Description
Discover and define a new relationship between humanity and nature
In Generation Restoration: How to Fix Our Relationship Crisis with Mother Nature Vice President of Climate Action at Salesforce, Tim Christophersen, delivers a clarion call for a new kind of global ecological literacy. You'll discover how we can reset our relationship with nature, conceiving of ourselves as an integral part of it, rather than apart from it.
The book explains how we can change the way we interact with the world around us and rapidly increase the effectiveness of all “green” initiatives. It's filled with stories and case studies of environmental success stories and failures from around the globe.
Inside the book:
- A recipe for a simple—but profound—shift in the way we view nature and the role of human beings within it
- How to resist the impulses towards doom and despair and choose hope instead
- The lessons we can learn from Indigenous peoples around the world, who understand important and obvious lessons about nature that have escaped other societies
Perfect for anyone interested in the future of our planet and our species, Generation Restoration is an inspiring and eye-opening discussion of an issue that's critical to all our survival and wellbeing.
Table of Contents
Dr. Jane Goodall’s Foreword for Generation Restoration xiii
1 Squandering Our Natural Wealth 1
Restoration in One Generation 2
Nature Gone Bust 4
Shifting Baseline Syndrome 11
Tipping Point 14
Resilience Starts with Us 24
2 A Century of Ecology 29
Ecology: The Science of Our Only Home 31
A New Century of Ecology 41
Ecological Literacy for Everyone 42
3 Nature Is Us: A Tale of Reciprocity 57
Nature Is Many, Nature Is One 58
Nature Is Us 61
Counterproductive Conservation 72
A New Hope 77
So, Are We Part of Nature? 83
4 The Value of Nature 85
“It’s the Ecology, Stupid!” 86
A New Economy Emerges 93
The Oldest New Financial Asset Class 99
A Restoration Boom 111
All the Money in the World 115
5 The World Plus 10 Percent 119
Take No More Than Half 120
A Movement Is Born: Acción Andina 124
Living in Harmony with Nature: Satoyama 135
The World’s Largest Protected Area Network: Natura 2000 137
The Guardians of Nature 139
Respect for Mother Nature 143
A New Relationship 149
6 A Trillion Trees 153
The Power of Trees 154
Resetting Our Relationship with Forests 156
A Rights-Based Approach 162
Trailblazer 165
Learning from the Forest 170
Forests Under Scrutiny 175
Is It Too Late? 178
7 World Restoration Flagships 183
Brazil’s Atlantic Forest 184
Farther Than the Eye Can See 193
The Arc of Restoration in the Brazilian Amazon 196
Community-Based Natural Farming in India 198
A New Restoration Economy in South Africa 200
Building with Nature in Indonesia 205
Restoring Planet Earth 206
8 Stubborn Optimists 209
The Future We Want 210
A Journey Forward to Nature 215
Generation Restoration from Local to Global 227
Epilogue: The Freedom to Choose 229
Taking Action 233
Notes 239
Acknowledgments 265
About the Author 267
Index 269
