LEADER 03669nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910454494203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-05389-2 010 $a9786612053894 010 $a0-19-970611-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000747236 035 $a(EBL)430808 035 $a(OCoLC)368224345 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000109615 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11142671 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000109615 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10046031 035 $a(PQKB)11551081 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC430808 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL430808 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10288334 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL205389 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000747236 100 $a20080222d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBecoming good ancestors$b[electronic resource] $ehow we balance nature, community, and technology /$fDavid Ehrenfeld 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (321 p.) 300 $aRev. ed. of: Swimming lessons / David Ehrenfeld. 2002. 311 $a0-19-537378-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [259]-290) and index. 327 $aPretending -- 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. 330 $aA 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 betw 606 $aHuman ecology 606 $aNature$xEffect of human beings on 606 $aEnvironmental degradation 606 $aCivilization, Modern$y21st century 606 $aTechnology$xSocial aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHuman ecology. 615 0$aNature$xEffect of human beings on. 615 0$aEnvironmental degradation. 615 0$aCivilization, Modern 615 0$aTechnology$xSocial aspects. 676 $a304.2 700 $aEhrenfeld$b David$0970101 701 $aEhrenfeld$b David$0970101 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454494203321 996 $aBecoming good ancestors$92205072 997 $aUNINA