Hello Rebecca & all:
I think that Stan Rowe wrote an article on this subject but am uncertain
just where. His writings cover this in many ways, as for example, his
books "Home Place" and "Earth Alive" published by NeWest Press,
Edmonton. Both of these are still available. Knowing about the ecology
of the place you live is briefly summarized in Principle No. 4 of "A
Manifesto for Earth" which you can find at:
http://www.ecospherics.net/pages/EarthManifesto.pdf
Another good source of thoughtful material can be found in the just
published second edition (fully revised and expanded) of "Ecological
Ethics, an Introduction" by Patrick Curry of the UK and published by
Polity Press. It contains at least three chapters on ecocentric
thinking, and on living in and knowing about the place you live.
Hope this helps a bit.
Ted Mosquin, Lanark, Ontario (retired)
(613-267-4899)
On 9/5/2011 3:05 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.
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Thank you!
Becky Sherry
University of Oklahoma
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