Encountering Nature: Toward an Environmental CultureRoutledge, 2016 M04 29 - 206 pages This book argues that an attentive encounter with nature is of key importance for the development of an environmentally appropriate culture. The fundamental idea is that the environmental degradation that we are increasingly experiencing is best conceived as the consequence of a cultural mismatch: our cultures seem not to be appropriate to the natural environment in which we move and on which we depend in thoroughgoing ways. In addressing this problem, Thomas Heyd weaves together a rich tapestry of perspectives on human interactions with the natural world, ranging from traditional modes of managing human communities that include the natural environment, to the consideration of poetic travelogues, ecological restoration and botanic gardens. The volume is divided into three parts, which respectively consider the relation of human beings to nature in terms of ethics, aesthetics and culture. It engages the current literature in each of these areas with the help of inter-disciplinary approaches, as well as on the basis of personal encounters with natural spaces and processes. The ultimate aim of this book is to make a contribution to the development of a cultural fabric that is suitable to the natural spaces and processes in which we may thrive, and on which we all depend as individuals and as a species. |
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... Bo Tree , author's own photograph , 2006 . Figure 1.3 Wat Pho Chetuphon Bo Tree , author's own photograph , 2006 . Figure 10.1 Majorville medicine wheel , photo by James Young , 2004. Reproduced with permission . Figure 10.2 Drawing of ...
... Bo Tree , author's own photograph , 2006 . Figure 1.3 Wat Pho Chetuphon Bo Tree , author's own photograph , 2006 . Figure 10.1 Majorville medicine wheel , photo by James Young , 2004. Reproduced with permission . Figure 10.2 Drawing of ...
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... land as developed in diverse traditional societies, and make some general points about the role of culture in relation to nature. I then briefly introduce each of the chapters that follow. The Ainapo Trail and the Bo Tree Recently I was.
... land as developed in diverse traditional societies, and make some general points about the role of culture in relation to nature. I then briefly introduce each of the chapters that follow. The Ainapo Trail and the Bo Tree Recently I was.
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Toward an Environmental Culture Thomas Heyd. The. Ainapo. Trail. and. the. Bo. Tree. Recently I was privileged to have a stopover in Hawaii. As soon as plane and bus connections permitted, I made my way up the lava fields of Mauna Loa ...
Toward an Environmental Culture Thomas Heyd. The. Ainapo. Trail. and. the. Bo. Tree. Recently I was privileged to have a stopover in Hawaii. As soon as plane and bus connections permitted, I made my way up the lava fields of Mauna Loa ...
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... Bo tree. 8. 8 This Bo tree is in the Foster Botanical Garden, Honolulu, Hawaii. The Bo, or Bodhi, tree 9 (Ficus religiosa, Moraceae) is the tree under which, according to tradition, Gautama, the Buddha, was sitting when ...
... Bo tree. 8. 8 This Bo tree is in the Foster Botanical Garden, Honolulu, Hawaii. The Bo, or Bodhi, tree 9 (Ficus religiosa, Moraceae) is the tree under which, according to tradition, Gautama, the Buddha, was sitting when ...
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... Bo tree at the Wat Pho Chetuphon (or Bo- Tree Monastery), better known for its enormous Reclining Buddha.12 In front of the tree, people venerate the Buddha with flowers, incense and candles. The tree itself is undergirded with sturdy ...
... Bo tree at the Wat Pho Chetuphon (or Bo- Tree Monastery), better known for its enormous Reclining Buddha.12 In front of the tree, people venerate the Buddha with flowers, incense and candles. The tree itself is undergirded with sturdy ...
Contents
A Call to Action | |
Appreciating Nature | |
Recuperating Space Recognizing Place | |
Rock Art and the Aesthetic Appreciation of Natural Landscapes | |
Culture and Nature | |
Art and Heterotopias | |
Learning from Japanese Gardens | |
Botanic Gardens as Collaboration Between Humans and Nature | |
Enabling an Environmental Culture | |
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