Dear colleagues – please find enclosed a Call for Chapters for a book entitled Spiritual and Religious Expressions of Organising with Nature. The book seeks to challenge extractive approaches to organising and offers alternative ontological expressions based upon faith-based and regenerative approaches.
We invite contributions that help reconcile the nature-economy dualism through relational ontologies, recognising the Earth as a living system in which humans and the economy are only one part. As Banerjee and Arjaliès (2022 p. 16) note, a relational perspective is "fundamentally animated and spiritual, immersed in a life force that transcends time, human and non-humans." We call for perspectives that go beyond Western worldviews and offer concrete examples of how organisations can engage with nature as a co-creative partner. These may Include:
- The biophilia effect and its application in workplace and organizational design
- City planning, architecture and business practices that embrace the more-than-human world,
- Human-animal collaborations their role in responsible supply chains and service economies,
- Indigenous ontologies and their influence on business ethics, governance and leadership,
- Religious or spiritual traditions as guiding frameworks for sustainable business and responsible stewardship,
- Ecological restoration and regenerative business practices and models,
- Biomimicry-driven innovation and its impact on corporate strategy and entrepreneurship,
- Legal and policy frameworks (e.g., recognizing the rights of nature) and their influence on organizational practices and sustainability reporting,
- Slow, circular, and degrowth movements challenging extractive logics, and
- Commons-based governance and cooperative business structures for sustainable resource management.
Please contact Kathryn Pavlovich and myself if you have any questions. We look forward to your participation. Thank you.
Stacie
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Stacie Chappell
Principal
Chappell Consulting
Ladysmith BC
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