Environmentalism Unbound: Exploring New Pathways for Change

Environmentalism Unbound: Exploring New Pathways for Change Book Description

In "Environmentalism Unbound" author Gottlieb proposes a new strategy for social and environmental change that involves reorganizing the movements for environmental justice and pollution control so as not to isolate it from vital issues of workplace safety, healthy communities, and food security.
Honorable Mention for Outstanding Book in the Field of Ecological and Transformational Politics 2002 presented by the Organized Section on Ecological and Transformational Politics of the American Political Science Association (APSA)., Selected as a finalist for the 2002 C. Wright Mills Award presented by the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP). and Bronze Award Winner for Environment in the ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards. In "Environmentalism Unbound," Robert Gottlieb proposes a new strategy for social and environmental change that involves reframing and linking the movements for environmental justice and pollution prevention. According to Gottlieb, the environmental movement's narrow conception of environment has isolated it from vital issues of everyday life, such as workplace safety, healthy communities, and food security, that are often viewed separately as industrial, community, or agricultural concerns. This fragmented approach prevents an awareness of how these issues are also environmental issues. After tracing a history of environmental perspectives on land and resources, city and countryside, and work and industry, Gottlieb focuses on three compelling examples of this new approach to social and environmental change. The first involves a small industry (dry cleaning) and the debate over pollution prevention approaches; the second involves a set of products (janitorial cleaning supplies) that may be hazardous to workers; and the third explores the obstacles and opportunities presented by community or regional approaches to food supply in the face of an increasingly globalized food system.

Robert Gottlieb has contributed to Environmentalism Unbound: Exploring New Pathways for Change as an author. The former editor in chief of Simon & Schuster, Alfred A. Knopf, and "The New Yorker", Robert Gottlieb was on the board of directors of the New York City Ballet for many years. He writes literary criticism for the "New York Review of Books", the "New York Times Book Review", and "The New Yorker", and is the dance critic for the "New York Observer".

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