Comments on: Tackling fiction with what he knows best http://www.esa.org/esablog/research/conservation/tackling-fiction-with-what-he-knows-best/ EcoTone focuses on ecological science in the news and its use in policy, conservation and education. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:03:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Jorge http://www.esa.org/esablog/research/conservation/tackling-fiction-with-what-he-knows-best/comment-page-1/#comment-15653 Jorge Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:28:21 +0000 http://www.esa.org/esablog/?p=2883#comment-15653 Thanks for posting this!! I have seen him talk and read his other books, but now I am curious to see how he expresses his science and his advocacy in this new book. Have a great weekend! Thanks for posting this!! I have seen him talk and read his other books, but now I am curious to see how he expresses his science and his advocacy in this new book. Have a great weekend!

]]> By: Brian Czech http://www.esa.org/esablog/research/conservation/tackling-fiction-with-what-he-knows-best/comment-page-1/#comment-15699 Brian Czech Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:30:44 +0000 http://www.esa.org/esablog/?p=2883#comment-15699 Excellent post at Ecotone, motivating me to post the following response: Anthill is a wonderful read; no exception to the rule of E. O. Wilson’s writing talents. (No, it hasn’t been released yet, but I have a pre-publication copy.) It’s good to have the world’s top conservation biologist exercising his abilities in a variety of venues and media. Pertaining to the ESA, though, I think it’s also important to note that E. O. Wilson is "tackling fiction" in more ways than one. For example, he has tackled the fiction that "there is no conflict between growing the economy and protecting the environment." Dr. Wilson is among the numerous dignitaries who are signatories to the CASSE position on economic growth, which describes a fundamental conflict between economic growth and environmental protection. The hero in Anthill understands this conflict quite well. Hopefully the ESA will start tackling the fiction of "green growth," too. Widespread knowledge of the environmental problems caused by economic growth is necessary for a sustainable consumer ethic and economic policy regime. This is something the Anthillers of the world will need in their struggles for conservation. Brian Czech, Ph.D., President Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy Excellent post at Ecotone, motivating me to post the following response:

Anthill is a wonderful read; no exception to the rule of E. O. Wilson’s writing talents. (No, it hasn’t been released yet, but I have a pre-publication copy.) It’s good to have the world’s top conservation biologist exercising his abilities in a variety of venues and media.

Pertaining to the ESA, though, I think it’s also important to note that E. O. Wilson is “tackling fiction” in more ways than one. For example, he has tackled the fiction that “there is no conflict between growing the economy and protecting the environment.” Dr. Wilson is among the numerous dignitaries who are signatories to the CASSE position on economic growth, which describes a fundamental conflict between economic growth and environmental protection. The hero in Anthill understands this conflict quite well.

Hopefully the ESA will start tackling the fiction of “green growth,” too. Widespread knowledge of the environmental problems caused by economic growth is necessary for a sustainable consumer ethic and economic policy regime. This is something the Anthillers of the world will need in their struggles for conservation.

Brian Czech, Ph.D., President
Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy

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