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New release: Finding Purpose by Andrew Hoffman

  • 1.  New release: Finding Purpose by Andrew Hoffman

    Posted 04-26-2016 11:10

    ***Apologies for duplicate postings***

     

    Finding Purpose: Environmental Stewardship as a Personal Calling 

     

    Author: Andrew Hoffman, University of Michigan

      

    Greenleaf Publishing is pleased to announce this latest release, which will no doubt be of interest to members of this listserv. Distilling a lifetime's work, Finding Purpose challenges our thinking on how humanity interacts with planet Earth. Hoffman considers this relationship through different lenses – business, academia, faith-based and cultural – to provide a holistic understanding. From student to CEO, readers are offered valuable guidance on considering their place in the world.

     

    The book features a Foreword by J. B. MacKinnon, and according to Neil C. Hawkins, Chief Sustainability Officer, The Dow Chemical Company, Finding Purpose encourages readers to: "not simply accept the status quo but rather to challenge their own assumptions and biases in order to achieve the collective changes we need to thrive. This book is not just food for thought - it could be a roadmap for action".

     

    Andrew J. Hoffman is the Holcim Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan. He has previously worked for the US Environmental Protection Agency, and in the construction industry.

     

    To order a paperback or ebook version, please visit http://greenleaf-publishing.com/productdetail.kmod?productid=4225

     

    Table of Contents

     

    Foreword
    J.B. MacKinnon

    1. Introduction, Life's work

    Part I: Life's Work as a Personal Vocation

    2. Finding hope

    3. Your theory of change

    4. Your personal model of leadership

    5. What do you believe?

    6. Why do you care?

     

    Part II: Green Business as a Calling

    7. Why green business?

    8. Green in the corner office

    9. Business (almost) as usual

    10. Capitalism and markets must evolve

    11. Dark green or light green? 

     

    Part III: Reclaiming the Role of Academia

    12. Making bricks versus making change

    13. Public engagement as a balancing act

    14. The new environmental scholarship

     

    Part IV: Changing Culture and Values

    15. Culture and carbon

    16. Culture and climate

    17. Detoxifying the climate change debate

     

    Part V: A Call to a Calling

    18. Pope Francis as messenger

    19. To till and keep the garden

    20. The Anthropocene spirit

    21. Conclusion, The Great Work

     

    Acknowledgements

    Biographies

    References

     

    With very best wishes,

    Rhian

     

    Rhian Williams

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