{"product_id":"anthropause-the-beauty-of-degrowth","title":"Anthropause: The Beauty Of Degrowth","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Rallying Cry To Save The Earth With An AnthropauseA Term That Can Apply To Any Broad Rollback Of Economic Activity That Gives Nature Room To Recover And Flourish.An Iconoclast Of The Best Kind, Stan Cox Has An AllTooRare Commitment To Following Arguments Wherever They Lead, However Politically Dangerous That Turns Out To Be. Naomi Kleinin The Spring Of 2020, People Worldwide Found Themselves Confined At Home In Response To Pandemic Lockdown Orders. Global Carbon Emissions Suddenly Plunged 8.8 Percent. Air And Noise Pollution Levels Plummeted, And Streams, Rivers, And Lakes Noticeably Became Cleaner. Animal Life Quickly Filled Spaces That Humans Had Deserted. Scientists Documenting How Quickly Nature Flourished In Response To Less Human Activity Called The Phenomena An Anthropause. For A Moment, Humanity Witnessed The Beauty Of Degrowth.In A World Obsessed With Getting And Having MoreMore Influence, More Money, More Fame, More StuffThe Idea Of Degrowth Seems Counterintuitive. Yet, As Environmental Catastrophe Becomes More Widespread And Severe, Degrowth Emerges As A Necessary Collective Intervention To Protect The Living EarthAnd Civilization As We Know ItFrom Collapse.In Anthropause, Stan Cox Writes That By Embracing Degrowth, We Are Not Turning Our Backs On Progress. Instead, We Are Redefining It. We Can Produce Enough Goods To Satisfy EveryoneS Needs, Cox Argues, While Liberating Ourselves From Ecocidal Economies And The Injustices They Impose. This Book Lays Out A Clear Vision Of What We Will Gain And How As We Embrace This Revolutionary Transition. We Are Seeing Climate Change Happening All Around Us2024 Was The Hottest Year On Record. Storms Are Stronger, Droughts Are Longer, And Wildfires Are Everywhere. As We Approach The Tipping Point Toward Irreversible Climate Catastrophe, ItS Clear That We Must Accept That Endless Expansion Is Destructive And Reverse It Through Degrowth. Anthropause Shows Us How We And The Living World Will Flourish If We Succeed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seven Stories Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47953253302517,"sku":"DADAX1644215144","price":27.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/71ffdcT8vcL.jpg?v=1775489639","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/anthropause-the-beauty-of-degrowth","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}