This paper aims at providing insights and information about one particular Transition Town projec... more This paper aims at providing insights and information about one particular Transition Town project in the German city Frankfurt am Main. While it builds on given research about Transition Town projects, it should be regarded as a report contributing to further research instead of having the ambition of being a concluded, holistic analysis. Since the project is still developing ‘work in progress’ and subject to constant change, this paper portrays and assesses its current state of Spring 2016. Focusing on the local peculiarities and challenges of Frankfurt am Main as well as the organizational culture of the initiative itself, an attempt to assess its potential to combat climate change on a local scale will be given.
In 1949, Aldo Leopold already urged us to ‘think like a mountain’ in order to sustainably manage ... more In 1949, Aldo Leopold already urged us to ‘think like a mountain’ in order to sustainably manage our ecosystems. Recent postnaturalist philosophers, like Steven Vogel, however, want us to ‘think like a mall’ to shift the focus away from only natural ecosystems and take responsibility for our collectively built environment. Other authors, like Karen Litfin, J. Baird Callicott as well as Paul Hirsch together with Bryan Norton, outlined how to ‘think like a planet’. Tracing these different environmental philosophies, this paper aims at envisioning a unified approach that understands our local and global as well as historical interconnectedness in order to reestablish meaningful and conscious relationships between the human species and its home planet.
This paper aims at providing insights and information about one particular Transition Town projec... more This paper aims at providing insights and information about one particular Transition Town project in the German city Frankfurt am Main. While it builds on given research about Transition Town projects, it should be regarded as a report contributing to further research instead of having the ambition of being a concluded, holistic analysis. Since the project is still developing ‘work in progress’ and subject to constant change, this paper portrays and assesses its current state of Spring 2016. Focusing on the local peculiarities and challenges of Frankfurt am Main as well as the organizational culture of the initiative itself, an attempt to assess its potential to combat climate change on a local scale will be given.
In 1949, Aldo Leopold already urged us to ‘think like a mountain’ in order to sustainably manage ... more In 1949, Aldo Leopold already urged us to ‘think like a mountain’ in order to sustainably manage our ecosystems. Recent postnaturalist philosophers, like Steven Vogel, however, want us to ‘think like a mall’ to shift the focus away from only natural ecosystems and take responsibility for our collectively built environment. Other authors, like Karen Litfin, J. Baird Callicott as well as Paul Hirsch together with Bryan Norton, outlined how to ‘think like a planet’. Tracing these different environmental philosophies, this paper aims at envisioning a unified approach that understands our local and global as well as historical interconnectedness in order to reestablish meaningful and conscious relationships between the human species and its home planet.
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