This text searches for the ways in which resilience may be created within the web of ecological, socio-economic & cultural systems that make up the world in which we live & upon which all living creatures depend. The authors embark upon a learning journey exploring both robust & fragile systems & asking questions of groups & individuals actively involved in building or maintaining resilience. The book makes resilience real by showing both how it works & could work as well as the central importance of education & learning to the central project of fashioning a sustainable world.

This book challenges the assumption that it is bad news when the economy doesn't grow.For decades, it has been widely recognised that there are ecological limits to continuing economic growth and that different ways of living, working and organising our economies are urgently required. This urgency has increased since the financial crash of 2007-2008 - but mainstream economists and politicians are unable to think differently. The authors demonstrate why our economic system demands ecologically unsustainable growth and the pursuit of more 'stuff'. They believe that what matters is quality, not...