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The Future of Nature: Writing on Human Ecology from <i>Orion</i> Magazine (World As Home, The)

The Future of Nature: Writing on Human Ecology from Orion Magazine (World As Home, The)

by Barry H. Lopez

The western mindset is arguably one of the greatest threats to the world’s ecological balance. Corporatism and globalization are two of the obvious villains here, but what part does human nature play in the problem? Since its inception in 1982, Orion magazine has been a forum for looking beyond the effects of ecological crises to their root causes in human culture. Less an anthology than a vision statement, this... (more)

Ecocide: A Short History of Mass Extinction of Species

Ecocide: A Short History of Mass Extinction of Species

by Franz J. Broswimmer

At the dawn of the twenty-first century, it is clear that - for the first time since the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago - changes of enormous ecological significance are occurring on our planet. The ozone layer is beginning to disintegrate. Since 1970 the world's forests have almost halved. A quarter of the world's fish have been depleted. We live in an age of ecocide. Seven out of ten... (more)

Big History: From the Big Bang to the Present

Big History: From the Big Bang to the Present

by Cynthia Stokes Brown

Jared Diamond meets Stephen Hawking in a book that fits human history into the history of the universe, by an American Book Award winner. An epic for our time, Big History begins when the universe is no more than a single point the size of an atom, squeezed together in unimaginable density, and ends with a twenty-first-century planet inhabited by 6.1 billion people. It's a story that takes in prehistoric... (more)

Nature's Operating Instructions: The True Biotechnologies (The Bioneers Series)

Nature's Operating Instructions: The True Biotechnologies (The Bioneers Series)

"Biotechnology" as generally understood is a misnomer, having less to do with biology than with generating profits from genetic manipulation. The corporatizing of genetic science is just the latest risky manifestation of a dysfunctional industrial paradigm based on consuming natural capital and producing toxic waste-an economic model totally at odds with the evolutionary intelligence of living systems. But there... (more)

Keepers of Life: Discovering Plants Through Native American Stories and Earth Activities Forchildren (Keepers of the Earth)

Keepers of Life: Discovering Plants Through Native American Stories and Earth Activities Forchildren (Keepers of the Earth)

by Joseph Bruchac

This interdisciplinary curriculum in botany and plant ecology focuses on environmental and stewardship issues using the framework of Native American stories as an introduction to the topics.

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