Mindful Conservatism Rethinking the Ideological and Educational Basis of an Ecologically Sustainable Future

About this book

Mindful Conservatism examines how the misuse of our political vocabulary contributes to governmental, corporate, and educational policies that degrade the Earth's natural systems, and suggests ways to overcome this linguistic confusion to help recognize the fundamental connections between communities, sustainability, and the conservation of the world's diverse cultures.

Contents

1: Introduction; 2: The Classical Liberal Agenda of Today's Conservatives; 3: The Wise Use Movement and Other Liberals Who Parade as Conservatives; 4: What Do Futuristic Thinking Scientists Want to Conserve? 5: Linguistic and Biological Diversity: Another Argument Against Globalization; 6: The Practice of Mindful Conservatism; 7: Educating for a Sustainable Future; References

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Biography

Chet Bowers is an Environmental Studies Professor at University of Oregon and is the author of twelve books on the relationship between education, culture and the environment.