The Nature Beat poet Gary Snyder has written several essays on the importance of reinhabiting a place.
Patrick Foley bees, fleas, flowers, disease [email protected] ________________________________________ From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Black [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 8:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ecological Knowledge of your place This sounds a lot like Peter Warshall's watershed questions, which Kevin Kelly has posted at http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/001084.php . If there's a more authoritative version, I'd love to hear about it. On Sep 5, 2011, at 2:05 AM, Rebecca Sherry wrote: > I am trying to find an article (or book chapter?) I read once. It was about > how essential ecological knowledge for every citizen should include knowing > the ecology of where you live (or your bioregion), its geology and soils, its > vegetation types and common fauna and the signs of the seasons, the source of > your water and where your waste goes, where your electricity comes from and > how it is generated, who the native peoples of your region where and how they > used the land, etc. > I think the author was someone like David Orr or Gary Snyder, but I have > checked all my books by those authors and can't find it. > If anyone has a suggestion of where to look, I would appreciate. > Or if you know of a similar paper by a different author that fine too. > I would like to assign it to my class. > You may reply off list if you like: [email protected] > > Thank you! > > Becky Sherry > University of Oklahoma
