| Description |
xii, 307 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-280) and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword: Life On Our Planet Is In Trouble - What Will You Do? / Georg and Brenda Feuerstein -- Introduction: Wild Foresting - A Vision Emerges / Alan Drengson and Duncan M. Taylor -- Poem: Autumn Secret / Carolina Read -- Part I: Wild Forests and Perennial Wisdom -- Chapter 1: Values Deep in the Woods / Holmes Rolsten III -- Chapter 2: The Place and the Story / Ralph Metzner -- Chapter 3: Forests and Sacred Groves / Sarah Laird -- Chapter 4: Enrichment Forestry at Windhorse Farm / Jim Drescher -- Chapter 5: Ecoforestry - Doing the Right Things / Ray Travers -- Part II: Wild Forests, Trees and Diversity of Values -- Chapter 6: Ecological Principles for Responsible Forest Use / Alan Wittbecker -- Chapter 7: A Tree is a Quintessential Plant / Chris Maser -- Chapter 8: Salmon Nutrients, Nitrogen Isotopes and Coastal Forests / Tom Reimchen -- Chapter 9: Life with Carnivores in the Great Bear Rainforest - Notes from an Autumn Diary / Chris Genovali -- Chapter 10: Why Preserve Wild Forests? / George Wuerthner -- Chapter 11: Buddhism and Global Warming / Bill Devall -- Part III: Case Studies Here and There -- Chapter 12: Lessons from the Old Growth - Merv Wilkinson and Wildwood Forest / Jay Rastogi -- Chapter 13: Renewing our Forest Culture - The Art and Practice of Natural Forests / Iliff Simey -- Chapter 14: Restoring a Forest - A Remedy for Our Ills / Nitya Harris -- Chapter 15: The Vision of Trees For Life / Alan Watson Featherstone -- Chapter 16: Learning from Trees / Wangari Maathai -- Chapter 17: Gaviotas - Lessons from a Global Classroom / Doug Skeates -- Chapter 18: A Letter from Victoria / Brenda R. Beckwith -- Chapter 19: The Future of Ecoforestry in Western Australia / Robert Hay -- Chapter 20: Eco Tipping Points - How a Vicious Cycle Ca Become Virtuous / Amanda Suutari and Gerald Marten -- Part IV: Indigenous Knowledge, Meeting Human and WIld Forest Needs -- Chapter 21: A First Nations Perspective on Ecosystem Management / Richard Atleo -- Chapter 22: The Culture of Forests - Haida Traditional Knowledge and Forestry in the 21st Century / Nancy J. Turner and Barbara Wilson -- Chapter 23: Plant Teachers as a Source of Healing in the Peruvian Amazon / Gonzalo Brito and Claire Sieber -- Chapter 24: Tree Meditatin Meets Shamanism / Alan Drengson -- Chapter 25: Wild Humans / Davd Martin -- Poem: Kingley Vale / Carolina Read -- Part V: Wild Foresting, Healthy Children and Lifelong Learning -- Chapter 26: Nowadays We Idolize Nature - or Fear It / Richard Louv -- Chapter 27: The Powerful Link Between Conserving Land and Preserving Health / Howard Frumkin and Richard Louv -- Chapter 28: Creating a New Land Movement with Children / Peter Forbes -- Chapter 29: Faires, Forests and CHildhood Education / Briony Penn -- Chapter 30: Beyond Ecophobia / David Sobel -- Chapter 31: The Longest Journey and Role of an Enlightened Witness / Alice Miller -- Chapter 32: Access to Free Nature / Arne Naess -- Chapter 33: Ecointelligence and Hope / Norah Trace -- Chapter 34: Students Becoming Teachers through Place-Baced Education / Alan Drengson -- Part VI: Wild Forests and the Fate of the World -- Chapter 35: Earth's Greatest Crisis / Guy Dauncey -- Chapter 36: the Future of British Columbia Forests Requires Resilience Management / Richard J. Hebda -- Chapter 37: Aboriginal Forests, Innu Culture and New Sustainable Economics / Tom Green -- Chapter 38: Creating Institutions of Care - The Case for Democratic Forest Trusts / Gus diZerega -- Chapter 39: Transforming Ourselves, Renewing the Earth / Duncan M. Taylor and Graeme M. Taylor -- Chapter 40. Shifting Direction to Local Interdependence / Helena Norberg-Hodge -- Afterword: Where We Are Going / Wes Jackson -- Appendix 1: Industrial and Ecological Approaches -- Appendix 2: Resources for Supporting and Learning about Wild Foresting |
| Summary |
In this anthology, international forestry experts bring their proficiency and passion for human-wild forest relationships to a broad range of stories. The diverse activities represented include wild farming, wild crafting, adventure therapy, restoration, permaculture, ecosystem restoration, and education. Compiled in eight thematic sections, case studies from around the world illustrate how wild foresting principles are adapted to different cultures, and how ancient knowledge systems are fused with contemporary ecological studies. |
| Subject |
Forest restoration.
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Forest restoration. |
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Forest ecology.
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Forest ecology. |
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Community forestry.
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Community forestry. |
| Added Author |
Taylor, Duncan M.
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| ISBN |
9780865716162 paperback |
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0865716161 paperback |
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