ABSTRACT
The introduction outlines the scope of the book in reference to the themes of climate change, sustainability, and the limitations of combatting fossil fuel use; resource extraction; and consumption, increasing clean energy production, land restoration, and adaptation to changing environments. It points out that these are only a part of the solution in a world divided by human conflict: social, cultural, economic, political, and racial inequality and discrimination; water scarcity; and food insecurity to name a few. It argues that a rethinking for the future of the earth and human coexistence can only be achieved in a world that is accessible where human mobility is at the forefront of global sustainable policies. Furthermore, it introduces the concept of ‘wearing our ecology’—a mobile human environmentalism where sustainable futures are positioned within the grasp of people to enact rather than compromised via global geopolitics and powerful transnational corporations. Finally, it introduces the structure of the chapters and the themes each will address to build a picture of how humanity is dealing with the most pressing issue and challenge to secure an ecologically stable and inhabitable world for the future.
