Bright spots: seeds of a good Anthropocene
The scale, rate, and intensity of humans’ environmental impact has engendered broad discussion about how to find plausible pathways of development that hold the most promise for fostering a better future in the Anthropocene. However, the dominance of dystopian visions of irreversible environmental d...
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| author | Bennett, Elena M. Solan, Martin Biggs, Reinette McPhearson, Timon Norström, Albert V. Olsson, Per Pereira, Laura Peterson, Garry D. Raudsepp-Hearne, Ciara Biermann, Frank Carpenter, Stephen R. Ellis, Erle C. Hichert, Tanja Galaz, Victor Lahsen, Myanna Milkoreit, Manjana Martín López, Berta Nicholas, Kimberly A. Preiser, Rika Vince, Gaia Vervoort, Joost M. Xu, Jianchu |
| author_browse | Bennett, Elena M. Biermann, Frank Biggs, Reinette Carpenter, Stephen R. Ellis, Erle C. Galaz, Victor Hichert, Tanja Lahsen, Myanna Martín López, Berta McPhearson, Timon Milkoreit, Manjana Nicholas, Kimberly A. Norström, Albert V. Olsson, Per Pereira, Laura Peterson, Garry D. Preiser, Rika Raudsepp-Hearne, Ciara Solan, Martin Vervoort, Joost M. Vince, Gaia Xu, Jianchu |
| author_facet | Bennett, Elena M. Solan, Martin Biggs, Reinette McPhearson, Timon Norström, Albert V. Olsson, Per Pereira, Laura Peterson, Garry D. Raudsepp-Hearne, Ciara Biermann, Frank Carpenter, Stephen R. Ellis, Erle C. Hichert, Tanja Galaz, Victor Lahsen, Myanna Milkoreit, Manjana Martín López, Berta Nicholas, Kimberly A. Preiser, Rika Vince, Gaia Vervoort, Joost M. Xu, Jianchu |
| author_sort | Bennett, Elena M. |
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| description | The scale, rate, and intensity of humans’ environmental impact has engendered broad discussion about how to find plausible pathways of development that hold the most promise for fostering a better future in the Anthropocene. However, the dominance of dystopian visions of irreversible environmental degradation and societal collapse, along with overly optimistic utopias and business-as-usual scenarios that lack insight and innovation, frustrate progress. Here, we present a novel approach to thinking about the future that builds on experiences drawn from a diversity of practices, worldviews, values, and regions that could accelerate the adoption of pathways to transformative change (change that goes beyond incremental improvements). Using an analysis of 100 initiatives, or “seeds of a good Anthropocene”, we find that emphasizing hopeful elements of existing practice offers the opportunity to: (1) understand the values and features that constitute a good Anthropocene, (2) determine the processes that lead to the emergence and growth of initiatives that fundamentally change human–environmental relationships, and (3) generate creative, bottom-up scenarios that feature well-articulated pathways toward a more positive future. |
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| spelling | CGSpace898702024-05-15T05:11:45Z Bright spots: seeds of a good Anthropocene Bennett, Elena M. Solan, Martin Biggs, Reinette McPhearson, Timon Norström, Albert V. Olsson, Per Pereira, Laura Peterson, Garry D. Raudsepp-Hearne, Ciara Biermann, Frank Carpenter, Stephen R. Ellis, Erle C. Hichert, Tanja Galaz, Victor Lahsen, Myanna Milkoreit, Manjana Martín López, Berta Nicholas, Kimberly A. Preiser, Rika Vince, Gaia Vervoort, Joost M. Xu, Jianchu climate change agriculture food security gender The scale, rate, and intensity of humans’ environmental impact has engendered broad discussion about how to find plausible pathways of development that hold the most promise for fostering a better future in the Anthropocene. However, the dominance of dystopian visions of irreversible environmental degradation and societal collapse, along with overly optimistic utopias and business-as-usual scenarios that lack insight and innovation, frustrate progress. Here, we present a novel approach to thinking about the future that builds on experiences drawn from a diversity of practices, worldviews, values, and regions that could accelerate the adoption of pathways to transformative change (change that goes beyond incremental improvements). Using an analysis of 100 initiatives, or “seeds of a good Anthropocene”, we find that emphasizing hopeful elements of existing practice offers the opportunity to: (1) understand the values and features that constitute a good Anthropocene, (2) determine the processes that lead to the emergence and growth of initiatives that fundamentally change human–environmental relationships, and (3) generate creative, bottom-up scenarios that feature well-articulated pathways toward a more positive future. 2016-10 2017-12-31T15:45:57Z 2017-12-31T15:45:57Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89870 en Limited Access Wiley Bennett EM, Solan M, Biggs R, McPhearson T, Norström AV, Olsson P, Pereira L, Peterson GD, Raudsepp-Hearne C, Biermann F, Carpenter SR, Ellis EC, Hichert T, Galaz V, Lahsen M, Milkoreit M, Martin López B, Nicholas KA, Preiser R, Vince G, Vervoort JM, Xu J. 2016. Bright spots: seeds of a good Anthropocene. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 14(8):441-448. |
| spellingShingle | climate change agriculture food security gender Bennett, Elena M. Solan, Martin Biggs, Reinette McPhearson, Timon Norström, Albert V. Olsson, Per Pereira, Laura Peterson, Garry D. Raudsepp-Hearne, Ciara Biermann, Frank Carpenter, Stephen R. Ellis, Erle C. Hichert, Tanja Galaz, Victor Lahsen, Myanna Milkoreit, Manjana Martín López, Berta Nicholas, Kimberly A. Preiser, Rika Vince, Gaia Vervoort, Joost M. Xu, Jianchu Bright spots: seeds of a good Anthropocene |
| title | Bright spots: seeds of a good Anthropocene |
| title_full | Bright spots: seeds of a good Anthropocene |
| title_fullStr | Bright spots: seeds of a good Anthropocene |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bright spots: seeds of a good Anthropocene |
| title_short | Bright spots: seeds of a good Anthropocene |
| title_sort | bright spots seeds of a good anthropocene |
| topic | climate change agriculture food security gender |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89870 |
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