The Way (the book)

The Way - cover - from the revised and enlarged edition, University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, 1998.

The Way: Introduction - Edward Goldsmith introduces his great work The Way: An Ecological World View. First published 1992, a revised and enlarged edition was published by University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, 1998. This essay is the introduction to The Way, with the addition of acknowledgements, etc.

In a vernacular society economic activity is homeotelic to Gaia - chapter 56 of The Way: An Ecological World View, originally published in 1992. This text is taken from the revised and enlarged edition, University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, 1998.

The need for a feedback mechanism linking behaviour to evolution - Appendix 4 of The Way: An Ecological World View, originally published in 1992. This text is taken from the revised and enlarged edition, University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, 1998.

The great reinterpretation requires a conversion to the world-view of ecology - chapter 66 of The Way: An Ecological World View, originally published in 1992. This text is taken from the revised and enlarged edition, University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, 1998.

To keep to the Way society must be able to correct any divergence from it - chapter 65 of The Way: An Ecological World View, originally published in 1992. This text is taken from the revised and enlarged edition, University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, 1998.

Progress is anti-evolutionary and is the anti-Way - chapter 64 of The Way: An Ecological World View, originally published in 1992. This text is taken from the revised and enlarged edition, University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, 1998.

For vernacular man, to serve his gods is to follow the Way - chapter 63 of The Way: An Ecological World View, originally published in 1992. This text is taken from the revised and enlarged edition, University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, 1998.

For vernacular man, to increase his stock of "vital force" is to follow the Way - Chapter 62 of The Way: An Ecological World View, originally published in 1992. This text is taken from the revised and enlarged edition, University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, 1998.

Vernacular man follows the Way - chapter 61 of The Way: An Ecological World View, originally published in 1992. This text is taken from the revised and enlarged edition, University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, 1998.

The vernacular community is the unit of homeotelic behaviour - chapter 60 of The Way: An Ecological World View, originally published in 1992. This text is taken from the revised and enlarged edition, University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, 1998.

The vernacular economy is localized and hence largely self-sufficient - chapter 59 of The Way: An Ecological World View, originally published in 1992. This text is taken from the revised and enlarged edition, University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, 1998.

In an ecological economy, money is homeotelic to Gaia - chapter 58 of The Way: An Ecological World View, originally published in 1992. This text is taken from the revised and enlarged edition, University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, 1998.

By increasing its diversity a system increases the range of environmental challenges with which it is capable of dealing - chapter 53 of The Way: An Ecological World View, originally published in 1992. This text is taken from the revised and enlarged edition, University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, 1998.

Increased complexity leads to greater stability - chapter 52 of The Way: An Ecological World View, originally published in 1992. This text is taken from the revised and enlarged edition, University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, 1998.

Gaia is the source of all benefits - chapter 34 of The Way: An Ecological World View, originally published in 1992. This text is taken from the revised and enlarged edition, University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, 1998.

Living things seek to understand their relationship with their environment - chapter 31 of The Way: An Ecological World View, originally published in 1992. This text is taken from the revised and enlarged edition, University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, 1998.

Gaia, seen as a total spatio-temporal process, is the unit of evolution - chapter 21 of The Way: An Ecological World View, originally published in 1992. This text is taken from the revised and enlarged edition, University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, 1998.

Ecology is a faith - chapter 16 of The Way: An Ecological World View, originally published in 1992. This text is taken from the revised and enlarged edition, University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, 1998.