Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Planetary Well-Being

Merja Elo is a postdoctoral researcher of community ecology at University of Jyväskylä, Finland, covering topics from macroecology to conservation biology and restoration ecology.

This edited collection presents planetary well-being as a new cross-disciplinary concept to foster global transformation towards a more equal and inclusive framing of well-being. Aimed at academics, researchers, and students of sustainability science, sustainable development, natural resources, and environmental humanities.

Introduction to interdisciplinary perspectives on planetary well-being Part 1. Grounding the concept 1. Planetary well-being 2. Planetary well-being: Ontology and ethics 3. Ontological differences and the pursuit of planetary well-being Part 2. Assessing ecological processes as constituents of planetary well-being 4. Ecosystem health and planetary well-being 5. A landscape approach to planetary well-being 6. Soil processes are constituents of planetary well-being Part 3. Challenging the economic imperative 7. An economic tail wagging an ecological dog? Well-being and sustainable development from the perspective of entangled history 8. Local knowledge and global justice: From hegemonic development to planetary well-being 9. Consumption and planetary well-being 10. Planetary well-being and sustainable business: A work in progress Part 4. Rethinking human well-being 11. Eudaimonia and temperance: A pathway to a flourishing life 12. Psychological well-being and pro-environmental behaviour 13. The ecosocial paradigm in social work: Striving for planetary well-being Part 5. Fostering transformation towards planetary well-being 14. Extinction risk indices for measuring and promoting planetary well-being 15. Planetary well-being accounting system for organizations 16. Financial system in steering the economy towards planetary well-being 17. Towards cultural transformation: Culture as planetary well-being 18. Education for planetary well-being