03669nam 2200661 a 450 991045449420332120200520144314.01-282-05389-297866120538940-19-970611-5(CKB)1000000000747236(EBL)430808(OCoLC)368224345(SSID)ssj0000109615(PQKBManifestationID)11142671(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000109615(PQKBWorkID)10046031(PQKB)11551081(MiAaPQ)EBC430808(Au-PeEL)EBL430808(CaPaEBR)ebr10288334(CaONFJC)MIL205389(EXLCZ)99100000000074723620080222d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBecoming good ancestors[electronic resource] how we balance nature, community, and technology /David EhrenfeldOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20091 online resource (321 p.)Rev. ed. of: Swimming lessons / David Ehrenfeld. 2002.0-19-537378-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-290) and index.Pretending -- Brainstorming has its limits -- Nothing simple -- The comforts of fantasy -- Rejecting gifts -- The uses and risks of adaptation -- When machines replace people -- Pseudocommunities -- Obsolescence -- Accelerating social evolution -- Writing -- Affluence and austerity -- Energy and friendly fire -- Durable goods -- Preserving our capital -- Conservation for profit -- Hot spots and the globalization of conservation -- Putting a value on nature -- The downside of corporate immortality -- Wilderness as teacher -- An opposing view of nature -- Death of a plastic palm -- Scientific discoveries and nature's mysteries -- I reinvent agriculture -- Thinking about breeds and species -- Strangers in our own land -- Teaching field ecology -- The ubiquitous right-of-way -- A walk in the woods -- Old growth -- Intimacy with nature -- The utopia fallacy -- Traditions -- Jane Austen and the world of the community -- Universities, schools, and communities -- What do we owe our children? -- Epilogue: A call for fusion and regeneration.A brilliant writer and gifted ""big picture"" thinker, David Ehrenfeld is one of America's leading conservation biologists. Becoming Good Ancestors unites in a single, up-to-date framework pieces written over two decades, spanning politics, ecology, and culture, and illuminating the forces in modern society that thwart our efforts to solve today's hard questions about society and the environment. The book focuses on our present-day retreat from reality, our alienation from nature, our unthinking acceptance of new technology and rejection of the old, the loss of our ability to discriminate betwHuman ecologyNatureEffect of human beings onEnvironmental degradationCivilization, Modern21st centuryTechnologySocial aspectsElectronic books.Human ecology.NatureEffect of human beings on.Environmental degradation.Civilization, ModernTechnologySocial aspects.304.2Ehrenfeld David970101Ehrenfeld David970101MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454494203321Becoming good ancestors2205072UNINA