Environmental Anthropology Engaging Ecotopia

Joshua Lockyer is Professor of Anthropology at Arkansas Tech University where he is co-creating a bioregionally-based undergraduate anthropology program.

“The contributors look beyond techno-fixes to ask deep questions about underlying cultural ontologies that…will undoubtedly resonate with and inspire students; [this volume] is highly recommended for use in both undergraduate and graduate courses in anthropology and environmental studies…Because it takes an important step toward developing the kind of direct engagement between academia and the public that will be necessary if we are to realize our ultimate objective of reinhabitation and all it implies, this volume will be important for years, perhaps decades, to come.”  ·  Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment“The book is well structured, engaging and highly topical; it brings together a range of academics and practitioners—itself a potentially interesting and seldom examined dialogue—around three main areas which form the book’s structure: Bioregionalism; Permaculture; Ecovillages.”  ·  Malcolm Miles, University of Plymouth“This is an excellent and timely collection of essays by ecological and environmental anthropologists and other scholars and activists who, together, are redefining the field of human ecology as a contribution to the cultural revolution the world needs, if we are to achieve the transition to sustainability.”  ·  Laura M. Rival, University of Oxford“…a fascinating and significant anthology. The integration in this book of theory and practice, scholar and activist, reprinted classics and new essays, is very creative and admirable. It deals with three contemporary subjects that have been rather neglected by researchers…It is current and futuristic in many respects [and] deserves a wide readership.”  ·  Leslie E. Sponsel, University of Hawai’i

• List of Tables, Figures, and MapsAcknowledgementsContributorsPrologueE.N. AndersonIntroduction: Environmental Anthropology Engaging Ecotopia: An IntroductionJoshua Lockyer and James R. Veteto PART I: BIOREGIONALISMChapter 1. Growing a Life-Place PoliticsPeter Berg   Chapter 2. On Bioregionalism and Watershed ConsciousnessJames J. ParsonsChapter 3. Growing an Oak: An Ethnography of Ozark BioregionalismBrian C. CampbellChapter 4. The Adirondack Semester: An Integrated Approach to Cultivating Bioregional Knowledge & ConsciousnessSteve Alexander and Baylor JohnsonFurther Readings on BioregionalismPART II: PERMACULTUREChapter 5. Environmental Anthropology Engaging Permaculture: Moving Theory and Practice Toward SustainabilityJames R. Veteto and Joshua LockyerChapter 6.  Weeds or Wisdom? Permaculture in the Eye of the Beholder on Latvian Eco-Health FarmsGuntra AistaraChapter 7.  Permaculture in the City: Ecological Habitus and the Distributed EcovillageRandolph Haluza-Delay and Ron BerezanChapter 8.  Culture, Permaculture and Experimental Anthropology in the Houston FoodshedBob RandallChapter 9.  Putting Permaculture Ethics to Work: Commons Thinking, Progress and HopeKaty FoxChapter 10. Permaculture in Practice: Low Impact Development in BritainJenny PickerillChapter 11. In Search of Global Sustainability and Justice: How Permaculture Can Contribute to Development PolicyAili PyhäläFurther Readings on PermaculturePART III: ECOVILLAGESChapter 12. From Islands to Networks: The History and Future of the Ecovillage MovementJonathan DawsonChapter 13. Creating Alternative Political Ecologies through the Construction of Ecovillages and Ecovillagers in ColombiaBrian Burke and Beatriz ArjonaChapter 14. Globalizing the Ecovillage Ideal: Networks of Neighborliness, Seeds of HopeTodd LeVasseur   Chapter 15.  Academia’s Hidden Curriculum and Ecovillages as Campuses for Sustainability EducationDaniel Greenberg  Chapter 16. Ecovillages and Capitalism: Building Sustainable Communities within an Unsustainable ContextTed BakerFurther Readings on Ecovillages