David Ehrenfeld is Professor of Biology at Rutgers University and holds degrees in history, medicine, and zoology. He is the founding editor of the journal Conservation Biology and the author of The Arrogance of Humanism and Beginning Again.

• Preface ; Bookmap ; Part 1. In Search of Honesty ; 1. Pretending ; 2. Brainstorming Has Its Limits ; 3. Nothing Simple ; 4. The Comforts of Fantasy ; Part 2. Keeping Track of Our Losses ; 5. Rejecting Gifts ; 6. The Uses and Risks of Adaptation ; 7. When Machines Replace People ; 8. Pseudocommunities ; 9. Obsolescence ; 10. Accelerating Social Evolution ; 11. Writing ; Part 3. Towards a Sustainable Economics ; 12. Affluence and Austerity ; 13. Energy and Friendly Fire ; 14. Durable Goods ; 15. Preserving Our Capital ; 16. Conservation for Profit ; 17. Hot Spots and the Globalization of Conservation ; 18. Putting a Value on Nature ; 19. The Downside of Corporate Immortality ; Part 4. Relating to Nature in a Human-Dominated World ; 20. Wilderness as Teacher ; 21. As Opposing View of Nature ; 22. Death of a Plastic Palm ; 23. Scientific Discoveries and Nature's Mysteries ; 24. I Reinvent Agriculture ; 25. Thinking about Breeds and Species ; 26. Strangers in Our Own Land ; 27. Teaching Field Ecology ; 28. The Ubiquitous Right-of-Way ; 29. A Walk in the Woods ; 30. Old Growth ; 31. Intimacy with Nature ; Part 5. Restoring the Community ; 32. The Utopia Fallacy ; 33. Traditions ; 34. Jane Austen and the World of the Community ; 35. Universities, Schools, and Communities ; 36. What Do We Owe Our Children? ; 37. Epilogue: A Call for Fusion and Regeneration ; Notes ; Index

These essays retain the qualities that made them appealing when they were first published - brevity, passion and accessibility...The result is a very good read.

David Ehrenfeld is Professor of Biology at Rutgers University and holds degrees in history, medicine, and zoology. He is the founding editor of the journal Conservation Biology and the author of The Arrogance of Humanism and Beginning Again.

• Preface ; Bookmap ; Part 1. In Search of Honesty ; 1. Pretending ; 2. Brainstorming Has Its Limits ; 3. Nothing Simple ; 4. The Comforts of Fantasy ; Part 2. Keeping Track of Our Losses ; 5. Rejecting Gifts ; 6. The Uses and Risks of Adaptation ; 7. When Machines Replace People ; 8. Pseudocommunities ; 9. Obsolescence ; 10. Accelerating Social Evolution ; 11. Writing ; Part 3. Towards a Sustainable Economics ; 12. Affluence and Austerity ; 13. Energy and Friendly Fire ; 14. Durable Goods ; 15. Preserving Our Capital ; 16. Conservation for Profit ; 17. Hot Spots and the Globalization of Conservation ; 18. Putting a Value on Nature ; 19. The Downside of Corporate Immortality ; Part 4. Relating to Nature in a Human-Dominated World ; 20. Wilderness as Teacher ; 21. As Opposing View of Nature ; 22. Death of a Plastic Palm ; 23. Scientific Discoveries and Nature's Mysteries ; 24. I Reinvent Agriculture ; 25. Thinking about Breeds and Species ; 26. Strangers in Our Own Land ; 27. Teaching Field Ecology ; 28. The Ubiquitous Right-of-Way ; 29. A Walk in the Woods ; 30. Old Growth ; 31. Intimacy with Nature ; Part 5. Restoring the Community ; 32. The Utopia Fallacy ; 33. Traditions ; 34. Jane Austen and the World of the Community ; 35. Universities, Schools, and Communities ; 36. What Do We Owe Our Children? ; 37. Epilogue: A Call for Fusion and Regeneration ; Notes ; Index

These essays retain the qualities that made them appealing when they were first published - brevity, passion and accessibility...The result is a very good read.

David Ehrenfeld is Professor of Biology at Rutgers University and holds degrees in history, medicine, and zoology. He is the founding editor of the journal Conservation Biology and the author of The Arrogance of Humanism and Beginning Again.

• Preface ; Bookmap ; Part 1. In Search of Honesty ; 1. Pretending ; 2. Brainstorming Has Its Limits ; 3. Nothing Simple ; 4. The Comforts of Fantasy ; Part 2. Keeping Track of Our Losses ; 5. Rejecting Gifts ; 6. The Uses and Risks of Adaptation ; 7. When Machines Replace People ; 8. Pseudocommunities ; 9. Obsolescence ; 10. Accelerating Social Evolution ; 11. Writing ; Part 3. Towards a Sustainable Economics ; 12. Affluence and Austerity ; 13. Energy and Friendly Fire ; 14. Durable Goods ; 15. Preserving Our Capital ; 16. Conservation for Profit ; 17. Hot Spots and the Globalization of Conservation ; 18. Putting a Value on Nature ; 19. The Downside of Corporate Immortality ; Part 4. Relating to Nature in a Human-Dominated World ; 20. Wilderness as Teacher ; 21. As Opposing View of Nature ; 22. Death of a Plastic Palm ; 23. Scientific Discoveries and Nature's Mysteries ; 24. I Reinvent Agriculture ; 25. Thinking about Breeds and Species ; 26. Strangers in Our Own Land ; 27. Teaching Field Ecology ; 28. The Ubiquitous Right-of-Way ; 29. A Walk in the Woods ; 30. Old Growth ; 31. Intimacy with Nature ; Part 5. Restoring the Community ; 32. The Utopia Fallacy ; 33. Traditions ; 34. Jane Austen and the World of the Community ; 35. Universities, Schools, and Communities ; 36. What Do We Owe Our Children? ; 37. Epilogue: A Call for Fusion and Regeneration ; Notes ; Index

These essays retain the qualities that made them appealing when they were first published - brevity, passion and accessibility...The result is a very good read.