Author: Frank Fraser DarlingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
A naturalist on Rona
Author: Frank Fraser DarlingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
A naturalist on Rona
Author: Frank Fraser DarlingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animal behavior
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
A Naturalist on Rona
Author: Frank Fraser DarlingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Thinking Like a Planet
Author: J. Baird CallicottPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199324905
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
Bringing together ecology, evolutionary moral psychology, and environmental ethics, J. Baird Callicott counters the narrative of blame and despair that prevails in contemporary discussions of climate ethics and offers a fresh, more optimistic approach. Whereas other environmental ethicists limit themselves to what Callicott calls Rational Individualism in discussing the problem of climate change only to conclude that, essentially, there is little hope that anything will be done in the face of its "perfect moral storm" (in Stephen Gardiner's words), Callicott refuses to accept this view. Instead, he encourages us to look to the Earth itself, and consider the crisis on grander spatial and temporal scales, as we have failed to in the past. Callicott supports this theory by exploring and enhancing Aldo Leopold's faint sketch of an Earth ethic in "Some Fundamentals of Conservation in the Southwest," a seldom-studied text from the early days of environmental ethics that was written in 1923 but not published until 1979 after the environmental movement gathered strength.
Isles of the North
Author: Ian MitchellPublisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 0857900994
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
In the summer of 2002, Mitchell set sail aboard the 30-foot yacht Foggy Dew on a voyage that took him from his home through the Western Isles to Orkney and Shetland and on to the west coast of Norway. Against the backdrop of one of the world's most spectacular coastlines, he sailed up the Nordfjord, down to Bergen, then out to Utsira, and back home via Inverness. The object of his journey was more than just to enjoy a few contemplative drams during a summer at sea. In this sequel to his much acclaimed Isles of the West (1999), Mitchell continues his investigation into official Britain's failure to administer rural Scotland for the mutual benefit of people and nature. Ian Mitchell's narrative combines authoritative background information and personal interviews with local people, many enlivened by the measured dispensation of Scotland's most famous aid to creative thought. He shows how Norway, a country outside the EU and therefore in control of its own resources, has been able to give a wide measure of freedom to the sort of communities which in Scotland are subject to debilitating control by Edinburgh, London and Brussels. He points to many lessons which centralised, bureaucratic Britain could learn from its more democratic neighbour across the North Sea.
Taking-Place: Non-Representational Theories and Geography
Author: Ben AndersonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131704696X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Emerging over the past ten years from a set of post-structuralist theoretical lineages, non-representational theories are having a major impact within Human Geography. Non-representational theorisation and research has opened up new sets of problematics around the body, practice and performativity and inspired new ways of doing and writing human geography that aim to engage with the taking-place of everyday life. Drawing together a range of innovative contributions from leading writers, this is the first book to provide an extensive and in-depth overview of non-representational theories and human geography. The work addresses the core themes of this still-developing field, demonstrates the implications of non-representational theories for many aspects of human geographic thought and practice, and highlights areas of emergent critical debate. The collection is structured around four thematic sections - Life, Representation, Ethics and Politics - which explore the varied relations between non-representational theories and contemporary human geography.
The Real Thing
Author: Briony PennPublisher: Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
ISBN: 1771600705
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
A biography of Canadian biologist, educator, and conservationist Ian McTaggart-Cowan.
Exploring Environmental History
Author: T. C SmoutPublisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 074865397X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This volume brings together the best of T. C. Smout's recent articles and contributions to books and journals on the topic of environmental history.
The American Naturalist
Author: The Countryman
Author: John William Robertson ScottPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1006
Book Description