Director of the GEA School (School for Ecological and Environmental Justice) and founder of the eponymous association, Giuseppe De Marzo is an activist, economist, journalist, and writer. He spent ten years working closely with Latin American social movements, supporting indigenous and rural communities, and was arrested in Ecuador for his activism against multinational oil companies in defense of the rainforest. His life, devoted to the fight for sustainability, ecology, and a better future for our planet and its inhabitants, makes this book a powerful manifesto for understanding and confronting the current civilizational crisis.
In “L’Internazionale della Terra. Cambiamento climatico, giustizia sociale ed ecologia della relazione” (Earth International: Climate Change, Social Justice, and the Ecology of Relationships), he explores vital questions for our era: Why do inequalities keep increasing? What role can politics play? Is it too late to halt global warming? What are the feasible alternatives and potential futures?
Forcefully denouncing the failure of the technocapitalist economic model based on the idea of infinite economic growth, he defines it as a direct threat to our existence because it ignores the planet’s limits. The author helps us see things as they truly are, pointing the way to universal brotherhood in the name of Earth’s liberation: there are not two separate crises, one social and one environmental, but a single crisis stemming from a flawed vision that promotes colonial, patriarchal, and speciesist models.
Pages: 219, Paperback | EAN: 9788833896915
Cultivating relationships allows us to recognize ourselves as part of a collective consciousness, operating through the connections and interdependencies of the diverse communities that make up life as a whole. Inspired by this principle, De Marzo develops proposals and suggests best practices, but above all—while critically and clearly observing the current dramatic situation—he restores reasonable hope for the future.
The volume is enriched by the introduction by Tomaso Montanari and the afterword by Vandana Shiva.
Credits
Author: Anna Lacci is a science communicator and expert in environmental education, sustainability, and place-based teaching. She is the author of documentaries, nature books, workbooks, interdisciplinary teaching resources, and multimedia informational materials.
Translated by Maria Antonietta Sessa
