Human Dependence on Nature: How to Help Solve the Environmental Crisis

ISBN-13: 9780415632577 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 184 str.

Haydn Washington

Opis

Humanity is dependent on nature to survive, yet our society largely acts as if this is not the case. This book examines why we deny or ignore this dependence and what we can do differently to help solve the environmental crisis.

Spis treści

Foreword Paul Ehrlich  1. Energy is life  2. The great cycles  3. Ecosystem services – essential but overlooked  4. Collapse  5. Psychological and spiritual dependency on Nature  6. The great divide – anthropocentrism vs. Ecocentrism  7. Dealing with denial  8. Do we have a problem?  9. Solutions to keep our roots in the Earth

O autorze

Haydn Washington is an environmental scientist and writer with 35 years' experience. He has worked as a plant ecologist, a CSIRO scientist, an environmental consultant, and is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Environmental Studies at the University of New South Wales, Australia. This is his fifth book on environmental issues and he is also the lead author of Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand (Earthscan from Routledge 2011).