Interwoven Wild

Author : Don Gayton
Publisher : Thistledown Press
ISBN 13 : 1897235356
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interwoven Wild written by Don Gayton and published by Thistledown Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interwoven Wild: An Ecologist Loose In the Garden begins with an intimate look at Don Gayton in his BC garden with his dog Spud. Striking a series of premises - the first one being that gardening is essentially an irrational act - he logically and humorously begins to unravel the work and rituals of gardening. Engaging the reader with real gardening experiences, Gayton takes us on the microscopic steps of a gardening season and his interest in ecological succession. While commenting on the inter-reliance of species, types of soil, why weeds invade, how foreign planets appear, insects, disease and frost, he also speculates on gardeners -- their needs to landscape, to purchase specialized tools, to use chemicals, to emotionally bond with trees, shrubs, flowers and vegetables. The "back story" of Interwoven Wild is much more universal. In it Gayton uses his experiences as a working field ecologist to place the garden in the larger context of our present natural world. By interlocking artists such as Monet and Caravaggio; writers such as Walt Whitman, Thoreau, Emily Dickenson, and Ann Dowden; park designer Frederick Law Olmstead, and landscape architect Christopher Alexander, Gayton reminds us that the garden has long held sway in the creative consciousness. His brief excursions into history, whether tracing the apple back to Kazakhstan, explaining how the tulip made its way from Turkey to Holland, or how the industrialist Baylock's introduction of a smuggled Asian cherry tree destroyed the BC cherry orchids fascinate as well as instruct. For Gayton, the garden is a primordial human urge -- a gift, celebration, and revelation buried in human psyche, marked in our collective mythologies --a kind of magical glue binding world culture, science and economics.

Author : Sallie Reynolds Matthews
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780890961230
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interwoven written by Sallie Reynolds Matthews and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Records one woman's response to pioneer life in Texas at the turn of the century.

Author : Amy Elizabeth Bogansky
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 1588394964
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interwoven Globe written by Amy Elizabeth Bogansky and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2013 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sept. 16, 2013-Jan. 5, 2014.

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Total Pages : 416 pages
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Author : George Wuerthner
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1610915488
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Protecting the Wild written by George Wuerthner and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2015-02-19 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Protected natural areas have historically been the primary tool of conservationists to conserve land and wildlife. These parks and reserves are set apart to forever remain in contrast to those places where human activities, technologies, and developments prevail. But even as the biodiversity crisis accelerates, a growing number of voices are suggesting that protected areas are passé. Conservation, they argue, should instead focus on lands managed for human use—working landscapes—and abandon the goal of preventing human-caused extinctions in favor of maintaining ecosystem services to support people. If such arguments take hold, we risk losing support for the unique qualities and values of wild, undeveloped nature. Protecting the Wild offers a spirited argument for the robust protection of the natural world. In it, experts from five continents reaffirm that parks, wilderness areas, and other reserves are an indispensable—albeit insufficient—means to sustain species, subspecies, key habitats, ecological processes, and evolutionary potential. Using case studies from around the globe, they present evidence that terrestrial and marine protected areas are crucial for biodiversity and human well-being alike, vital to countering anthropogenic extinctions and climate change. A companion volume to Keeping the Wild: Against the Domestication of Earth, Protecting the Wild provides a necessary addition to the conversation about the future of conservation in the so-called Anthropocene, one that will be useful for academics, policymakers, and conservation practitioners at all levels, from local land trusts to international NGOs.

Author : Mark Coleman
Publisher : New World Library
ISBN 13 : 1577317149
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Awake in the Wild written by Mark Coleman and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2010-10-18 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Nature deficit disorder” has become an increasingly challenging problem in our hypermodern world. In Awake in the Wild, Mark Coleman shows seekers how to remedy this widespread malady by reconnecting with nature through Buddhism. Each short (two to three pages) chapter includes a concrete nature meditation relating to such topics as Attuning to the Natural World, Reflecting the Rhythms of Nature, Walking with Compassion, Releasing the Inner Noise, Freeing the Animal Within, Coming into the Peace of Wild Things, Weathering the Storms of Life, and more. Incorporating anecdotes from the author’s many nature retreats, Buddhist wisdom and teachings, important nature writings by others, and nature itself, the book invites readers to participate in, not just observe, nature; develop a loving connection with the earth as a form of environmental activism; decrease urban alienation through experiencing nature; embody nature’s peaceful presence; and connect with ancient spiritual wisdom through nature meditations.

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Total Pages : 616 pages
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Download or read book International Weekly Miscellany of Literature, Art, and Science written by and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 876 pages
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Author : Burton Egbert Stevenson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 4162 pages
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Download or read book The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1920 written by Burton Egbert Stevenson and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 4162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 4112 pages
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Download or read book The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1920 written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 4112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: