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Positive Ecology: Sustainability And the 'Good Life' (Ashgate Studies in Environmental Policy And Practice) by Schmidt, Gerald , 1978- is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Positive Ecology: Sustainability And the 'Good Life' (Ashgate Studies in Environmental Policy And Practice) about?

While Newspapers And Other Popular Media Tend To Focus On The Negative Aspects Of Environmental Change, This Volume Examines The Alternative Notion Of 'positive Ecology'. It Provides An Original And Previously Undervalued Approach To Sustainability And Suggests That Work Towards Sustainability Is Not Only A Necessity For Our Children's Future, But Necessary, Sensible And Meaningful In The Present.--book Jacket. 1. The Biospheric Perspective -- 2. Human Perspectives -- 3. Biospheric Dependence -- 4. The Paradox Of The Human Position -- 5. Personal Perspectives -- 6. Evolutionary-ecological Exigencies -- 7. Anthropological Contexts -- 8. Integration -- 9. Conditions And Contexts -- 10. Water -- 11. Nutrition -- 12. Clothing : (not Just) Temperature Regulation -- 13. Architecture : Temperature Regulation And Safety -- 14. Security And Sustainability -- 15. Health -- 16. Rest And Arousal -- 17. Social Needs And The Company Of Nature -- 18. Spirituality -- 19. Nature, Knowledge, And Creativity -- 20. Sustainability And Self-efficacy. Gerald Schmidt. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [169]-191) And Index.

Author

Schmidt, Gerald , 1978-

Publisher

Ashgate; Ashgate Pub Co

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9780754646020

Subjects

Economics, Anthropology, Philosophy