Culture of the Land – serie
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29 produkter
Living Sustainably
What Intentional Communities Can Teach Us about Democracy, Simplicity, and Nonviolence
Häftad, 2019
500 kr
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In light of concerns about food and human health, fraying social ties, economic uncertainty, and rampant consumerism, some people are foregoing a hurried, distracted existence and embracing a mindful way of living. Intentional residential communities across the United States are seeking the freedom …
Ents, Elves, and Eriador
The Environmental Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien
Av Matthew T Dickerson, Jonathan Evans
Inbunden, 2006
1277 kr
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With a Foreword by John Elder and an Afterword by Tom Shippey Though not often recognized as environmental or agrarian literature, the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien demonstrate a complex and comprehensive ecological philosophy. The ecology of Middle-earth portrayed in The Hobbit, The Lord of the …
Mother of All Arts
Agrarianism and the Creative Impulse
Av Gene Logsdon
Inbunden, 2007
762 kr
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When Gene Logsdon realized that he experienced the same creative joy from farming as he did from writing, he suspected that agriculture itself was a form of art. Thus began his search for the origins of the artistic impulse in the agrarian lifestyle. The Mother of All Arts is the culmination of …
Wendell Berry and Religion
Heaven's Earthly Life
Av Joel James Shuman, L Roger Owens
Inbunden, 2009
679 kr
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Farmer, poet, essayist, and environmental writer Wendell Berry is acclaimed for his ideas regarding the values inherent in an agricultural society. Place, community, good work, and simple pleasures are but a few of the values that form the bedrock of Berry's thought. While the notion of reverence …
Cultivating an Ecological Conscience
Essays from a Farmer Philosopher
Av Frederick L Kirschenmann, Constance L Falk
Inbunden, 2010
1154 kr
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Theologian, academic, and third-generation organic farmer Frederick L. Kirschenmann is a celebrated agricultural thinker. In the last thirty years he has tirelessly promoted the principles of sustainability and has become a legend in his own right.Cultivating an Ecological Conscience: Essays from a …
Agrarian Vision
Sustainability and Environmental Ethics
Inbunden, 2010
683 kr
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As industry and technology proliferate in modern society, sustainability has jumped to the forefront of contemporary political and environmental discussions. The balance between progress and the earth's ability to provide for its inhabitants grows increasingly precarious as we attempt to achieve …
Ents, Elves, and Eriador
The Environmental Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien
Av Matthew T Dickerson, Jonathan Evans
Häftad, 2011
595 kr
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With a Foreword by John Elder and an Afterword by Tom Shippey Though not often recognized as environmental or agrarian literature, the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien demonstrate a complex and comprehensive ecological philosophy. The ecology of Middle-earth portrayed in The Hobbit, The Lord of the …
Environmental Vision of Thomas Merton
Av Monica Weis
Inbunden, 2011
640 kr
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Nature was always vital in Thomas Merton's life, from the long hours he spent as a child watching his father paint landscapes in the fresh air, to his final years of solitude in the hermitage at Our Lady of Gethsemani, where he contemplated and wrote about the beauty of his surroundings. Throughout …
Achievement of Wendell Berry
The Hard History of Love
Inbunden, 2011
736 kr
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Arguably one of the most important American writers working today, Wendell Berry is the author of more than fifty books, including novels and collections of poems, short stories, and essays. A prominent spokesman for agrarian values, Berry frequently defends such practices and ideas as sustainable …
Fields of Learning
The Student Farm Movement in North America
Inbunden, 2011
663 kr
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Where will the next generation of farmers come from? What will their farms look like? Fields of Learning: The Student Farm Movement in North America provides a concrete set of answers to these urgent questions, describing how, at a wide range of colleges and universities across the United States …
Growing Stories from India
Religion and the Fate of Agriculture
Inbunden, 2012
590 kr
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The costs of industrial agriculture are astonishing in terms of damage to the environment, human health, animal suffering, and social equity, and the situation demands that we expand our ecological imagination to meet this crisis. In response to growing dissatisfaction with the existing food …
Learning Native Wisdom
What Traditional Cultures Teach Us about Subsistence, Sustainability, and Spirituality
Häftad, 2013
517 kr
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Many native North American cultures have origins that predate Confucius, who lived five hundred years before the birth of Christ. For generations the people of these traditions have thrived under conditions that many view as harsh if not hostile. Through their close association with nature, members …
Vandana Shiva Reader
Inbunden, 2015
954 kr
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"Her great virtue as an advocate is that she is not a reductionist. Her awareness of the complex connections among economy and nature and culture preserves her from oversimplification. So does her understanding of the importance of diversity." -- Wendell Berry, from the forewordMotivated by …
Vandana Shiva Reader
Häftad, 2015
517 kr
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"Her great virtue as an advocate is that she is not a reductionist. Her awareness of the complex connections among economy and nature and culture preserves her from oversimplification. So does her understanding of the importance of diversity." -- Wendell Berry, from the forewordMotivated by …
Violence of the Green Revolution
Third World Agriculture, Ecology, and Politics
Häftad, 2015
429 kr
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The Green Revolution has been heralded as a political and technological achievement -- unprecedented in human history. Yet in the decades that have followed it, this supposedly nonviolent revolution has left lands ravaged by violence and ecological scarcity. A dedicated empiricist, Vandana Shiva …
Stolen Harvest
The Highjacking of the Global Food Supply
Häftad, 2016
444 kr
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For the farmer, the seed is not merely the source of future plants and food; it is a vehicle through which culture and history can be preserved and spread to future generations. For centuries, farmers have evolved crops and produced an incredible diversity of plants that provide life-sustaining …
Building a Healthy Economy from the Bottom Up
Harnessing Real-World Experience for Transformative Change
Av Anthony Flaccavento, Bill McKibben
Inbunden, 2016
1613 kr
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The global economy has witnessed important changes in recent years. In the United States, enterprising communities have transitioned from tobacco farming to growing organic produce, from extractive fishing to vertical farming, from nonrenewable energy consumption to the implementation of solar …
Building a Healthy Economy from the Bottom Up
Harnessing Real-World Experience for Transformative Change
Av Anthony Flaccavento, Bill McKibben
Häftad, 2016
500 kr
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The global economy has witnessed important changes in recent years. In the United States, enterprising communities have transitioned from tobacco farming to growing organic produce, from extractive fishing to vertical farming, from nonrenewable energy consumption to the implementation of solar …
Religion and Sustainable Agriculture
World Spiritual Traditions and Food Ethics
Av Vandana Shiva, Todd LeVasseur m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
736 kr
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Distinct practices of eating are at the heart of many of the world's faith traditions -- from the Christian Eucharist to Muslim customs of fasting during Ramadan to the vegetarianism and asceticism practiced by some followers of Hinduism and Buddhism. What we eat, how we eat, and whom we eat with …
Living Sustainably
What Intentional Communities Can Teach Us about Democracy, Simplicity, and Nonviolence
Inbunden, 2017
954 kr
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In light of concerns about food and human health, fraying social ties, economic uncertainty, and rampant consumerism, some people are foregoing a hurried, distracted existence and embracing a mindful way of living. Intentional residential communities across the United States are seeking the freedom …
Wendell Berry and Higher Education
Cultivating Virtues of Place
Av Jack R Baker, Jeffrey Bilbro m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
896 kr
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Prominent author and cultural critic Wendell Berry is well known for his contributions to agrarianism and environmentalism, but his commentary on education has received comparatively little attention. Berry has been eloquently unmasking America's cultural obsession with restless mobility for …
Frog Pond Philosophy
Essays on the Relationship Between Humans and Nature
Av Strachan Donnelley, Frederick L Kirschenmann m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
517 kr
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The philanthropist and philosopher Strachan Donnelley (1942--2008) devoted his life to studying the complex relationship between humans and nature. Founder and first president of the Center for Humans and Nature, Donnelley was a pioneer in the exploration and promotion of the idea that human beings …
Wendell Berry and Higher Education
Cultivating Virtues of Place
Av Jack R Baker, Jeffrey Bilbro m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
432 kr
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Prominent author and cultural critic Wendell Berry is well known for his contributions to agrarianism and environmentalism, but his commentary on education has received comparatively little attention. Berry has been eloquently unmasking America's cultural obsession with restless mobility for …
Virtues of Renewal
Wendell Berry's Sustainable Forms
Häftad, 2020
494 kr
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For over fifty years, Wendell Berry has argued that our most pressing ecological and cultural need is a renewed formal intelligence -- a mode of thinking and acting that fosters the health of the earth and its beings. Yet the present industrial economy prioritizes a technical, self-centered way of …
Soil and Health
A Study of Organic Agriculture
Häftad, 2007
517 kr
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With a New Introduction by Wendell Berry The Soil and Health was published in 1945, just before agricultural corporations surged to global proportions. Sir Albert Howard's work is a major inspiration to the growing organic and sustainable farming movement and a thought-provoking reminder of a road …
From the Farm to the Table
What All Americans Need to Know about Agriculture
Häftad, 2009
410 kr
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As with other areas of human industry, it has been assumed that technological progress would improve all aspects of agriculture. Technology would increase both efficiency and yield, or so we thought. The directions taken by technology may have worked for a while, but the same technologies that give …
Beyond Biotechnology
The Barren Promise of Genetic Engineering
Av Craig Holdrege, Steve Talbott
Häftad, 2010
517 kr
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The Human Genome Project announced in 2003 that it had successfully mapped the human DNA. Scientists, politicians, theologians, and pundits speculated what would follow. Beyond Biotechnology: The Barren Promise of Genetic Engineering distinguishes between hype and reality, examining the delicate …
Wendell Berry
Life and Work
Av Jason Peters
Häftad, 2010
410 kr
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Essayist, social critic, poet, "mad farmer," novelist, teacher, and prophet: Wendell Berry has been called many things, but the broad sweep of his contemporary relevance and influence defies simple labels. With his unique perspective and far-reaching vision, Berry poses complex questions regarding …
Virtues of Ignorance
Complexity, Sustainability, and the Limits of Knowledge
Häftad, 2010
499 kr
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Human dependence on technology has increased exponentially over the past several centuries, along with the notion that environmental problems can be solved with scientific applications. The Virtues of Ignorance: Complexity, Sustainability, and the Limits of Knowledge proposes an alternative to this …
