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Author: John Lane
Publisher:
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 302

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A selection of articles in Resurgence 1990-1999. Authors include Wendell Berry, Lester Brown, Fritjof Capra, Ted Hughes and James Lovelock.

Author: John Lane
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788188251001
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 287

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It Presents A Selection Of Articles From `Resurgence` Magazine (1990-1999) Relating Of Soil, Soul, Society, Subjects To Which Resurgence Is Devoted.

Author: Satish Kumar
Publisher: Parallax Press
ISBN: 195269292X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 218

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In the first US edition of Satish Kumar's classic book, we rediscover how our spiritual and social well-being connects to that of our planet. Internationally-respected peace and environment activist Satish Kumar has been gently setting the agenda for change for over 50 years. As 350.org founder Bill McKibben says, "There is no one on the planet better-equipped to make you think and rethink how you're living and how you might change." The age of sustainability is grounded on the knowledge that we ourselves are very much part of nature; that what we do to nature we in fact do to ourselves; and that the earth has a soul, which we share. Drawing on the example of Rabindranath Tagore, Kumar advocates living with awareness that our personal choices have political and poetic resonance. In this book, he inspires readers with the knowledge we are all leaders and can create change in our structures and mindsets for lasting peace and a sustainable culture and society. Celebrating an emerging global consciousness that reveres nature, the book explores how, as a global society, we need to embrace diversity and be aware of our role as pilgrims on this earth. Joyful and heart-centered, Satish Kumar reminds us that to bring about change in the world, we must embody the change we wish to see.

Author: Don Cupitt
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 9780823222032
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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Retired from his post (philosophy of religion, Cambridge U.), Cupitt collects 12 essays from the period 1980-2000 on Kant and the negative theology, the practice of non-realist theology, the turn to life, and replying to critics Rowan Williams and David Edwards. His introduction explains how an English philosophical theologian happened to be writing about Continental thought. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author: John Lane
Publisher: Turtleback
ISBN: 9780613916905
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages :

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So, what is Resurgence? As the list of contributors to this volume shows, it is a journal of considerable breadth -- a breadth stemming from insights into the tides and reflexes of our global condition to the abiding riches of those with the courage to create and dream. Among its themes are the fundamental destructiveness of the global economy; the need for an economics 'as if people mattered'; the importance of size, rurality, non-violence, and the Third World. Resurgence acknowledges the wisdom of beauty, the value of practical example, and, no less, the importance of the whole, the holistic view of life. Only connect the prose with the passion, wrote E. M. Forster -- his words might preface every edition.This selection of thirty-six articles from Resurgence magazine commemorates the publication of the journal's 200th edition, and also twenty-five years of the editorship of Satish Kumar and June Mitchell. It includes a wealth of wonderful writing.

Author: M. Jackson
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230589944
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 228

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Transformative learning is a process in which we question all the assumptions about the world and ourselves that make up our worldview, visualize alternative assumptions, and then test them in practice. The author describes the process, offering a critique of contemporary assumptions, and suggests alternatives to illustrate the process.

Author: William E. Tydeman
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806150505
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 228

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Known as an advocate for the endangered earth, Barry Lopez is one of America’s preeminent writers on nature. This invigorating book invites readers to sit down with Lopez and his friend William E. Tydeman to engage with their conversations about activism, the life of the mind, and all things literary. Even readers who think they know everything there is to know about Lopez will learn much from this richly informative book, both from Tydeman’s concise biography of Lopez and from the dialogue about Lopez’s ideas and experiences. The three interviews and Tydeman’s reflections on other discussions with Lopez gathered here address nature, human beings’ relationship to the land, the tension between political activism and the life of the intellectual, memory and reconciliation, the artist’s social responsibility, and the business of authorship. "What is the nature of the relationship between the writer and the reader?" Lopez asks. It's "reciprocal, contractual, and moral." Lopez’s thoughts on the importance of authenticity will resonate with every reader or writer, as will his deep commitment to story in all his work. He and Tydeman engage in illuminating exchanges on style and genre, the publication process, and relationships among authors, editors, and publishers. Both men are interested in photography and its relationship to writing, a subject on which they offer thought-provoking comments. A comprehensive annotated bibliography of Lopez’s writings by archivist Diane Warner rounds out the volume.

Author: John Moat
Publisher: Uit Cambridge
ISBN:
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 148

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For thirty years, John Moatís Resurgence brief has been to contribute levity to the magazineís serious business of imprinting a green complexion on what planet earth claims as consciousness. The sustainability of the Didymus column has served as keynote for the entire alternative movement. But had the movement followed the exemplar more closely it might by now have startled itself with its own sparkle, its contrary vision, its range of questionable authority, its self-constructive irreverence and its capacity to approach what is serious and urgent by way of the utterly ridiculous. Just such a kaleidoscope is reflected in this collection of thirty-six tracts from the Didymus compendium. Guaranteed to crack a smile on the face of even the most jaded cynic; this beautifully-crafted book, with never a word in excess or a story simply told is full of multi-layered meanderings brimful of insight, humour and candour. A joy to read ñ this book will be savoured and revisited, like a favourite view or a good local pub.

Author: Stephen Harrod Buhner
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN: 1890132888
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 338

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This could be the most important book you will read this year. Around the office at Chelsea Green it is referred to as the "pharmaceutical Silent Spring." Well-known author, teacher, lecturer, and herbalist Stephen Harrod Buhner has produced a book that is certain to generate controversy. It consists of three parts: A critique of technological medicine, and especially the dangers to the environment posed by pharmaceuticals and other synthetic substances that people use in connection with health care and personal body care. A new look at Gaia Theory, including an explanation that plants are the original chemistries of Gaia and those phytochemistries are the fundamental communications network for the Earth's ecosystems. Extensive documentation of how plants communicate their healing qualities to humans and other animals. Western culture has obliterated most people's capacity to perceive these messages, but this book also contains valuable information on how we can restore our faculties of perception. The book will affect readers on rational and emotional planes. It is grounded in both a New Age spiritual sensibility and hard science. While some of the author's claims may strike traditional thinkers as outlandish, Buhner presents his arguments with such authority and documentation that the scientific underpinnings, however unconventional, are completely credible. The overall impact is a powerful, eye-opening expos' of the threat that our allopathic Western medical system, in combination with our unquestioning faith in science and technology, poses to the primary life-support systems of the planet. At a time when we are preoccupied with the terrorist attacks and the possibility of biological warfare, perhaps it is time to listen to the planet. This book is essential reading for anyone concerned about the state of the environment, the state of health care, and our cultural sanity.

Author: David Selby
Publisher: Verlag Barbara Budrich
ISBN: 3866495226
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 295

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Education for sustainable development, the educational offshoot of the concept of ‘sustainable development’, has rapidly become the predominant educational response to the global environmental crisis. The authors apply a critical lens to the field and find it wanting in many regards. Sustainability Frontiers is an international, academic non-governmental organization based in Canada and the United Kingdom. It engages in research and innovation in the broad fields of sustainability and global education challenging dominant assumptions and current orthodoxies as it seeks to foster learner empowerment and action. It places particular emphasis on climate change, disaster risk reduction and peacebuilding and their implications for the nature and directions of sustainability education.