Description
Human Dependence on Nature
How to Help Solve the Environmental Crisis
Language: EnglishSubjects for Human Dependence on Nature:
Keywords
Biodiversity; Climate Change; Conservation; Environmental economics; Environmental policy; Environmental studies; Sustainability; Sustainable development; Ecosolutions: environmental solutions for the world and Australia; Climate Change Denial; Heads in the Sand; Paul Ehrlich; Ecosystem services; Energy; "Healing the Planet"; Anthropocentrism; Sea Otters; UN; Natural World; Tonnes; Zebra Mussel; UNEP Project; Keystone Species; Great Divide; Education System; Implicatory Denial; Atlantic Cod Fishery; Ecosystem Collapse; Denial Industry; Dimethyl Sulphide; Solar Thermal; Trophic Cascade; Human Planet; Maximum Monetary Values; Natural Eco Systems; Eco System Services; Ecosystem Engineer; Goose Neck Barnacles; Sea Urchin Diadema Antillarum
Publication date: 09-2012
Support: Print on demand
Publication date: 09-2012
· 15.6x23.4 cm · Paperback
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Humanity is dependent on Nature to survive, yet our society largely acts as if this is not the case. The energy that powers our very cells, the nutrients that make up our bodies, the ecosystem services that clean our water and air; these are all provided by the Nature from which we have evolved and of which we are a part. This book examines why we deny or ignore this dependence and what we can do differently to help solve the environmental crisis.
Written in an accessible and engaging style, Haydn Washington provides an excellent overview of humanity?s relationship with Nature. The book looks at energy flow, nutrient cycling, ecosystem services, ecosystem collapse as well as exploring our psychological and spiritual dependency on nature. It also examines anthropocentrism and denial as causes of our unwillingness to respect our inherent dependence on the natural environment. The book concludes by bringing these issues together and providing a framework for solutions to the environmental crisis.
Foreword Paul Ehrlich 1. Energy is life 2. The great cycles 3. Ecosystem services – essential but overlooked 4. Collapse 5. Psychological and spiritual dependency on Nature 6. The great divide – anthropocentrism vs. Ecocentrism 7. Dealing with denial 8. Do we have a problem? 9. Solutions to keep our roots in the Earth
Haydn Washington is an environmental scientist and writer with 35 years' experience. He has worked as a plant ecologist, a CSIRO scientist, an environmental consultant, and is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Environmental Studies at the University of New South Wales, Australia. This is his fifth book on environmental issues and he is also the lead author of Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand (Earthscan from Routledge 2011).