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Title Nature first : outdoor life the friluftsliv way / edited by Bob Henderson & Nils Vikander.

Publication Info. Toronto : Natural Heritage Books, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 321 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-302) and index.
Contents Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface: Is a Tree Transplanted to Another Continent the Same Tree? Some Reflections on Friluftsliv in an International Context; INTRODUCTION; PART I: SCANDINAVIAN; PART II: CANADIAN; PART III: INTERNATIONAL; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Contributors; Visuals; About the Editors.
Summary Nature First combines the Scandinavian approach to creating a relationship with nature (known as friluftsliv) with efforts by Canadian and international educators to adapt this wisdom and apply it to everyday life experiences in the open air. The word friluftsliv literally refers to "free-air life" or outdoor life. A word saturated with values, the concept can permeate deeply and playfully into one's cultural being and personal psyche, thus influencing the way one perceives and interacts with nature on a daily basis. For centuries, the North American approach has been one of domination and brin.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
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Subject Human ecology -- Norway.
Human ecology.
Norway.
Outdoor life.
Outdoor life.
Human ecology.
Outdoor recreation.
Outdoor recreation.
Outdoor education.
Outdoor education.
Environmental responsibility.
Environmental responsibility.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Henderson, Bob, 1956-
Vikander, Nils, 1941-
Other Form: Print version: Nature first. Toronto : Natural Heritage Books, ©2007 9781897045213 1897045212 (OCoLC)137329933
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