- ETP Stories by Region:
- USA-Canada
- Europe
- South Asia
- Southeast Asia
- East Asia
- Oceania
- Latin America
- Africa
For an overview of EcoTipping Points, we HIGHLY recommend that you read our article featured in WorldWatch Magazine.
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Disseminating a New Paradigm for Strategic Sustainability
EcoTipping Points are levers for restoring sustainability to our imperiled environment. Small actions can make a big difference when they tap the inborn powers of nature and human societies to heal themselves.
Many ecological problems look so complex, it's hard to know where to begin. But eco-pioneers around the world are showing what it takes to turn a problem around. In an Indian dust bowl, an ancient technology is making the rivers flow. Community gardens transform crime-ridden blocks in lower Manhattan. A Philippine marine sanctuary brings a coral reef fishery and an island economy back to life. These stories sound very different. But each has something in common: an EcoTipping Point.
The EcoTipping Points Project is dedicated to disseminating this paradigm, its stories, and its lessons through many media: books, magazine articles, seminars, workshops, and direct collaboration with community groups. As we investigate and analyze cases from around the world, our scientific goal is to better understand the principles for how EcoTipping Points work. The pragmatic goal is to help average citizens identify potential tipping points right at home.
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to turn around deforestation and reduce global warming.
Please browse recent magazine articles about EcoTipping Points:
- ETPs: A new slant on strategic environmentalism (WorldWatch Magazine)
- ETPs: A new paradigm for ecological security (Journal of Policy Studies)
- Getting Clean: Recovering from pesticide addiction (The Ecologist)
- ETPs: How a vicious cycle can become virtuous (Earth Island Journal)
- EcoTipping Points (Our Planet) - English - Spanish
- EcoTipping Points: The Fine Art of Environmental Aikido