Our Environment and Us. Ghana in the Global Context

The book highlights both spatial and temporal constraints on human beings to conceptualize and act swiftly on threats posed by the environment. Globally there is a wide difference between the lived experiences of the environment, between the western and developing countries. As most developing countries struggle to find their daily sustenance and therefore give no regard to how they are obtained, some developed countries have reached a stage that they are mindful of sustenance without compromising environmental sustainability. In the face of an absolutely unprecedented emergency, society has no choice but to take dramatic action to avert a collapse of civilization. Either we will change our ways and build an entirely new kind of global society, or they will be changed for us.