Justice and the Earth: Images for Our Planetary SurvivalFree Press, 1993 - 203 pages In this book, Eric T. Freyfogle, legal scholar and naturalist, shares his perspective on our urgent need for a more harmonious relationship with the Earth. Combining his legal expertise with a strong personal commitment, and drawing on the work of other naturalists and scholars, Freyfogle encourages us to see a world that stretches far beyond our own property lines and political boundaries. To save the Earth, he argues, we must change our fundamental thinking about it. Such basic ideas as economic prosperity and natural beauty are often in direct conflict with sustaining human life on the planet. Freyfogle offers new economic values to replace our more is better philosophy, redefines what is beautiful, proposes new ways to protect individual property rights while still protecting nature, and suggests other innovative images to guide our actions on the planet. |
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Page 26
... Perhaps the farmer who loses soil to erosion and exhaustion should regularly confront the fact that his behavior differs little from the oil company that pumps a limited reservoir . Perhaps the irriga- tor whose soil builds salinity ...
... Perhaps the farmer who loses soil to erosion and exhaustion should regularly confront the fact that his behavior differs little from the oil company that pumps a limited reservoir . Perhaps the irriga- tor whose soil builds salinity ...
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... perhaps it is morally wrong for humans to prey on endangered species , and perhaps it is wrong as well to eat the sturgeon's eggs while wasting the flesh . Given that humans can thrive without meat — and are likely to live longer ...
... perhaps it is morally wrong for humans to prey on endangered species , and perhaps it is wrong as well to eat the sturgeon's eggs while wasting the flesh . Given that humans can thrive without meat — and are likely to live longer ...
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... Perhaps the Earth has self - regulating mechanisms of which we are unaware , mechanisms that somehow slip between ... perhaps we can rearrange the rocks , tame and eliminate many organ- isms , and end up with a more enjoyable place to ...
... Perhaps the Earth has self - regulating mechanisms of which we are unaware , mechanisms that somehow slip between ... perhaps we can rearrange the rocks , tame and eliminate many organ- isms , and end up with a more enjoyable place to ...
Contents
Sensing the Prairie | 1 |
The Economics of Overuse | 19 |
Owning the Land | 45 |
Copyright | |
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