Becoming good ancestors how we balance nature, community, and technology /
Ehrenfeld, David.
Becoming good ancestors how we balance nature, community, and technology / [electronic resource] : David Ehrenfeld. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - xvi, 302 p.
Rev. ed. of: Swimming lessons / David Ehrenfeld. 2002.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Human ecology.
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Environmental degradation.
Civilization, Modern--21st century.
Technology--Social aspects.
Electronic books.
GF49 / .E47 2009
304.2
Becoming good ancestors how we balance nature, community, and technology / [electronic resource] : David Ehrenfeld. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - xvi, 302 p.
Rev. ed. of: Swimming lessons / David Ehrenfeld. 2002.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Human ecology.
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Environmental degradation.
Civilization, Modern--21st century.
Technology--Social aspects.
Electronic books.
GF49 / .E47 2009
304.2