Eco-Types Audiobook Libro.fm

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This audiobook narrated by Jennifer Woodward explains why acknowledging diverse ecosocial relationships can help us overcome the political polarization that undermines our ability to protect the environmentWhen we picture the ideal environmentalist we likely have in mind someone who dedicates herself to reducing her own environmental footprint through individual choices about consumptiondriving a fuelefficient car for example or eating less meat or refusing plastic straws This is a benchmark that many aspire toand many others reject In EcoTypes Emily Huddart Kennedy shows that there is more than one way to care about the environment outlining a spectrum of ecosocial relationships that range from engagement to indifferenceDrawing on three years of interviews and research Kennedy describes five archetypal relationships with the environment the EcoEngaged often politically liberal who have an acute level of concern about the environment a moral commitment to protect it and the conviction that an individual can make a difference the SelfEffacing who share the EcoEngageds concerns but not the belief in their own efficacy the Optimists often politically conservative who are confident in their relationship with the environment doubt the severity of environmental problems and resent insinuations that they dont care the Fatalists who are pessimistic about environmental decline and feel little responsibility to adopt environmentfriendly habits and the Indifferent who have no affinity for any part of the environmental movementKennedy argues that when liberals feel they have a moral monopoly on environmental issues polarization results If we are serious about protecting the planet we must acknowledge that we dont all need to care about the environment in the same way