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Becoming good ancestors : how we balance nature, community, and technology
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- Creator
- David Ehrenfeld
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- English
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- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009
- Physical Details
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- xvi, 302 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780195373783, 0195373782
- OCLC
- ocn212410030
- Rev. ed. of: Swimming lessons / David Ehrenfeld. 2002.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-290) and index.
- pt. 1. In search of honesty. Pretending ; Brainstorming has its limits ; Nothing simple ; The comforts of fantasy -- pt. 2. Keeping track of our losses. Rejecting gifts ; The uses and risks of adaptation ; When machines replace people ; Pseudocommunities ; Obsolescence ; Accelerating social evolution ; Writing -- pt. 3. Toward a sustainable economics. 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 -- pt. 4. Relating to nature in a human-dominating world. 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 -- pt. 5. Restoring the community. 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