The Tierra Solution: Solving Climate Change through Monetary Transformation

As climate change continues to threaten the earth and as the global financial crisis lingers, governments and communities need to take charge of their own and global monetary systems. Sustainability sociologist Frans Verhagen proposes a solution—the Tierra Solution—to repair the present global monetary, financial, and economic systems that enrich the few, impoverish the many, and imperil the planet.

Verhagen calls for transformational changes in order to advance climate-resilient economic ...