Every grain of sand [[electronic resource] ] : Canadian perspectives on ecology and environment / / edited by J.A. Wainwright

• Pubblicazione: Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (190 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.2
• Soggetto topico: Nature - Effect of human beings on; Human ecology; Human ecology - Canada; Environmental degradation
• Altri autori: WainwrightAndy <1946->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Table of Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 The World IsYour Body; 3 Growing Roots in Nature; 4 The Marginal World; 5 Reflections of a Zealot; 6 Going Home: Memories of the Natural World; 7 Who Cares about the Meadow?: The Changing Conversation around Religion and Ecology; 8 Toward an Ecofeminist Phenomenology of Nature; 9 Romantic Origins of Environmentalism: Wordsworth and Shelley; 10 Wintergreen: Reflections from Loon Lake-Afterword; 11 Listening to Our Ancestors: Rebuilding Indigenous Nations in the Face of Environmental Destruction ; 12 Cutting a Deal with Attila: Confrontation, Capitulation, and Resolution in Environmental Conflict13 Romancing Labrador: The Social Construction of Wilderness and the Labrador Frontier; 14 Prey; Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: Universal in scope, yet focusing on recognizable Canadian places, this collection of essays connects individuals' love of nature to larger social issues, to cultural activities, and to sustainable technology. Subjects include activism in Cape Breton, eco-feminism, Native perspectives on the history of humans' relationship with the natural world, the inconsistency of humankind's affinity with nature alongside its capacity to destroy, and scientific and traditional accounts of evolution and how they can come together for the welfare of Earth's ecology. These essays encourage us to break down
• Titolo autorizzato: Every grain of sand
• ISBN: 1-55458-813-8; 1-280-28072-7; 9786610280728; 0-88920-931-6; 1-4175-6321-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825235403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II