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The Earth's Blanket : Traditional Teachings for Sustainable Living

The Earth's Blanket: Traditional Teachings for Sustainable Living

Nancy J. Turner
$24.95

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Renowned ethnobotanist Nancy Turner distills in this volume her decades of experience working with First Nations in the Pacific Northwest. The Earth's Blanket explores the wealth of ecological knowledge and the deep personal connection to the land and its history that is encoded in indigenous stories and lifeways, and what they may be able to teach all of us about living in harmony with our surroundings.

Scholarly in its thinking but accessible in its writing, The Earth's Blanket combines first-person research with insightful critiques of Western concepts of environmental management and scientific ecology to propose how systems of traditional ecological knowledge can be recognized and enhanced. It is an important book, a magnum opus, with the power to transform our way of thinking about the Earth and our place within it.


 


Douglas & McIntyre
ISBN: 9781553651802
Paperback / softback
6.0 in x 9.0 in - 176 pp
Publication Date: 10/05/2007
BISAC Subject(s):: NAT011000-NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection,SOC021000-SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies 
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