ABSTRACT

What are the obstacles in the way of effectively solving the environmental crises of our time? What can we do to overcome them? These may be two of the most important questions heading into the 21st century. Organized human societies have the ability to completely change the world. While we have excelled at building, destroying and rebuilding, we h

chapter Chapter one|18 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter two|39 pages

The privileged qualities of commodities

chapter Chapter three|15 pages

Evolution, systems, and commoditization

chapter Chapter four|46 pages

Commoditization and the distortions of development

chapter Chapter five|27 pages

Systematic oppression

chapter Chapter seven|29 pages

Ecology and commoditization

chapter Chapter eight|39 pages

Toward a coordinated decommoditization strategy