In his new book Ecocivilization: Making a World that Works for All, Jeremy Lent envisions a civilization based on life-affirming principles and points to ways of getting there. In the opening essay to this forum, Lent discusses the values, principles, and policies that would define such an alternative future and underscores its possibility and necessity.

Featuring an opening essay from Jeremy Lent and comments from Biko Agozino, Samuel Alexander, Erik Assadourian, Vicki Assevero, David Barkin, Nnimmo Bassey, John Bunzl, Pierre Calame, J. Baird Callicott, Eileen Crist, Jude Currivan, Massimo de Angelis, Wendy Ellyatt, Arturo Escobar, Martha Giraldo, Herman Greene, Gwendolyn Hallsmith, Tim Hollo, Kathleen Kesson, Steven Klees, Michael Lewis, Evelin Lindner, Michael Löwy, Brendan Mackey, Fred Magdoff, Rasigan Maharajh, Julie Matthaei, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Kate Pickett, Joe Ravetz, John Robinson, Iveta Silova, Jeremy Rappleye, Hikaru Komatsu, Vandana Singh, Anne Snick, Guy Standing, Mimi Stokes, Pella Thiel, Carlos Tornel, Sandra Waddock, Stewart Wallis, and Allen White.