ABSTRACT
Integral Green Zimbabwe: An African Phoenix Rising by Ronnie Lessem, Alexander Schieffer and Liz Mamukwa is the first book in the Integral Green Society and Economy series, a series which has three overarching aims. The first aim 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 focuses specifically on Zimbabwe, as well as Southern Africa, drawing on the particular issues and capacities that this country and region represents. The emphasis on Zimbabwe and Southern Africa transpired not only because two of the editors (Lessem and Mamukwa) are Zimbabwean in origin, but because Zimbabwe is today like a phoenix rising from the ashes, and has the opportunity to recreate itself anew.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|33 pages
Renewing a Nation: The Zimbabwean Phoenix is Rising
part II|50 pages
Activating Nature and Community: Establishing Community-Based Economic Self-Sufficiency
part III|65 pages
Catalysing Renewal via Culture and Spirituality: Towards a Culture-Based Developmental Economy
part 4|56 pages
Enabling Innovation-Driven Research: Conceiving of a Socially-Based Knowledge Economy
part V|30 pages
Transforming Education, Learning and Enterprise: Sustainable Development via a Living Life-Based Economy
part VI|21 pages
Co-Evolving Integral Green Zimbabwe: The Zimbabwean Eagle, Flying in the Sky