Duane Elgin

In questa edizione riveduta di Scegliere la Terra, Duane Elgin descrive la fase di pro- fonda transizione che il mondo si appresta a vivere, aprendo la strada a tre scenari futuri molto diversi tra loro: estinzione, autoritarismo e trasformazione. Prendendo innanzitutto coscienza della possibilità assai concreta degli scenari di estinzione e au- toritarismo, Scegliere la Terra getta lo sguardo ai prossimi 50 anni per esplorare il viaggio di iniziazione e trasformazione collettiva dell'umanità, attraverso decenni di disgregazione e collasso, verso una comunità planetaria più matura.

In dieser berarbeiteten Ausgabe von Choosing Earth beschreibt Duane Elgin, wie sich die Welt auf eine Zeit des tiefgreifenden bergangs zubewegt, die einen Weg in drei sehr unterschiedliche Zuk nfte er ffnet - Ausl schung, Autoritarismus und Transformation. W hrend er die sehr reale M glichkeit des Aussterbens oder des Autoritarismus anerkennt, blickt Choosing Earth ein halbes Jahrhundert in die Zukunft, um die Reise der Menschheit zur kollektiven Initiation und Transformation zu erforschen, w hrend wir uns durch Jahrzehnte des Zusammenbruchs und Kollapses zu einer reiferen, planetarischen Gemeinschaft bewegen.

In this revised edition of Choosing Earth (February 2022), Duane Elgin describes how the world has transitioned into an epoch of profound change. Choosing Earth illuminates this pivotal period in our human collective journey from adolescence into early adulthood and beyond. Elgin explains how we are moving through a challenging and purposeful initiation, as he takes us through the horrors and heartbreaks of the decades ahead and describes this as a time of both initiation and opportunity. We are invited to accept and integrate the grief and losses as part of the important process of maturation. Seven major uplifts point to the ways in which we can meet this crisis and grow. Elgin suggests that as more of us wake up, billions of ordinary citizens of the Earth will call with one collective voice for unprecedented cooperation and creative action. Each one of us alive today has an essential part to play in guiding our planetary trajectory along a wiser path of healing and maturing. Choosing Earth provides a powerful catalyst for collective conversation.

First published in 1981, "Voluntary Simplicity" was quickly recognised as a powerful and visionary work in the emerging dialogue over sustainable living. Now - nearly thirty years later and with the planet facing the perfect storm of an economic, ecological, and humanitarian crisis - Duane Elgin has once again revised and updated his revolutionary book. "Voluntary Simplicity" is not about sacrifice and living in poverty; it is a book about happiness and living with balance. Elgin illuminates the shift toward green ways of living growing around the world and shows the promise of a new pathway into the future.

The author of the classic, bestselling book, Voluntary Simplicity, shows how an exciting, new understanding of the nature of the universe has far-reaching implications for how we can better live our everyday lives, improve our communities, and meet the enormous challenges of our time.