Becoming good ancestors : how we balance nature, community, and technology / / David Ehrenfeld.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Ehrenfeld, David.
• TeilnehmendeR: Ehrenfeld, David.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xvi, 302 p.
• Notes: Rev. ed. of: Swimming lessons / David Ehrenfeld. 2002.

Table of Contents

Pretending -- Brainstorming has its limits -- Nothing simple -- The comforts of fantasy -- Rejecting gifts -- The uses and risks of adaptation -- When machines replace people -- Pseudocommunities -- Obsolescence -- Accelerating social evolution -- Writing -- Affluence and austerity -- Energy and friendly fire -- Durable goods -- Preserving our capital -- Conservation for profit -- Hot spots and the globalization of conservation -- Putting a value on nature -- The downside of corporate immortality -- Wilderness as teacher -- An opposing view of nature -- Death of a plastic palm -- Scientific discoveries and nature's mysteries -- I reinvent agriculture -- Thinking about breeds and species -- Strangers in our own land -- Teaching field ecology -- The ubiquitous right-of-way -- A walk in the woods -- Old growth -- Intimacy with nature -- The utopia fallacy -- Traditions -- Jane Austen and the world of the community -- Universities, schools, and communities -- What do we owe our children? -- Epilogue: A call for fusion and regeneration.