Beyond the Edge
Reconciliation, Reconnection, Regeneration
by Ann Dale

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What could Canada look like in 2050? Reconciliation Reconnection Regeneration Learn from acclaimed social scientist, Ann Dale. Developed over 25 years, this framework for a climate safe Canada takes you step-by-step through building regenerative resilience in your community. It’s a vision to create the future to be socially just, culturally rich, spiritually fulfilling, ecologically regenerative and economically circular. We now have the knowledge to transform human and natural wellbeing, recognizing we are inextricably interconnected with Nature. You will learn how to push for change individually and collectively. The book offers world-changing solutions to leap beyond the edge towards sustainable futures. We now have the potential to transform humanity’s relationship with the planet and create a regenerative future—a new story. Bonds between people, nature and belonging are rich with layers of emotion. Each chapter of the book is illuminated with an original painting by Nancyanne Cowell, well regarded as one of Canada’s powerful atmospheric landscape painters. The paintings are an expression of love for living things and an inspired vision of the eternal.

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Ann Dale is an authority in regenerative sustainable community development. In addition to her Canada Research Chair, she is a Trudeau Fellow alumna and a member of the World Academy of Arts and Science. She is a professor emerita at Royal Roads University, and remains an active researcher, now leading a large research team looking at governance arrangements for a post-carbon society. She is also recognized as a leader in the environmental movement and has been featured in several national lists, including Canada’s Most Powerful Women in 2016.

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