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. Reviews for Integral Green Zimbabwe List of Figures List of Tables About the Editors About the Contributors Foreword: Inside-Out: A New Alphabet Starting with Z By Paulin J. Hountondji Foreword: Integrating Zimbabwe’s Economic Development by Fay Chung Prologue: Towards an Integral Green Society and Economy by Ronnie Lessem and Alexander Schieffer PART I RENEWING A NATION: THE ZIMBABWEAN PHOENIX IS RISING 1 A Phoenix Rising: Towards an Integral Green Zimbabwe by Elizabeth Sarudzai Mamukwa 2 Renewing Zimbabwe: From Myths of Decolonisation to Integral State by Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni PART II ACTIVATING NATURE AND COMMUNITY: ESTABLISHING COMMUNITY-BASED ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY 3 The ‘Chinyika Model’: A Case of an Integral Community and Rural Self-Sufficiency by Paul Chidara J. Muchineripi and Steve Hwesa Masango Kada 4 Community–Technology–Integration: ICT-Based Rural Transformation in Chinyika and Beyond by Samuel Muchineripi Kundishora 5 Kushanya Mumamisha: Integral Community Activation via Community-Based Tourism by Kennedy Mukuruwambwa Mandevani PART III CATALYSING RENEWAL VIA CULTURE AND SPIRITUALITY: TOWARDS A CULTURE-BASED DEVELOPMENTAL ECONOMY 6 Amakhosi: Theatre for Community Action by Cont Mhlanga 7 Nzuri: Drawing on the Rhythm of Africa by Kariamu Welsh 8 Goko Routungamiriri: The GENE of Leadership by Ezekiah Chasamhuka Benjamin 9 Afrintuneurship: Towards Integral African Enterprise Development by Tapuwa Sherekete Rushesha & Winfrida Ndakaiteyi Mhaka PART IV ENABLING INNOVATION-DRIVEN RESEARCH: CONCEIVING OF A SOCIALLY-BASED KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY 10 Utungamiriri Uzere: Integral Ubuntu Leadership as Caring for Society by Passmore Musungwa Matupire 11 African Knowledge Rhythms: The Calabash of Organisational Knowledge Creation by Elizabeth Sarudzai Mamukwa 12 Zimbabwean Industrial Ecology: Weaving the Web of Technological and Social Innovation by Joshua Mazorodze Chinyuku 13 African Holistic Management: Renewing the Soil as Economic Foundation by Allan Savory PART V TRANSFORMING EDUCATION, LEARNING AND ENTERPRISE: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT VIA A LIVING LIFE-BASED ECONOMY 14 Permaculture: Nature as a Guide for Community Learning and Sustainable Livelihoods by Mark Kenneth ‘Kudakwashe’ Marombedza 15 Co-Creating Chinyika Valley: Towards a Rural ‘Integral Green’ Economy Powered by Mobile Communication by Jimmy ‘Mukundi’ Shindi PART VI CO-EVOLVING INTEGRAL GREEN ZIMBABWE: THE ZIMBABWEAN EAGLE, FLYING IN THE SKY 16 ‘CARE-4-Zimbabwe’: Towards a Pundutso Center for Integral Development by Alexander ‘Mukanya’ Schieffer & Ronnie ‘Samanyanga’ Lessem Index