A sustainable world

The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability

Speth devotes an entire chapter to research showing that material growth not only fails to enhance human welfare but in many cases diminishes the quality of life. When workers migrate in search of higher pay and living standards, families and communities are fractured. Lonely people are surrounded by goods, the production of which has destroyed the environment. Much of this production has come from large corporations which are legally and socially ... Full Story »

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Dale Penn
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by Dale Penn - Dec. 16, 2008

While the review is quite adequate to satisfy any interest I might personally have in the book, it nevertheless offers insight into the views of at least one Christian who advocates for saving the environment by changing hearts. The message has a strikingly different tone than the rancorous evangelical conservatives generally featured in the press.

As a religious skeptic, I believe the change in hearts described here is possible without religion. However, since religion seems to be an inescapable part of the human condition, I applaud any religious person who puts forth a genuinely compassionate (although perhaps ultra-idealistic) plea for reason. Refreshing.

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Glenn LaBauve
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by Glenn LaBauve - Dec. 16, 2008

Halteman makes it hard to determine his views verses Speth's. otherwise a good review

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