The Earth Only Endures: On Reconnecting with Nature and Our Place in It
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For most of human history, we have lived our daily lives in a close relationship with the land. Yet now, for the first time, more people are living in urban rather than rural areas, bringing about an... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1844074323
ISBN13:9781844074327
Release Date:January 2007
Publisher:Routledge
Length:288 Pages
Weight:1.30 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
Pretty covers the "greening" of the early Earth (the emergence of life) over many aeons, our own development as a species to predominantly city-dwellers, and ways in which we have now disconnected from nature. He describes how we have moved from husbandry to exploitation and damage of the environment on which we depend, giving some stark examples. He does hold hope for the future but with some provisos. His argument quotes and is complimentary to Collapse (Penguin Press Science) I would thoroughly recommend reading Diamond's book in conjunction with this one. I liked Pretty's concept of "rewilding agriculture" and I would like to have read rather more about modern examples of alternatives to standard broadacre monocultures. I suspect without having read any that they are to be found in some of his other work.- Regenerating Agriculture: Policies and Practice for Sustainability and Self-Reliance This book is quite readable by the layperson.
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