Edward Goldsmith

A tour-de-force reconceiving the interrelationship between science, industry, culture, and politics from the coeditor of The Case Against the Global Economy First published in 1992, The Way is Edward Goldsmith's magnum opus. In it, he proposes that the stability and integrity of humans depend on the preservation of the balance of natural systems surrounding the individual -- family, community, society, ecosystem, and the ecosphere itself. Portraying life processes and ecological thinking as holistic, Goldsmith calls for a paradigm shift away from the reductionist approach of modern science. The basic belief in the whole was at the heart of the worldview of primal, earth-oriented societies, as manifested by the Tao of the ancient Chinese, the R'ta of Vedic India, the Asha of the Avestas, and the Sedeq of the tribal Hebrews. The Way was the path taken to maintain the critical order of the cosmos. Echoing the way of traditional cultures, Goldsmith presents an all-embracing, coherent worldview that promotes more harmonious and sustainable practices capable of satisfying real biological, social, ecological, and spiritual needs. Revised to include a glossary, index, bibliographic notes, and several updated chapters, this is a major work by one of our boldest and most promising thinkers.

An Ecological World-view

The Way

Nicholas Hildyard

Man and the natural order; The politics of food aid; Nuclear energy after Chernobyl; Man and Gaia; Acid rain and Forest decline; Water fit to drink.

Today's Key Environmental Issues

Battle for the Earth

Peter Bunyard

Proceedings of the Second Annual Camelford Conference on the Implications of the Gaia Thesis

Gaia and Evolution

Jerry Mander

Schwarzbuch Globalisierung.

De-Industrializing Society

The Great U-Turn

Patrick McCully

A presentation of a wide range of ecosystems, examining the critical enviornmental issues and proposing solutions in agriculture, energy, and society.

Restoring Our Endangered Ecosystems

Imperiled Planet

Wadebridge Ecological Centre

The implications of the Gaia hypothesis are multitudinous. Three stand out as particularly important. First, nature can no longer be seen as a random assortment of different forms of life. Second, living organisms, instead of being competitive and aggressive, must on the contrary cooperate with each other and third, Gaia is best seen as a cybernetic system capable of maintaining its stability

Gaia, the Thesis, the Mechanisms and the Implications

Edward Goldsmith argues that economic progress is the cause of the problems that confront our industrial society. He looks at education, unemployment, health, pollution, war and the conflict between society and the state.

De-industrializing Society

The Great U-turn

Edward Goldsmith

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