ABSTRACT
Ronnie Lessem and Alexander Schieffer's Integral Green Society and Economy series has three overarching aims. The first is to link together two major movements of our time, one philosophical, the other practical. The philosophical movement is towards what many today are calling an 'integral' age, while the practical is the 'green' movement, duly aligned with that of sustainable development. The second is to blend together elements of nature and community, culture and spirituality, science and technology, politics and economics, thus serving to bring about an 'integral green' vision, albeit with a focus on business and economics. As such, the authors transcend the limitations to sustainable development and environmental economics, which are overly ecological, if not also technological, in orientation, and exclude social and cultural elements. Thirdly, this particular volume, with Darja Piciga, focuses specifically on Slovenia, as well as on Europe generally, drawing on the particular issues and capacities that this country and continent represents, particularly for sustainable development and social knowledge-based economy.
The emphasis on Slovenia arose, not only because it lies at the heart of Europe, but because a specific movement for an Integral Green Slovenian Society and Economy, has been co-evolved there, by the three editors in conjunction with Slovene organisations, communities and movements, with a view to integrating existing and emerging knowledge resources, initiatives and practices into a model, as an alternative to austerity, for Slovenia and other European countries.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|41 pages
Towards an Integral Green Slovenian Economy and Society
chapter |18 pages
Prologue
chapter 1|21 pages
Integral Green Slovenia
part II|20 pages
Nature- and Community-Based Economics of Self-Sufficiency
chapter 2|18 pages
Food and Energy Self-Sufficiency
part III|35 pages
Culture-Based Developmental Economy
chapter 3|16 pages
Revitalising Culture and Spirit through Integrated Regional Development
chapter 4|8 pages
Rediscovering the Consciousness of Nature and Landscape
chapter 5|9 pages
Nature- and Heritage-Based Tourism
part IV|43 pages
Knowledge-Based Social Economy
chapter 8|17 pages
A Knowledge-Based Social Society in Slovenia
part V|19 pages
Finance- and Enterprise-Based Living Economy
chapter 10|9 pages
Combining High-Tech Green Solutions with Social Responsibility
part VI|44 pages
Education and Innovation for an Integral Green Slovenia
chapter 11|15 pages
Preschool Education for All the Senses
chapter 12|12 pages
Secondary and Tertiary Education for Sustainable Development
chapter 13|15 pages
Holistic Education for Sustainable Development
part VII|22 pages
Slovenia in Europe: Smart Integration with a Sustainable Vision