Integral Green Zimbabwe: An African Phoenix Rising

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Integral Green Zimbabwe: An African Phoenix Rising by Ronnie Lessem, Alexander Schieffer and Liz Mamukwa is the first book in the Integral Green Society and Economy series, a series which has three overarching aims. The first aim is to link together two major movements of our time, one philosophical, the other practical. The philosophical movement is towards what many today are calling an 'integral' age, while the practical is the 'green' movement, duly aligned with that of sustainable development. The second is to blend together elements of nature and community, culture and spirituality, science and technology, politics and economics, thus serving to bring about an 'integral green' vision, albeit with a focus on business and economics. As such, the authors transcend the limitations to sustainable development and environmental economics, which are overly ecological, if not also technological, in orientation, and exclude social and cultural elements. Thirdly, this particular volume focuses specifically on Zimbabwe, as well as Southern Africa, drawing on the particular issues and capacities that this country and region represents. The emphasis on Zimbabwe and Southern Africa transpired not only because two of the editors (Lessem and Mamukwa) are Zimbabwean in origin, but because Zimbabwe is today like a phoenix rising from the ashes, and has the opportunity to recreate itself anew. Cover Contents Reviews List of Figures List of Tables About the Editors About the Contributors Foreword: Inside-Out Foreword: Integrating Zimbabwe’s Economic Development Prologue Part I Renewing a Nation 1 A Phoenix Rising 2 Renewing Zimbabwe Part II Activating Nature and Community 3 The ‘Chinyika Model’ 4 Community–Technology–Integration 5 Kushanya Mumamisha PartIII Catalysing Renewal via Culture and Spirituality 6 Amakhosi 7 Nzuri 8 Goko Routungamiriri 9 Afrintuneurship Part IV Enabling Innovation-Driven Research 11 African Knowledge Rhythms 12 Zimbabwean Industrial Ecology 13 African Holistic Management PartV Transforming Education, Learning and Enterprise 14 Permaculture 15 Co-Creating Chinyika Valley Part VI Co-Evolving Integral Green Zimbabwe 16 ‘CARE-4-Zimbabwe’ Index