Way of Natural History

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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In this eclectic anthology, more than 20 scientists, nature writers, poets, and Zen practitioners, attest to how paying attention to nature can be a healing antidote to the hectic and harrying pace of our lives. Throughout this provocative and uplifting book, writers describe their various experiences in nature and portray how careful, and mindful, attention to the larger world around us brings rewarding and surprising discoveries. They give us the literary, personal, and spiritual stories that point a way toward calm and quiet for which many people today hunger. Contributors to The Way of Natural History highlight their individual ways of paying attention to nature and discuss how their experiences have enlivened and enhanced their worlds. The anthology is a rich array of writings that provide models for interacting with the natural world, and together, create a call for the importance of natural history as a discipline.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-06-16
Mått139 x 209 x 13 mm
Vikt255 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor204
FörlagTrinity University Press,U.S.
ISBN9781595340740
UtmärkelserCommended for IndieFab awards (Nature) 2011

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Miljövetenskap och miljöpolitik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Thomas Lowe Fleischner is a naturalist, conservation biologist, teacher, and Director of the Natural History Institute. The author of two books—Singing Stone: A Natural History of the Escalante Canyons and Desert Wetlands—and numerous articles, he is a professor of environmental studies at Prescott College, in Arizona, where he has taught for over two decades. Cofounder of the North Cascades Institute and founding president of the Natural History Network, he has also served on the board of governors of the Society for Conservation Biology and as president of its Colorado Plateau Chapter.

“Exciting new trends in natural history....there can be no better introduction to these trends than Fleischner’s anthology.... Most of Fleischner’s contributors offer completely new insights.” — Bloomsbury Review“A gem of a little book.” — Terrain.org“This eclectic collection has much to offer anyone who cares about the environment, sustainability, and, yes, nature. ” — SEJournal [Society of Environmental Journalists]“There is so much to admire in these pages, and to love.” — Loree Griffin Burns, founder of A Life in Books blog“A collection of compelling essays....this book is a welcome reminder that our relationship to nature might be much better if we simply started paying some honest and accurate attention to it.” — San Antonio Express-News“Nature writing with a contemplative bent.” — Shambhala Sun