Book proposal April 2008

GardenWorld Politics: American Values – toward the 80% solution and a new politics of inclusion

Author: Douglass Carmichael doug@dougcarmichael.com

Contemporary issues reveal a failure of politics to deal with problems of the economy and environment. We have lost any vision of where we want to move towards with potential solutions. The modernist vision post WW2 has faded and nothing replaces it to motivate in a positive way the changes we need. The book begins with a radical idea: any politics which does not aim towards the gardening of the world and the humanization of its people is not an adequate politics. By GardenWorld we mean the intent to enhance the full spectrum of environments from inner city to wilderness with an enhanced garden aesthetic and biologically productive use of land, creating an economy that cannot be exported, and, through tough environmental regulation, drives innovation and entrepreneurial opportunities, especially at the regional and local levels.

The book is a response to the current failure of most of us to have a vision of the future that is plausible, attainable, and attractive. The core idea is that nearly everyone wants to live in a balance between civilization and nature. Why don’t we use our wealth to go there?

 for full proposal see GardenWorld