Patrick Schroeder
Patrick Schroeder, a political scientist and development professional, holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Studies from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He is currently at SWITCH-Asia Network Facility, based at the Collaborating Center on Sustainable Consumption and Production in Wuppertal, Germany. He also serves as an Honorary Research Associate at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex.
Tellus Publications (Selected)
Bleak Visions, Blind Spots
In A Rough Ride to the Future, contrarian Gaia theorist James Lovelock counsels abandoning all hope of preventing global environmental change, and adapting to it instead. But by assuming the fixity of human behavior and institutions, he resigns humanity to a passive present and a grim future.