EARTHKEEPING NEWS A NEWSLETTER OF THE NORTH AMERICAN COALITION FOR CHRISTIANITY AND ECOLOGY Volume Nine, Number Two January/February 2000 Resources Envisioning a Sustainable Society: Learning Our Way Out, by Lester W. Milbrath, for SUNY series in environmental public policy ($21.95), 1989, State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany NY 12246. Part 1 critiques contemporary society, its belief paradigms and political ideologies. Part 2 examines the thought structure that must underpin a sustainable society. The Case Against the Global Economy; and For a Turn Toward the Local, edited by Jerry Mander and Edward Goldsmith ($28), 1996, Sierra Club Books, San Francisco. A comprehensive point-by-point analysis of the workings of the global economy, its premises and its implications, as told by over forty of the world's leading social, environmental and economic thinkers. An excellent study text. Beyond Prince and Merchant: Citizen Participation and the Rise of Civil Society, with Foreword by David Korten, edited by John Burbidge for The Institute of Cultural Affairs International ($29.95), 1997 Pact Publications, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York NY 10017. Citizens are seizing the initiative and reclaiming their rightful place as the catalysts of social change. 18 academics and practitioners provide case studies of local empowerment models and methods in countries around the world. Home     Table of Contents