Ecological Turn with Intelligence – Edited by Dr. Maria Reinisch and Prof. Dr. Ernst Pöppel
This book explores how the escalating environmental crises of our time — climate change, biodiversity loss, and rising ocean temperatures — are rooted in human behaviour and how they can be addressed through a unique convergence of science, technology, and global cooperation. The book argues that if our actions have caused these problems, our intellect and innovations, particularly in artificial intelligence, can also help solve them.
Drawing from biological, psychological, social, and even spiritual perspectives, this interdisciplinary volume charts new paths toward sustainable living. It introduces the concept of eco-conscious AI: personal AI assistants designed to guide individuals toward environmentally responsible decisions. Also, highlighting practical frameworks like the circular economy and energy transition strategies.
Contributions from a diverse group of international scholars across disciplines such as neuroscience, engineering, computer science, and social science reflect a shared urgency among the younger generation to act. Topics range from AI’s role in health and energy behaviour, to global citizenship, environmental ethics, and soil regeneration.
With a unique blend of global insight, technological innovation, and ethical inquiry, Ecological Turn with Intelligence offers a forward-looking roadmap for an intelligent response to today’s most pressing ecological challenges.
Editors: Dr. Maria Reinisch and Prof. Dr. Ernst Pöppel
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co
Humankind has transgressed six of nine planetary ecological boundaries. To bring us back into the safe ecological zones, we need the global young brains to act better than we, the old. Exactly this is proposed by the young international scholars in their essays for a global ecological turn.
Hartmut Graßl, Prof. Dr., former Director, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany; Professor of Meteorology, University of Hamburg; former Director, World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Geneva, Switzerland
Brilliant minds like stars in a constellation, charting new maps of thought. Within these pages, AI becomes both mirror and compass—reflecting our fragile ecological limits and guiding us toward wiser, more sustainable choices.
Ildiko Meny, MD (Semmelweis University, Budapest), MPH, EU-Promens; Syntopic Futurologist
This book brings together a fascinating range of perspectives on how intelligence — both human and artificial — can support a much-needed ecological shift. It’s thoughtful, timely, and full of ideas that speak to the challenges ahead.
Sheika Hind Al Mualla, Member of the Board of Trustees, British University in Dubai; Former Vice President, Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai
