twelve Understandings for the Ecozoic Era

Herman Greene

The Importance of Thomas Berry

Thomas Berry

The Determining Features of the Ecozoic Era

Thomas Berry

Twelve Principles for Understanding the Universe and the Role of the Human in the Universe Process

Thomas Berry

The Historic Mission of Our Times

Herman Greene

Our Way Into the Future: Guides from the Great Work by Thomas Berry

Herman Greene

Importance of the Earth Charter

Herman Greene

Definition of Ecological Civilization

Herman Greene

The Meaning of Ecozoic Civilizational Change

Herman Greene

Logo, Mission, Vision, Tasks, and Organization

Foundational Essays

Herman Greene

Introduction to the Foundational Essays

Thomas Berry

The Ecozoic Era

Herman Greene

Brian Swimme’s and Thomas Berry’s Vision of the Ecozoic

Thomas Berry

Reinventing the Human

Herman Greene

Call for Ecozoic Societies

Herman Greene

Thomas Berry’s Great Work

Herman Greene

A New Dictionary: The Word ‘Ecozoic’

Herman Greene

Elaboration of the Initial Ideas for the Founding of the Center for Ecozoic Studies

Key Essays

Herman Greene

Introduction to the Key Essays

Thomas Berry

A New Age of Anxiety

Thomas Berry

The Spirituality of the Earth

Thomas Berry

Affectivity in Classical Confucianism

Allysyn Kiplinger

Naming a New Geological Era: The Ecozoic Era, Its Meaning and Historical Antecedents

Herman Greene

Understanding the Nature of the World

Herman Greene

Insight Into Ecological Civilization Gained While Reading D. Paul Schafer’s Revolution or Renaissance and David Orr’s Down to the Wire

Herman Greene

The Universe in Western Thought, Review of Remi Brague’s The Wisdom of the World: The Human Experience of the Universe in Western Thought

Herman Greene

The Market Society, Review of Karl Polanyi’s The Great Transformation: the Political and Economic Origins of Our Time

Herman Greene

Clive Hamilton’s Anthropocene, Thomas Berry’s Ecozoic Era, and Alfred North Whitehead’s Organic Philosophy: A Provocative Trio Indeed

Herman Greene

The Multiple Faces of Science in Ethical Environmental Decision-Making

Key Documents

Herman Greene

Introduction to the Key Documents

United Nations General Assembly

World Charter for Nature

Earth Charter Commission

The Earth Charter

Institute of Cultural Affairs

The Social Process Triangles

Will Steffen et all

Planetary Boundaries Image

Will Steffan et all

Planetary Boundaries: Guiding Human Development on a Changing Planet

Kate Raworth

Oxfam Donut Image

Kate Raworth

A Safe and Just Space for Humanity: Can We Live Within the Doughnut? Executive Summary

Global Footprints Network

Ecological Footprint

United Nations General Assembly

Global Goals for Sustainable Development Image

United Nations General Assembly

Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Foundational Books

Herman Greene

Introduction to the Foundational Books

Herman Greene

Review: Thomas Berry’s Dream of the Earth

Herman Greene

Review: Brian Swimme and Thomas Berry, The Universe Story: From the Primordial Flaring Forth to the Beginning of the Ecozoic Era–A Celebration of the Unfolding Cosmos (1994)

Thomas Berry

Dedication of the Great Work to His Children

Herman Greene

The Long View: Thomas Berry’s Instruction on the Reform of Religion, Law, and Culture in His Later Books

Key Books

Herman Greene

Introduction to the Key Books

Herman Greene

Review: Edward Goldsmith, The Way: An Ecological Worldview (1998)

Herman Greene

Review: Karl Polanyi, The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time (2001)

Herman Greene

Review: D. Paul Schafer, Revolution or Renaissance: Making the Transition from an Economic Age to a Cultural Age (2008)

Herman Greene

Overview: The Philosophy of Organism and Process: Books by Alfred North Whitehead

Herman Greene

Review: E. Maynard Adams, A Society Fit for Human Beings (1997)

Herman Greene

Review: David Orr, Down to the Wire: Confronting Climate Collapse (2009)

Herman Greene

Review: J .R. McNeill, Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the Twentieth Century World (2000)

Herman Greene

Review: J.R. McNeill and Peter Engelke, The Great Acceleration: An Environmental History of the Anthropocene Since 1945 (2014)

Herman Greene

Review: Clive Hamilton, Defiant Earth: The Fate of Humans in the Anthropocene (2017)

Herman Greene

Review: Christophe Bonneuil and Jean-Baptiste Fressoz, The Shock of the Anthropocene (2017)

Herman Greene

Review: Bruno Latour, Facing Gaia: Eight Lectures on the New Climate Regime (2017)

Herman Greene

Review: Wolfgang Sachs, Planet Dialectics: Explorations in Environment and Development (1999)

Herman Greene

Review: Wolfgang Sachs and Tillman Santarius, eds., Fair Future: Resource Conflicts, Security and Global Justice (2007)

Wilbur Rickard

Review: Wolfgang Sachs, ed., The Jo’Burg Memo: Fairness in a Fragile World (2002)

Herman Greene

Review: Arturo Escobar, Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Third World (1995)

Herman Greene

Review: Gustavo Esteva, Salvatore Baboones, and Philip Babcicky, The Future of Development: A Radical Manifesto (2013)

Herman Greene

Review: Paul Raskin, Journey to Earthland: The Great Transition to Planetary Civilization (2016)

Herman Greene

Review: Erich Jantsch, The Self-Organizing Universe: Scientific and Human Implications of the Emerging Paradigm of Evolution (1980)

Herman Greene

Review: Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, The Entropy Law and the Economic Process (1971)

Herman Greene

Review: John Haught, The New Cosmic Story: Inside Our Awakening Universe (2017)