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100 1 a| Longdon, Joycelyn,e| author.;

245 10 a| Natural connection :b| six roots of environmental wisdom and action /c| Joycelyn Longdon.;

264 1 a| Princeton, New Jersey :b| Princeton University Press,c| 2026.;

300 a| 353 pages ;c| 22 cm;

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500 a| First published in 2025 in the UK by Square Peg, an imprint of Vintage.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Rage. Rage is resistance -- The dawn of the environmental justice movement -- The Ogoni 9 : Nigeria's fight against fossil fuels -- Following rivers of resistance : the Quilombola fight in Brazil -- The original treehuggers : India's anti-deforestation movement -- Joy is the sister of rage -- From rage to imagination -- Imagination. Reclaiming our collective imagination -- Decolonising imagination -- Does a glacier mourn its death? -- Parables for the future -- From imagination to innovation -- Innovation. (How) will technology save the planet? -- Wakandan cosmology : a blueprint for rooted innovation -- Roots of innovation -- The future lies in the clay : Iran's energy-free cooling solutions -- From innovation to theory -- Theory. Theory as liberation -- It takes a lawyer, an activist and a storyteller (and you) to change the world -- Theory as collective wisdom -- Straddling world for resistance and change -- From theory to healing -- Healing. The Earth is a church : Ethiopia's architecture-inspired conservation -- Nature is a human right -- Healing through the cracks -- Grief is the way to transformation -- From grief to care -- Care. We are all we have -- Beyond the burden of climate care -- Climate work is care work -- Making kin with the Earth -- Epilogue : rooted hope : our natural connection.;

520 a| "Reimagining environmentalism as an act of doing and a way of being in the world and climate action as a shared goal, not an individual burden, Natural Connection draws on the legacies and ongoing resistance of marginalised communities around the globe to guide us toward a more sustainable relationship with the living world. Joycelyn Longdon defines six conceptual roots--rage, imagination, innovation, theory, healing and care--that can help us to transform environmentalism from the ground up and cultivate the natural connection so essential to creating a safe and thriving shared future. Along the way, this lyrical, provocative and deeply humane book interweaves powerfully resonant ideas from writers, philosophers, environmentalists, activists and other changemakers, such as Rebecca Solnit, Poppy Okotcha, Robert Macfarlane, Katherine May and Olafur Eliasson." --c| Back cover.;

650 0 a| Environmentalism.;

650 0 a| Sustainability.;

650 0 a| Climate change mitigation.;

650 0 a| Sustainable development.;

650 0 a| Ethnoecology.;

650 0 a| Traditional ecological knowledge.;

650 7 a| sustainable development.2| aat0| (CStmoGRI)aat300180396;

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Natural connection : six roots of environmental wisdom and action / Joycelyn Longdon.

Author/creator	Longdon, Joycelyn author.
Format	Book
Publication	Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2026.
Copyright Date	©2025
Description	353 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects	Environmentalism. Sustainability. Climate change mitigation. Sustainable development. Ethnoecology. Traditional ecological knowledge.

Contents	Rage. Rage is resistance -- The dawn of the environmental justice movement -- The Ogoni 9 : Nigeria's fight against fossil fuels -- Following rivers of resistance : the Quilombola fight in Brazil -- The original treehuggers : India's anti-deforestation movement -- Joy is the sister of rage -- From rage to imagination -- Imagination. Reclaiming our collective imagination -- Decolonising imagination -- Does a glacier mourn its death? -- Parables for the future -- From imagination to innovation -- Innovation. (How) will technology save the planet? -- Wakandan cosmology : a blueprint for rooted innovation -- Roots of innovation -- The future lies in the clay : Iran's energy-free cooling solutions -- From innovation to theory -- Theory. Theory as liberation -- It takes a lawyer, an activist and a storyteller (and you) to change the world -- Theory as collective wisdom -- Straddling world for resistance and change -- From theory to healing -- Healing. The Earth is a church : Ethiopia's architecture-inspired conservation -- Nature is a human right -- Healing through the cracks -- Grief is the way to transformation -- From grief to care -- Care. We are all we have -- Beyond the burden of climate care -- Climate work is care work -- Making kin with the Earth -- Epilogue : rooted hope : our natural connection.
Abstract	"Reimagining environmentalism as an act of doing and a way of being in the world and climate action as a shared goal, not an individual burden, Natural Connection draws on the legacies and ongoing resistance of marginalised communities around the globe to guide us toward a more sustainable relationship with the living world. Joycelyn Longdon defines six conceptual roots--rage, imagination, innovation, theory, healing and care--that can help us to transform environmentalism from the ground up and cultivate the natural connection so essential to creating a safe and thriving shared future. Along the way, this lyrical, provocative and deeply humane book interweaves powerfully resonant ideas from writers, philosophers, environmentalists, activists and other changemakers, such as Rebecca Solnit, Poppy Okotcha, Robert Macfarlane, Katherine May and Olafur Eliasson." -- Back cover.
General note	First published in 2025 in the UK by Square Peg, an imprint of Vintage.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN	9780691284378
ISBN	0691284377 paperback

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