The Biological Foundation of Sustainability
The ongoing climate change, rampant biodiversity loss, omnipresent pollution and waste accumulation around the world can no longer be overlooked or denied. As a consequence, “sustainability” has become a buzzword – but what does it actually mean when it comes to the details and practical action? Wha...
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2025
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| description | The ongoing climate change, rampant biodiversity loss, omnipresent pollution and waste accumulation around the world can no longer be overlooked or denied. As a consequence, “sustainability” has become a buzzword – but what does it actually mean when it comes to the details and practical action? What has to be “sustained”? Regine Hengge proposes a change of perspective: Instead of focusing on what Planet Earth can do for us, we should ask what we can do to make sure that the planetary biosphere will be able to continue to function and evolve with and for all its living inhabitants that depend on each other in this biosphere. She demands that to understand destructive human activity and successfully transform it into supportive and re-integrative action, we need to understand how the planetary biosphere operates, which in turn requires understanding its evolution. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1602612025-05-23T05:36:22Z The Biological Foundation of Sustainability Hengge, Regine sustainabilit , climate chang , microbes metabolism thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AB The arts: general topics::ABA Theory of art The ongoing climate change, rampant biodiversity loss, omnipresent pollution and waste accumulation around the world can no longer be overlooked or denied. As a consequence, “sustainability” has become a buzzword – but what does it actually mean when it comes to the details and practical action? What has to be “sustained”? Regine Hengge proposes a change of perspective: Instead of focusing on what Planet Earth can do for us, we should ask what we can do to make sure that the planetary biosphere will be able to continue to function and evolve with and for all its living inhabitants that depend on each other in this biosphere. She demands that to understand destructive human activity and successfully transform it into supportive and re-integrative action, we need to understand how the planetary biosphere operates, which in turn requires understanding its evolution. 2025-05-23T05:36:22Z 2025-05-23T05:36:22Z 2025-05-22T08:38:54Z 2025 book ONIX_20250521T121453_9783689242190_40 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/102389 9783689242190 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/160261 eng RAUE REIHE open access image/jpeg n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/102389/1/9783689242190.pdf De Gruyter dG Arts 10.1515/9783689242190 10.1515/9783689242190 af2fbfcc-ee87-43d8-a035-afb9d7eef6a5 3358520f-7ab2-42ab-80ef-88a2dbe6a901 b1fc767e-a8d8-4036-a4d4-d668468cfae7 9783689242190 DFG - German Research Foundation dG Arts 52 Berlin/Boston XC 2025 –390648296 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft German Research Association 10.13039/501100001659 open access |
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