{"title":"Harald Welzer","description":"\u003cp\u003eDelve into the incisive works of Harald Welzer, a renowned social psychologist and author known for his thought-provoking analyses on environmental and societal challenges. Welzer’s writing combines scientific insight with compelling narrative to explore the pressing issues facing our modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eClimate Wars\u003c\/em\u003e, Welzer offers a chilling examination of how climate change could trigger future conflicts and challenges the notion that major wars belong to the past. His exploration of environmental crises highlights the complex interconnections between climate, habitability, and social structures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Culture of Stopping\u003c\/em\u003e presents a unique perspective on the concept of relinquishing progress for the sake of sustainability. Here, Welzer challenges conventional views by advocating for a cultural shift towards reduction and simplicity, emphasising community resilience and the need to rethink growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWelzer's works are essential reading for those interested in \u003cstrong\u003eScience \u0026amp; Nature\u003c\/strong\u003e and the potential futures shaped by our current environmental trajectories. Engage with his profound insights to better understand the complexities of our world and consider the vital changes necessary for sustainable living.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"climate-wars-by-harald-welzer-9780745651453","title":"Climate Wars","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStruggles over drinking water, new outbreaks of mass violence, ethnic cleansing, civil wars in the earth's poorest countries, endless flows of refugees: these are the new conflicts and forces shaping the world of the 21st century. They no longer hinge on ideological rivalries between great powers but rather on issues of class, religion, and resources.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe genocides of the last century have taught us how quickly social problems can spill over into radical and deadly solutions. Rich countries are already developing strategies to garner resources and keep 'climate refugees' at bay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this major book \u003cem\u003eClimate Wars\u003c\/em\u003e, Harald Welzer shows how climate change and violence go hand in hand. Climate change has far-reaching consequences for the living conditions of peoples around the world: inhabitable spaces shrink, scarce resources become scarcer, injustices grow deeper, not only between North and South but also between generations. This stores up material for new social tensions and gives rise to violent conflicts, civil wars, and massive refugee flows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eClimate change poses major new challenges in terms of security, responsibility, and justice, but as Welzer makes disturbingly clear, very little is being done to confront them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe paperback edition includes a new Preface that brings the book up to date and addresses the most recent developments and trends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46854254985452,"sku":"9780745651453","price":154.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/12871663482453.jpg?v=1759238906"},{"product_id":"the-culture-of-stopping-by-harald-welzer-9781509555871","title":"The Culture of Stopping","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur culture has no concept of stopping. We continue to build motorways and airports for a future in which cars and planes may no longer exist. We’re converting our planet from a natural one to an artificial one in which the quantity of man-made objects – houses, asphalt, cars, plastic, computers, and so on – now exceeds the totality of living matter. And while biomass continues to decline due to deforestation and species extinction, the mass of man-made objects is growing faster than ever. We’re on a treadmill to disaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo get off this treadmill, argues Harald Welzer, we need to learn how to stop: as individuals and as societies, we need to stop doing what we’re doing and say \u003cem\u003e‘enough’\u003c\/em\u003e. We find it hard to do this because our culture has trained us to regard endless escalation as desirable, and we’re reluctant to surrender the material benefits of growth. But as long as the expansive cultural model continues to prevail, there will be no change of course in favour of sustainable and climate-friendly practices and lifestyles. We need a cultural model in which the beauty of stopping is given the recognition needed for the project of civilisation to continue. Optimising processes that are heading in the wrong direction only makes matters worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStopping is imperative: it is a human cultural technique that we must re-learn. Only then can we achieve a new beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46854922469612,"sku":"9781509555871","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/7d1893bfc7446d0408f6ecd33b0bff4f.jpg?v=1759263115"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/harald-welzer.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}