Overview
"This title shows how to make global environmental problems more tangible, so that they become an integral part of everyday awareness. At its core is a simple assumption: that the best way to learn to perceive the biosphere is to pay close attention to our immediate surroundings. Through local natural history observations, imagination and memory, and spiritual contemplation, we develop a place-based environmental view that can be expanded to encompass the biosphere. Interweaving global change science, personal narrative, and commentary on a wide range of scientific and literary works, the book explores both the ecological and existential aspects of urgent issues such as the loss of biodiversity and global climate change. ""Bringing the Biosphere Home"" considers the perceptual connections between the local and global, how the ecological news of the community is of interest to the world, and how the global movement of people, species, and weather systems affects the local community. It shows how global environmental change can become the province of numerous educational initiatives - from the classroom to the Internet, from community forums to international conferences, from the backyard to the biosphere. It explains important scientific concepts in clear, nontechnical language and provides dozens of ideas for learning how to practice biospheric perception."
Full Product Details
Author: Mitchell Thomashow (President, Unity College)
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
Imprint: MIT Press
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.431kg
ISBN: 9780262700993
ISBN 10: 0262700999
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 28 February 2003
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
Eloquent, passionate, richly allusive, and original. - John C. Elder, Middlebury College
It is a good choice for those seeking to hone their ability to observe and understand nature at any scale. -- Richard A. Matthew, Environment This exceedingly engaging and readable book effectively weaves personal narrative and commentary on scientific and literary works. -- W. Weston, Choice This is a book full of practical and far-reaching wisdom, a book at once learned and lively. -- Scott Slovic, Orion
Author Information
Mitchell Thomashow is the Chairperson of the Department of Environmental Studies at Antioch New England Graduate School. He is the author of Ecological Identity: Becoming a Reflective Environmentalist (MIT Press, 1996).
