Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-217) and index.

Thinking about ecologism -- Sustainable societies -- Reasons to care for the environment -- Crisis and its political-strategic consequences -- Universality and social change -- Left and right : communism and capitalism -- Historical specificity -- Philosophical foundations -- Deep ecology : ethics as a code of conduct -- Deep ecology : ethics as a state of being -- Anthropocentrism -- Earth first! and social ecology -- Hybridity -- The sustainable society -- Limits to growth -- Possible positions -- More problems with growth -- Questioning consumption -- Energy -- Trade and travel -- Work -- Bioregionalism -- Agriculture -- Diversity -- Decentralization and its limits -- Strategies for green change -- Democracy and authoritarianism -- Action through and around the legislature -- Lifestyle -- Communities -- Direct action -- Fiscal incentives and ecological citizenship -- Class -- Ecologism and other ideologies -- Liberalism -- Conservatism -- Socialism -- Feminism.