Hope's Horizon

Three Visions For Healing The American Land

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Nature, Environment, Natural Resources, Environmental Conservation & Protection
Cover of the book Hope's Horizon by Chip Ward, Island Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Chip Ward ISBN: 9781610910866
Publisher: Island Press Publication: April 10, 2013
Imprint: Island Press Language: English
Author: Chip Ward
ISBN: 9781610910866
Publisher: Island Press
Publication: April 10, 2013
Imprint: Island Press
Language: English

At a time of widespread environmental pessimism, Hope's Horizon goes on an inspirational offensive. In this entertaining and thought-provoking book, author Chip Ward tells of his travels among a new generation of activists who are moving beyond defensive environmental struggles and advocating pioneering, proactive strategies for healing the land. Chip Ward's three-year odyssey took him behind the scenes of efforts to reconnect fragmented habitats and "re-wild" the North American continent; the campaign to drain Lake Powell and restore Glen Canyon to its natural state; and the struggle to keep nuclear waste off Western Shoshone ancestral lands and, ultimately, to abolish all nuclear power and weapons. These movements, and the practical visionaries leading them, challenge readers with a new paradigm in which land is used in a spirit of collaboration with natural systems rather than domination of them. Broad in its sweep, Hope's Horizon uses its topical subjects as springboards for exploring how we can redefine our place in the world while restoring damaged habitats, replenishing ldiversity, and abandoning harmful technologies. Lively, literate, and free of the grimness that characterizes so much environmental writing, Hope's Horizon will change the way readers see the world. It makes complicated concepts and issues accessible, and wild ideas compelling. And while the book's starting point is a hard-nosed indictmof humanity's failed stewardship of the earth, the stories that follow tell of catalytic optimism and ecological wisdom in the face of self-destructive habit and blind pride.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

At a time of widespread environmental pessimism, Hope's Horizon goes on an inspirational offensive. In this entertaining and thought-provoking book, author Chip Ward tells of his travels among a new generation of activists who are moving beyond defensive environmental struggles and advocating pioneering, proactive strategies for healing the land. Chip Ward's three-year odyssey took him behind the scenes of efforts to reconnect fragmented habitats and "re-wild" the North American continent; the campaign to drain Lake Powell and restore Glen Canyon to its natural state; and the struggle to keep nuclear waste off Western Shoshone ancestral lands and, ultimately, to abolish all nuclear power and weapons. These movements, and the practical visionaries leading them, challenge readers with a new paradigm in which land is used in a spirit of collaboration with natural systems rather than domination of them. Broad in its sweep, Hope's Horizon uses its topical subjects as springboards for exploring how we can redefine our place in the world while restoring damaged habitats, replenishing ldiversity, and abandoning harmful technologies. Lively, literate, and free of the grimness that characterizes so much environmental writing, Hope's Horizon will change the way readers see the world. It makes complicated concepts and issues accessible, and wild ideas compelling. And while the book's starting point is a hard-nosed indictmof humanity's failed stewardship of the earth, the stories that follow tell of catalytic optimism and ecological wisdom in the face of self-destructive habit and blind pride.

More books from Island Press

Cover of the book Fighting Toxics by Chip Ward
Cover of the book Fire, Native Peoples, and the Natural Landscape by Chip Ward
Cover of the book Restoring Disturbed Landscapes by Chip Ward
Cover of the book Bring Back the Buffalo! by Chip Ward
Cover of the book Restoring Life in Running Waters by Chip Ward
Cover of the book Sustainability and Cities by Chip Ward
Cover of the book The Regional City by Chip Ward
Cover of the book Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them by Chip Ward
Cover of the book Water Resources by Chip Ward
Cover of the book Revolution on the Range by Chip Ward
Cover of the book State of the World 2011 by Chip Ward
Cover of the book Natural Defense by Chip Ward
Cover of the book Rights to Nature by Chip Ward
Cover of the book Keepers of the Spring by Chip Ward
Cover of the book Energy Developmand Wildlife Conservation in Western North America by Chip Ward
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy