This book examines the theme of globalisation, the environment and the challenges of technology, and elucidates problems raised by these issues, providing a forum for critical reflection in the two domains of theory and practice, on the one hand, and action and power, on the other. With the continuing globalisation of technology, the debate on certain environmental issues has become pervasive, shaping thought and action in all sectors of the economy and levels of society. From films such as Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth (2006) or Yann Arthus-Bertrand's Home (2009), to shifts in the political landscape, as seen in the increasing number of seats won by Green Parties in European, regional and local elections or the Copenhagen, Cancun and Durban Climate Change Conferences summits (2009, 2010, 2011) and the Earth Summits in Stockholm and Rio (1972, 1992, 2012), or even more controversial events like the East-Anglia University scandal and Claude Allegre's writings, questions of environmental policy have moved to the forefront of every public forum. Green Growth: from Theory to Action, from Practice to Power, following an international conference in Lyon bringing together academics, socio-economic actors and politicians in order to facilitate exchange and reflection on both ecology as a field of study and environmentalism as a movement, offers a pluralistic approach, addressing cultural, social, legal, economic and political issues on a common platform.
About the Author: Stephanie Bory is a Senior Lecturer in British Civilisation at Jean Moulin-Lyon 3 University, where she has been teaching since 2001. She is also a member of the Institute for Transtextual and Transcultural Studies, and works on environmentalism as well as nationalism, particularly with regards to Wales. She obtained a PhD on the environmental policy of the National Assembly for Wales in 2008. She has published numerous articles, including one in Environmental Issues in Political Discourse in Britain and Ireland, and has participated in several conferences on these topics. Muriel Cassel-Piccot is a Senior Lecturer in British Studies at Universite Lyon 3 - Jean Moulin, France. She first started her career as a researcher in cultural studies, focusing on mass communication, British media and advertising. Since then, she has expanded her field of research to British politics, devoting particular attention to British political parties' communication strategies and to the Liberal Democrats. She has recently concentrated on such key national challenges as the protection of the environment and the management of an ageing population.