Environmental Anthropology Engaging Ecotopia

<p> In order to move global society towards a sustainable ecotopia solutions must be engaged in specific places and communities and the authors here argue for re-orienting environmental anthropology from a problem-oriented towards a solutions-focused endeavor. Using case studies from around the world the contributors-scholar-activists and activist-practitioners- examine the interrelationships between three prominent environmental social movements: bioregionalism a worldview and political ecology that grounds environmental action and experience; permaculture a design science for putting the bioregional vision into action; and ecovillages the ever-dynamic settings for creating sustainable local cultures.</p>