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| Title: | Every Grain of Sand
: Canadian Perspectives on Ecology & Environment |
| Author: | J A Wainwright (ed) |
| ISBN: | 0889204535 : 9780889204539 |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 155x230mm |
| Pages: | 181 |
| Weight: | .31 Kg. |
| Published: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press - November 2004 |
| List Price: | 16.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Applied ecology: Canada |
Universal in scope, yet focusing on recognisable Canadian places, this collection of essays connects individuals' love of nature to larger social issues, to cultural activities, and to sustainable technology. Subjects include activism in Cape Breton, ecofeminism, Native perspectives on the history of humans' relationship with the natural world, the inconsistency of humankind's affinity with nature alongside its capacity to destroy, and scientific and traditional accounts of evolution and how they can come together for the welfare of Earth's ecology. These essays encourage us to break down the power-based divisions of centre versus marginal politics, to talk with our perceived enemies in environmental wars, to consider activism as a personal commitment, and to resist the construction of a 'post-natural' world. Using a combination of personal memoirs and formal essays, 'Every Grain of Sand' seeks to involve readers in the extraordinary places they inhabit -- and usually take for granted -- and will appeal to both the general reader and to students in humanities, social sciences, and environmental studies. It is unique for its presentation of entirely Canadian perspectives on ecology and environmental issues.
CONTENTS: Introduction (J A Wainwright); The World is Your Body (Lionel Rubinoff); Growing Roots in Nature (Karen Krug); The Marginal World (Cate Sandilands); Reflections of a Zealot (Elizabeth May); Going Home: Memories of the Natural World (J A Wainwright); Who Cares About the Meadow: The Changing Conversation around Religion and Ecology (Anne Marie Dalton); Towards an Ecofeminist Phenomenology of Nature (Trish Glazebrook); Romantic Origins of Environmentalism (Onno Oerlemans); Wintergreen: Reflections from Loon Lake – Afterword (Monte Hummel); Listening to Our Ancestors:Rebuilding Indigenous Nations in the Face of Environmental Destruction (Leanne Simpson); Cutting a Deal with Attila:Confrontation, Capitulation, and Resolution in Environmental Conflict (Ehor Boyanowsky); Romancing the Labrador: The Social Construction of Wilderness and the Labrador Frontier (Peter Armitage); Prey Jarmo Jalava).
