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Title Environmental anthropology engaging ecotopia : bioregionalism, permaculture, and ecovillages / edited by Joshua Lockyer and James R. Veteto.

Publication Info. New York : Berghahn Books, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 329 pages) : illustrations.
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Physical Medium polychrome
Series Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology ; v. 17
Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology ; v. 17.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents I. Bioregionalism -- II. Permaculture -- III. Ecovillages.
Summary In order to move global society towards a sustainable "ecotopia," solutions must be engaged in specific places and communities, and the authors here argue for re-orienting environmental anthropology from a problem-oriented towards a solutions-focused endeavor. Using case studies from around the world, the contributors-scholar-activists and activist-practitioners- examine the interrelationships between three prominent environmental social movements: bioregionalism, a worldview and political ecology that grounds environmental action and experience; permaculture, a design science for putting t.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Human ecology.
Human ecology.
Ethnobiology.
Ethnobiology.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Lockyer, Joshua.
Veteto, James R.
Other Form: Print version: Environmental anthropology engaging ecotopia. New York : Berghahn Books, ©2013 1299777740 (DLC) 2012032900
ISBN 9781299777743 (electronic book)
1299777740 (electronic book)
9780857458803 (electronic book)
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