Introductory Chapter: The Need to Change the Paradigm - Sustainability and Development at the 21st Century

In the introductory chapter for this volume of cases in digital transformation, author Rebecca Blankenship considers the emerging role of institutions of higher education in providing innovative environments for teaching and learning. She provides a practical foundation for the emergent and evolving need among colleges and universities to embrace digital equity through progressive initiatives that provide diverse and modern learning environments reflective of the needs and expectations of the 21st century students they serve. The author frames her discussion within the contexts of increasing digital literacy among faculty, instituting a culture of innovation and change, as well as considering how initiatives such as the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University's Digital Learning Initiative (DLI) provide realistic solutions for the technology gap between the traditional brick-and-mortar university and the evolving needs of 21st century students and expectations of the increasingly connected and competitive global workforce.

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China and the Knowledge Economy: Seizing the 21st Century. By Carl J. Dahlman and Jean-Eric Aubert. [Washington, DC: The World Bank. xxvi+170pp. $25.00. ISBN 0-8213-5005-6.]

The China Quarterly ◽

10.1017/s0009443903320121 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 173 ◽

pp. 214-251

Author(s):

Cong Cao

Keyword(s):

World Bank ◽

21St Century ◽

Knowledge Economy ◽

Chinese Government ◽

Washington Dc ◽

Economic Decline ◽

Executive Summary ◽

The World Bank ◽

The World

Written at the request of the Chinese government, China and the Knowledge Economy: Seizing the 21st Century is a publication of the World Bank Institute in collaboration with the World Bank's East Asia and Pacific Region. It has an executive summary, an introductory chapter, and three parts. The introductory chapter puts China's development in historical and comparative perspectives, discussing reasons for China's stagnation and economic decline in comparison with Western countries over the past two thousand years.

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Deep Ecology

Worldviews Global Religions Culture and Ecology ◽

10.1163/15685357-02103001 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. 209-217

Author(s):

Nina Witoszek ◽

Martin Lee Mueller

Keyword(s):

21St Century ◽

Deep Ecology ◽

Significant Part ◽

The South ◽

New Science ◽

Cultural Innovation ◽

Political Debates ◽

Sustainable Future ◽

The Relationship

This introductory chapter interrogates the intellectual robustness and mobilizing potential of Arne Naess’s deep ecology in the 21st century. Our contention is that deep ecology is not a spent force, as some influential Western philosophers argue in this volume. On the contrary, ecophilosophy has left a legacy which remains a significant part of the ongoing cultural innovation for a sustainable future. As several essays in this collection show, Arne Naess’ thought feeds into new, science-based visions of the relationship between humans and nature. More importantly, it has got a new lease of life in the South, where biocentric cosmovisions play an ever more important role, not just in philosophical, but political debates which have an impact on Latin America’s future.

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Foundations of Ethnobotany: 21st Century Perspective (Sudhir Chandra (Ed. Ashok K. Jain). Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur (India). 2017. Pages 199)

Plantae Scientia ◽

10.32439/ps.v2i4.53-54 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

pp. 53-54

Author(s):

Prabha Y Bhogaonkar

Keyword(s):

Economic Botany ◽

Plant Species ◽

21St Century ◽

Human Society ◽

Guiding Principles ◽

Scientific Publishers

The book presents a very different type of information that deals with the development of agriculture in various civilizations world over. Foreword for the book is written by Hon. Dr. S.K. Jain. Over the period voluminous data has been accumulated regarding uses of plant species by tribals and rural folk across the country. However, ethnobotanical living has almost deteriorated in our lives. In preface author emphasizes the need to look beyond ‘Hershberger’s ethnobotany’. According to him, 99% of Indian Ethnobotany is Economic Botany and not Ethnobotany. In fact, it is not economic but utilitarian botany. Importance of ethnobotany is put very lucidly by the author through a Chinese story; the moral derived is that “Ecology has been the official wife of human society, that failed to protect the environment and Ethnobotany – a concubine – alone can take care of the environment”. An introductory chapter, five thoughts are enumerated, which are guiding principles of the content of the book. Contents of the book are presented in five parts.

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