Learning to listen to the land / edited by Bill Willers ; foreword by David Brower.

Other author Willers, W. B., 1938-
Format Book
Publication InfoWashington, DC : Island Press, ©1991.
Descriptionxv, 282 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Human ecology.
Environmental ethics.
Environmental protection--Moral and ethical aspects.

Contents Earth as a living organism / James E. Lovelock -- Current state of biological diversity / E.O. Wilson -- Do we really want diversity? / ReedF. Noss -- Future is today / Chris Maser -- End of the lines / Norman Myers -- How big is big enough? / Joan Bird -- From The Arrogance of humanism / David Ehrenfeld -- Gift of wilderness / Wallace Stegner -- Apollo's eye view / Chellis Glendinning -- From Nature and madness / Paul Shepard -- Futility of global thinking / Wendell Berry -- From Global bioethics / Van Rensselaer Potter -- Why we have failed / Barry Commoner -- From One life at a time, please / Edward Abbey -- Every river I touch turns to heartbreak / Edward Abbey -- Over populated America / Wayne H. Davis -- Waste a lot, want a lot / Stuart Ewen -- Population and development misunderstood / Anne Ehrlich, Paul Ehrlich -- Indigenous peoples are the "Miner's Canary" of the human family / Jose Barreiro -- Iroquois perspective / Oren Lyons -- Restoration and reunion with nature / Carolyn Merchant -- Searching for common ground / Judith Plant -- From Confessions of an eco-warrior / Dave Foreman.
Contents Boundless bull / Herman E. Daly -- Grass-roots groups are our best hope for global prosperity and ecology / Alan B. Durning -- Consummate recycler / Larry Borowsky -- From The Dream of the earth / Thomas Berry.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 91021890
ISBN155963121X (cloth : alk. paper) :
ISBN1559631201 (paper : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks GF49 .L43 1991 ✔ Available Place Hold