While it has been apparent for quite a while, our ethereal concepts of sustainability are no longer adequate in addressing the climate crisis. Where then do we turn? In the three excerpts by acclaimed scientists, scholars and authors below, our proclivity to materialism, our food supply systems, and the materials we use to ground ourselves in the world are questioned and brought into focus. And for a limited time, Tyee readers have a chance to win one or all of these books. The contest to win a book of your choice (or all three!) closes tonight. Click here to enter now.

A Book of Ecological Virtues: Living Well in the Anthropocene
edited by Heesoon Bai, David Chang and Charles Scott

This project of transforming the self, and by extension the culture and community, is well explored in many philosophical and spiritual traditions of antiquity. As autopoietic creatures, we fashion ourselves to adapt to changing inner and outer environments. Granted, not all activities turn out to be ultimately adaptive; what helps us survive in one moment may prove deleterious over a longer course…

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