Twenty years after Our Common Future first introduced to the world its revolutionary strategy for sustainable development, a host of intransigent socio-environmental problems have emerged to challenge the efficacy of this paradigm. Through analysis of a proposed sustainable development project for indigenous Mapuche communities in the coastal Alerce forests of Southern Chile, this book discusses how to rethink and revitalize sustainable development as a vibrant and versatile guide to democratic socio-environmental policy formation.

Patrick Baur is currently working toward his PhD in Environmental Science, Policy and Management at the University of California, Berkeley, where he researches agricultural and food systems. He received his B.A. in Environmental Science and Public Policy from Harvard University in 2007.