Ecocultures : blueprints for sustainable communities /

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Imprint:	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.
Description:	xiv, 295 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Sustainable living -- Case studies. Community life -- Case studies. Human ecology -- Case studies. Community life. Human ecology. Sustainable living. Case studies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10126890

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Other authors / contributors:	Böhm, Steffen, 1973- editor. Pervez Bharucha, Zareen, editor. Pretty, Jules N., editor.
ISBN:	9780415812825 0415812828 9780415812856 0415812852 9780203068472
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This book demonstrates how communities in both developed and developing countries are already taking action to maintain or build resilient and sustainable lifestyles. These communities, here designated as 'Ecocultures', are exemplars of the art and science of sustainable living"--

Table of Contents:

Part 1. Established Ecocultures
1. Ecocultures: Towards Sustainable Ways of Living
2. Maritime Ecocultures: Bajau Communities of Eastern Indonesia
3. Ice Fishing Cultures of North Karelia, Finland: The Case of Puruvesi Winter Seining
4. Environmental Knowledge in Motion: Ingenuity and Perseverance of Hunters among North Greenland
5. Resilience and Returning to Country: Rainforest Aboriginal People of the Wet Tropics of Queensland, Australia
6. Changing with the Seasons: How Himalayan Communities Cope with Climate Change
Part 2. Emerging Ecocultures
7. "Distant Music of the Future": Lessons from Lynedoch EcoVillage, Stellenbosch, South Africa
8. Social-ecological Resilience at São José Ecovillage, South Brazil
9. The Evolution of Eco Detroit
10. Promoting Home Energy Retrofitting to Combat Climate Change: The Case of Bristol Green Doors
11. Living Ecocultures of the Great Transition
Part 3. The Future for Ecocultures
12. Ecocultures of Transition: New, Traditional and Alternative Ways of Living in the 'Adjacent Possible'
13. Ecocultural Assemblages in the Urbanizing Global South
14. Ecocultures: Lesson Learnt and Paths into the Future

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