| Description |
xviii, 329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Environmental anthropology and ethnobiology ; Volume 17 |
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Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology ; v. 17
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| Contents |
Contents note continued: Further Readings on Ecovillages |
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Contents note continued: ch. Nine Putting Permaculture Ethics to Work: Commons Thinking, Progress, and Hope / Katy Fox -- ch. Ten Permaculture in Practice: Low Impact Development in Britain / Jenny Pickerill -- ch. Eleven In Search of Global Sustainability and Justice: How Permaculture Can Contribute to Development Policy / Aili Pyhala -- Further Readings on Permaculture -- III.Ecovillages -- ch. Twelve From Islands to Networks: The History and Future of the Ecovillage Movement / Jonathan Dawson -- ch. Thirteen Creating Alternative Political Ecologies through the Construction of Ecovillages and Ecovillagers in Colombia / Beatriz Arjona -- ch. Fourteen Globalizing the Ecovillage Ideal: Networks of Empowerment, Seeds of Hope / Todd LeVasseur -- ch. Fifteen Academia's Hidden Curriculum and Ecovillages as Campuses for Sustainability Education / Daniel Greenberg -- ch. Sixteen Ecovillages and Capitalism: Creating Sustainable Communities within an Unsustainable Context / Ted Baker -- |
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Machine generated contents note: I.Bioregionalism -- ch. One Growing a Life-Place Politics / Peter Berg -- ch. Two On Bioregionalism and Watershed Consciousness / James J. Parsons -- ch. Three Growing an Oak: An Ethnography of Ozark Bioregionalism / Brian C. Campbell -- ch. Four The Adirondack Semester: An Integrated Approach to Cultivating Bioregional Knowledge and Consciousness / Baylor Johnson -- Further Readings on Bioregionalism -- II.Permaculture -- ch. Five Environmental Anthropology Engaging Permaculture: Moving Theory and Practice Toward Sustainability / Joshua Lockyer -- ch. Six Weeds or Wisdom? Permaculture in the Eye of the Beholder on Latvian Eco-Health Farms / Guntra A. Aistara -- ch. Seven Permaculture in the City: Ecological Habitus and the Distributed Ecovillage / Ron Berezan -- ch. Eight Culture, Permaculture, and Experimental Anthropology in the Houston Foodshed / Bob Randall -- |
| Summary |
In order to move global society towards a sustainable "ecotopia," solutions must be engaged in specific places and communities, and the authors here argue for re-orienting environmental anthropology from a problem-oriented towards a solutions-focused endeavor. Using case studies from around the world, the contributors-scholar-activists and activist-practitioners- examine the interrelationships between three prominent environmental social movements: bioregionalism, a worldview and political ecology that grounds environmental action and experience; permaculture, a design science for putting t |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Ecovillages.
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Ethnobiology.
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Human ecology.
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Permaculture.
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| Author |
Lockyer, Joshua., editor of compilation
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Veteto, James R., editor of compilation
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| LC no. |
2012032900 |
| ISBN |
0857458795 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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0857458809 (ebook) |
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9780857458797 |
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9780857458803 (ebook) |
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