Integral Green Zimbabwe

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.