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Thomashow, Mitchell

 
9780262201377: Bringing the Biosphere Home: Learning to Perceive Global Environmental Change
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ISBN 10: 0262201372 ISBN 13: 9780262201377
Editorial: MIT Press, 2001

Sinopsis

This book shows how to make global environmental problems more tangible, so that theybecome an integral part of everyday awareness. At its core is a simple assumption: that the best wayto learn to perceive the biosphere is to pay close attention to our immediate surroundings. Throughlocal natural history observations, imagination and memory, and spiritual contemplation, we developa place-based environmental view that can be expanded to encompass the biosphere.Interweaving globalchange science, personal narrative, and commentary on a wide range of scientific and literary works,the book explores both the ecological and existential aspects of urgent issues such as the loss ofbiodiversity and global climate change. Written in a warm, engaging style, Bringing the BiosphereHome considers the perceptual connections between the local and global, how the ecological news ofthe community is of interest to the world, and how the global movement of people, species, andweather systems affects the local community. It shows how global environmental change can become theprovince of numerous educational initiatives -- from the classroom to the Internet, from communityforums to international conferences, from the backyard to the biosphere. It explains importantscientific concepts in clear, nontechnical language and provides dozens of ideas for learning how topractice biospheric perception.

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Acerca del autor

Mitchell Thomashow is the director of the Second Nature Presidential Fellows Program, which assists colleges and universities in promoting a comprehensive sustainability agenda on campus. From 2006 to 2011 he was president of Unity College, Maine, and from 1976 to 2006 he was Chair of the Environmental Studies Department at Antioch University New England. He is the author of Ecological Identity and Bringing the Biosphere Home, both published by the MIT Press.

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Editorial
MIT Press
Año de publicación
2001
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ISBN 10 
0262201372
ISBN 13 
9780262201377
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Número de páginas
256
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