Grassroots Stewardship: Sustainability Within Our Reach
Autor F Stuart Chapinen Limba Engleză Hardback – 27 aug 2020
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780190081195
ISBN-10: 0190081198
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 236 x 160 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 0190081198
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 236 x 160 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Recenzii
It is within our reach to be effective stewards of our world, and the powerful Grassroots Stewardship aids that goal. It should be required reading in every discussion or class on sustainability.
The book is written in a conversational style that flows smoothly. The book should appeal to anyone who wants to understand the interdisciplinary literature of ecosystem stewardship, at a level suitable for general readers but with plenty of scientific substance in the notes and citations at the end.
Why can't Chapin's vision, his four-tiered strategy, be realized? Everything he suggests...is doable. "Grassroots Stewardship" will likely be adopted for use in classes on stewardship and sustainability, but its readability and applicability to the lives of ordinary citizens should put it on reading lists more broadly.
This is a wonderful book. As I read it, I felt that I was on a long walk in the woods with Terry, learning his perspective on ecosystem stewardship.
A must-read for those looking to shape positive changes for our environment and society through science, community building, and/or land management.
"This critically important book deals with society's most profound challenge: How humans can become active stewards of our future on a planet that we also have the capacity to ruin. The book demonstrates humanity's capacity to mobilize and transform towards sustainable futures. Terry Chapin is a true pioneer, innovative thinker, and source of inspiration for so many.
Terry Chapin brings a critical new dimension to sustainability science — bridging between scientists and other citizens.
Chapin's argument is a muscular braiding of clear science, sensible suggestions, and compelling stories from his life in Alaskan villages, far-flung field stations, and scientific commissions. Authoritative and informal, pragmatic and thought-provoking, this book-of the flood of new books about the planet's precarious fate-is one everybody should read.
Chapin's scientific impact has been enormous. This book reveals another dimension of why he has been so inspiring: modest, wise, loving and determined to make the world a better place. Reading it will leave you encouraged.
It's a personal journey of discovery, spelling out the interdependence of nature and society, leading to an overall philosophy and a basis for planetary stewardship. All through the book, Professor Chapin gives clear messages of what people can do to help this vital transformation. Highly recommended.
The book is written in a conversational style that flows smoothly. The book should appeal to anyone who wants to understand the interdisciplinary literature of ecosystem stewardship, at a level suitable for general readers but with plenty of scientific substance in the notes and citations at the end.
Why can't Chapin's vision, his four-tiered strategy, be realized? Everything he suggests...is doable. "Grassroots Stewardship" will likely be adopted for use in classes on stewardship and sustainability, but its readability and applicability to the lives of ordinary citizens should put it on reading lists more broadly.
This is a wonderful book. As I read it, I felt that I was on a long walk in the woods with Terry, learning his perspective on ecosystem stewardship.
A must-read for those looking to shape positive changes for our environment and society through science, community building, and/or land management.
"This critically important book deals with society's most profound challenge: How humans can become active stewards of our future on a planet that we also have the capacity to ruin. The book demonstrates humanity's capacity to mobilize and transform towards sustainable futures. Terry Chapin is a true pioneer, innovative thinker, and source of inspiration for so many.
Terry Chapin brings a critical new dimension to sustainability science — bridging between scientists and other citizens.
Chapin's argument is a muscular braiding of clear science, sensible suggestions, and compelling stories from his life in Alaskan villages, far-flung field stations, and scientific commissions. Authoritative and informal, pragmatic and thought-provoking, this book-of the flood of new books about the planet's precarious fate-is one everybody should read.
Chapin's scientific impact has been enormous. This book reveals another dimension of why he has been so inspiring: modest, wise, loving and determined to make the world a better place. Reading it will leave you encouraged.
It's a personal journey of discovery, spelling out the interdependence of nature and society, leading to an overall philosophy and a basis for planetary stewardship. All through the book, Professor Chapin gives clear messages of what people can do to help this vital transformation. Highly recommended.
Notă biografică
F Stuart "Terry" Chapin, III, is Professor Emeritus of Ecology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. In addition to his over 500 peer-reviewed scientific papers, he has written leading texts in ecosystem stewardship, ecosystem ecology, and plant physiological ecology. A world-leading ecologist, and one of the world's most profound thinkers and actors on stewardship of the Earth System, Professor Chapin has built a long and productive career that links ecology and ethics in both theory and practice. His novel concepts published over the last 30 years have been widely influential in understanding biological diversity which underpins human well-being. He was awarded the Volvo Environment Prize in 2019 for his work on stewardship.