pt. I. Nature and human economics -- pt. II. The carbon-negative ideal -- pt. III. Human health and a living earth -- pt. IV. Ecology and the human population explosion -- pt. V. Ecological heroes -- pt. VI. The state of the world -- pt. VII. Animal rights -- pt. VIII. Why your neighbor is important : new strategies for a bright future -- pt. IX. Ecological paradise?
Summary:
"Dr. Michael Charles Tobias and Jane Gray Morrison are world-renowned ecological philosophers and activists, interdisciplinary social and environmental scientists and broad-ranging, deeply committed humanists. This collection of fifty essays and interviews comprises an invigorating, outspoken, provocative and eloquent overview of the ecological humanities in one highly accessible volume. The components of this collection were published in the authors' "Green Conversations" blog series, and pieces in the Eco News Network from 2011 to 2013 and feature luminaries from Jane Goodall to Ted Turner to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution to the former head of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. Stunning color photographs captured by the authors and contributors make Why Life Matters: Fifty Ecosystems of the Heart and Mind a feast for the eyes as well as the mind and soul"--Page 4 of cover.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.