Accomplishing Transformational System Change
Chapter 4 explored the ways in which the current mindset—the most powerful change lever according to Donella Meadows—is “stuck” in the powerful messaging of neoliberalism. This chapter begins the exploration of how to move beyond that stuckness. Neoliberalism has manifested in the systems that are collapsing all around us. From the exigencies posed by the novel Coronavirus and other potential pandemics, to the impacts of long-term diminishment of the efficacy of governments, cracks are appearing. From short-term thinking and exploitive practices on the part of businesses, to abusive food and industrial agriculture practices, topsoil erosion, deforestation, and numerous other socioecological ...
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