{"product_id":"environmental-anthropology-engaging-ecotopia-9780857458797","title":"Environmental Anthropology Engaging Ecotopia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn order to move global society towards a sustainable ecotopia, solutions must be engaged in specific places and communities, and the authors here argue for re-orienting environmental anthropology from a problem-oriented towards a solutions-focused endeavor. Using case studies from around the world, the contributors-scholar-activists and activist-practitioners- examine the interrelationships between three prominent environmental social movements: bioregionalism, a worldview and political ecology that grounds environmental action and experience; permaculture, a design science for putting the bioregional vision into action; and ecovillages, the ever-dynamic settings for creating sustainable local cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThe contributors look beyond techno-fixes to ask deep questions about underlying cultural ontologies that…will undoubtedly resonate with and inspire students; [this volume] is highly recommended for use in both undergraduate and graduate courses in anthropology and environmental studies…Because it takes an important step toward developing the kind of direct engagement between academia and the public that will be necessary if we are to realize our ultimate objective of reinhabitation and all it implies, this volume will be important for years, perhaps decades, to come.\u003c\/em\u003e”  \u003cstrong\u003e·  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCulture, Agriculture, Food and Environment\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThe book is well structured, engaging and highly topical; it brings together a range of academics and practitioners—itself a potentially interesting and seldom examined dialogue—around three main areas which form the book’s structure: Bioregionalism; Permaculture; Ecovillages\u003c\/em\u003e.”  \u003cstrong\u003e·  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMalcolm Miles\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Plymouth\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThis is an excellent and timely collection of essays by ecological and environmental anthropologists and other scholars and activists who, together, are redefining the field of human ecology as a contribution to the cultural revolution the world needs, if we are to achieve the transition to sustainability\u003c\/em\u003e.”  \u003cstrong\u003e·  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLaura M. Rival\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Oxford\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“…\u003cem\u003ea fascinating and significant anthology. The integration in this book of theory and practice, scholar and activist, reprinted classics and new essays, is very creative and admirable. It deals with three contemporary subjects that have been rather neglected by researchers…It is current and futuristic in many respects [and] deserves a wide readership\u003c\/em\u003e.”  \u003cstrong\u003e·  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLeslie E. Sponsel\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Hawai’i\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Tables, Figures, and Maps\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tContributors\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePrologue\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eE.N. Anderson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction: \u003c\/strong\u003eEnvironmental Anthropology Engaging Ecotopia: An Introduction\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJoshua Lockyer and James R. Veteto\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: BIOREGIONALISM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003eGrowing a Life-Place Politics\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePeter Berg\u003c\/em\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eOn Bioregionalism and Watershed Consciousness\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJames J. Parsons\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. \u003c\/strong\u003eGrowing an Oak: An Ethnography of Ozark Bioregionalism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBrian C. Campbell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Adirondack Semester: An Integrated Approach to Cultivating Bioregional Knowledge \u0026amp; Consciousness\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSteve Alexander and Baylor Johnson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eFurther Readings on Bioregionalism\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: PERMACULTURE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003eEnvironmental Anthropology Engaging Permaculture: Moving Theory and Practice Toward Sustainability\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJames R. Veteto and Joshua Lockyer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.  \u003c\/strong\u003eWeeds or Wisdom? Permaculture in the Eye of the Beholder on Latvian Eco-Health Farms\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGuntra Aistara\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.  \u003c\/strong\u003ePermaculture in the City: Ecological Habitus and the Distributed Ecovillage\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRandolph Haluza-Delay and Ron Berezan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.  \u003c\/strong\u003eCulture, Permaculture and Experimental Anthropology in the Houston Foodshed\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBob Randall\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.  \u003c\/strong\u003ePutting Permaculture Ethics to Work: Commons Thinking, Progress and Hope\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKaty Fox\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10. \u003c\/strong\u003ePermaculture in Practice: Low Impact Development in Britain\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJenny Pickerill\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11. \u003c\/strong\u003eIn Search of Global Sustainability and Justice: How Permaculture Can Contribute to Development Policy\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAili \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ePyhälä\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eFurther Readings on Permaculture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: ECOVILLAGES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12. \u003c\/strong\u003eFrom Islands to Networks: The History and Future of the Ecovillage Movement\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJonathan Dawson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13. \u003c\/strong\u003eCreating Alternative Political Ecologies through the Construction of Ecovillages and Ecovillagers in Colombia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBrian Burke and Beatriz Arjona\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 14. \u003c\/strong\u003eGlobalizing the Ecovillage Ideal: Networks of Neighborliness, Seeds of Hope\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eTodd LeVasseur\u003c\/em\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 15.  \u003c\/strong\u003eAcademia’s Hidden Curriculum and Ecovillages as Campuses for Sustainability Education\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDaniel \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eGreenberg\u003c\/em\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 16. \u003c\/strong\u003eEcovillages and Capitalism: Building Sustainable Communities within an Unsustainable Context\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eTed Baker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eFurther Readings on Ecovillages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038917591383,"sku":"9780857458797","price":96.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857458797.jpg?v=1750941932","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/environmental-anthropology-engaging-ecotopia-9780857458797","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}