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The Sunflower Forest: Ecological Restoration and the New Communion with Nature
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Ecological restoration, the attempt to guide damaged ecosystems back to a previous, usually healthier or more natural, condition, is rapidly gaining recognition as one of the most promising approaches to conservation. In this book, William R. Jordan III, who coined the term "restoration ecology," and who is widely respected as an intellectual leader in the field, outlines
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Hardcover, 264 pages
Published
June 1st 2003
by University of California Press
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When I started The Sunflower Forest, I was excited. Jordan was the first book I'd read in ages that advanced a perspective on environmental issues that seemed fresh and new. It bespoke promises of a personal paradigm shift, if a small one.
Jordan starts at Leopold's commandment to "see land as a community to which we belong." He agrees with the concept, broadly, but points out that the environmental movement has read this in an extremely superficial way. The outdoor recreation movement has large ...more
Jordan starts at Leopold's commandment to "see land as a community to which we belong." He agrees with the concept, broadly, but points out that the environmental movement has read this in an extremely superficial way. The outdoor recreation movement has large ...more
This is a difficult book to sum up quickly--you might expect it to be all about ecological restoration, but it is primarily a book of ideas. Nonetheless it is very interesting and covers some surprising ground. I think it is a good book for people who live in intentional communities to read, and for anyone who has ever wanted to get "back to the land." To summarize as briefly as possible--Jordan conceives of ecological restoration as a positive ritual act that we perform as a way to deal with ou
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This is an essential book for those involved with ecological restoration, such as myself. Eco Restoration has so many approaches that developing one's own philosophy with respect to the subject is a vital way to develop our own approach to effective restoration, through actions that are driven by science, culture and necessary adaptation to appalling degradation and stressors.
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A veteran prairie restoration ecologist explores the philosophy of restoration and how its practice can restore humankind's skewed relationship with the earth. It was a tough read for me because I'm not familiar with philosophical terminology or ideas, so I didn't understand a fair amount of this book. Could have been explained in simpler terms.
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